We had a fantastic turn out for the Mbale Self Reliance/PEF Fireside Sat.  Luckily we went to the church an hour early to set up.  The electricity was off and it took an hour to figure out how to turn on the generator.
I'm always the one with the camera.  Looks like Elder Brown teaches all the firesides. 
We each do part of the presentation.

Sat. morning we drove up into Mt. Elgon.  This mountain is the largest in our area of Uganda.  It was formed of volcanic craters and is partly in Kenya.  From the Bartons we traveled just a short distance to begin the ascent.

Felt as excited as I used to when Grandma Howlett took us up Little Cottonwood for a picnic.

Obviously the vegetation isn't the same as the Utah mountains.  The whole mountain is covered with terraced farms.  Banana trees are the majority in this photo.

The view is of Mbale in the distance.  We share the road with this farmer and child. 

Creeks cascade down to make lovely waterfalls below.

This almost looks like Utah except maybe for the red dirt the road is made of.

Getting close to the top and farmers families live all along the road.

The water appears to come from no where.

Almost everyone we passed carried some kind of machete.  Wonder if there are snakes?

Such happy people

New construction.  These limb walls will be stuffed with mud for walls.

Surprise at the top.  Three muzungus from Kampala are getting ready to sail off the cliff.

This is the first time for the front man.  the second man is the instructor.  They will be sailing together.

If you look close you'll see the sailers.  What a curiosity they were to the locals.

Top of Mt. Elgon.  The cell phone satellites are to our right.

Bought some onions from these kids.  We were somewhat of a curiosity.

The house is loosing it's mud.

Elder Barton is collecting water from this bamboo pipe that comes out of the ground where the water is flowing.  It was pretty brown so only Elder Barton tasted it then tossed it out.  This is a clean source of water for these people.

This was quite a steep hill.  Three women are high up working their farm.  Could be dangerous if you made a miss step.

Friday we made our first trip into one of the craters of Mt. Elgon.  We felt like we were in a huge dish but mostly we enjoyed getting to know those who live there.

Villagers celebrate the coming of the new school that the muzungus are helping them build.  Notice the little albino child.  They aren't as rare as you would think.

Some LDS girls have been working with "Help International" all summer.  They helped build a school in this village.  We were visiting with the Bartons who had been asked to haul the school sign to the village which is in the crater we had asked the Bartons about seeing.  The bags of cement are to cover the outside of the mud school house to make it more weather proof.

The girls helped put the mud between the sticks to form the wall of the school

Notice the plants that are starting to grow in the mud wall

This is a four room school with windows and doors to be installed later

These girls are pretty proud of the work they have done.  Most leave this next week for home and their college work.  The teacher of the school is so happy and appreciative.  The children will really be blessed to have a functioning school.

Good bye to the Grundy's who have a commitment at home.  They will be back before the end of the year.  They have been serving in Lira.

Gigantic termites fly out and are eaten leaving only the wings.  We found these still alive stuck by their wings to the hood of the truck one morning early.