Wanted to share just a little of our time with Kensie and Josh. 

I guess you'd say we took a vacation from our mission however we share the restoration with our Safari drivers which resulted in a good gospel discussion and referral for a Book of Mormon 

This is our first view of the Serengeti,  Great Rift Valley that extends through many countries not just Kenya.  We traveled along a road carved out of the mountain by the Italian Prisoners captured in WW11 by the British.  

This is what we were hoping to see - a wilder beast crossing.  No crocs or lions interfered with the safety this day.  Our guide told us only 10% who come here actually see a crossing.  We were in the 10%.

We watched this lion pawing at the ground trying to dig something up.  She finally got tired and walked over behind a tree.  We were curious so drove up to see if we could tell what she was digging.                                      Imagine our surprise when a medium size wart hog bolted out of the ground right in front of us.  It had enough of a head start on the lion that it got away.

My favorite part of this trip was visiting a Maasi village.  Recently they have been trying to comply with government mandates that they educate their children.  Guests like us pay to participate with them in their village life and that pays for the kids teachers and school uniforms.  First the men danced for us -

Then the women danced.  The clothes they wear is so vibrant and colorful.  We were surprised to find that in spite of their strange traditions they are Christians.

Here we are with our Safari guide, Symo.  We stayed in a camp where we lived in a tent that had a separate roof and a bathroom with shower and toilet.  All the conveniences of a campout plus someone else fixed the food.  

One of Kensie and Josh's friend's had told them they should eat at the Carnivore in Nairobi.   We left the Maasi Mara right after breakfast and drove straight to the restaurant for a lovely meal of croc, ostrich, turkey and the usual meats that we like except for maybe the ox balls, not a fan

Stopping for a picture as we board the plane headed for Uganda

Spent a day in Kampala then took the gals from the PEF office with us to dinner then a night of African dancing

We told Kensie and Josh they needed to see where we shopped for produce.    

Our last couple days was an excursion to see the Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi forest.    Everyone did well on the steep hike but me who for sume reason suffered from altitude sickness.  We had hired a porter to carry our lunches and extra stuff so he took my hand and helped me get there.  This was definitely the experience of a life time.

At first we were sure what we were seeing but we were close enough that eventually we could tell they were gorillas.

This was our group that hiked to visit the Mubare family of Gorillas.  We had a guide, two guards with guns, incase we run into wild gorillas, our porter and two tourists from Portugal

Heading back to Entebbbe airport we stopped at the equator.  Kensie and Josh are now back home in the Northern Hemisphere - Seattle Washington