The young woman with the child, Edward, stays and cares for the residents of the home. The day we visited it was Edward's birthday. We didn't know that, but had just bought a bubble gun to use for the Primary Nursery kids, and so we gave it to him. He was so elated by that bubble gun. He absolutely went hysterical laughing and it was so fun to watch him get that much enjoyment out of something that most kids in America just take for granted.
We were able to participate with our district to help paint a home for a new member convert. He has been ill for about 2 months and their family has really struggled. The Elders thought that maybe cleaning out their flat would help with the health concerns. So we purchased some paint and the elders went to work. It looked so much better when it was done. On the left is Brother Magunje and his sweet daughter, Cherish. She is really a cutie and is a favorite of all the kids at church.
Painting is Elder Ssengooba and Elder Hiltbrand, Holding the paint can is Elder Almeida.
This is Sister Magunje. They literally took everything out of the flat and scrubbed and cleaned everything that was to go back in. LaNice helped wash the dishes in a big metal tub loaded with dishes. The water was not hot, but there was enough soap to hopefully kill anything that could have been living on those dishes!
After the dishes were done, LaNice and Sister Magunje went to the market to buy a bit of food. We got this chicken. It was one of the fatter, better looking ones. The just tie it's feet together and Sister Magunje carried it home by the wings. She's the one who kills it, guts it, de-feathers it and then cooks it. I remember doing that when I was a kid and didn't much like it when mom would make us help do our chickens. It is about the only way people in the compound can have chicken is to do it all themselves. Below is our hardworking Matero Elders and the Magunjes. Elder Abisai is the tall Elder in the blue shirt.
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