KAKANDA PETITIONS TO BECOME A BRANCH

A few weeks ago in my letter I told you about a small town by
the name of Kakanda that has a small group of people (50) who
have been meeting as a group and they want to become an
official branch of the church.  We went with our president and
his wife to visit this "group" and see if they could qualify to become
a branch.   This is where the meeting was held - the small 2 room home
of one of the people.  They move their meager belongings into the
second room each week for church.  This week it was so crowded
there were people sitting outside for the meeting. 



I took this picture just before the meeting.  Often the kids sit
together, the men sit together, and the women sit with the small
children.  Sometimes we see families sitting together in the
more progressive areas.



So much for that "starving children in Africa"
thought.

Notice the little guy on the right with his camouflage shorts, his
huge vest and his colorful tie.  So many of their clothes come
straight from American thrift stores.  They do a fabulous job of
always looking spotlessly clean when they attend church or go
shopping.  Even their shoes are clean and this is red dirt like in
Moab.

This is the river where the first baptisms took place.

An unexpected baptism - oops.  A couple weeks later we drove by
this same spot and the truck was still there but the cab was
totally submerged.  It looks like this will be its final resting spot for
many years to come.



A typical village.  We passed lots of these little villages on our
3 hour drive to Kakanda.




This is the home where we held the church meeting with the
"group."  First they get official permission to meet as a group
and teach and pass the sacrament and then as they grow they
get permission to become a branch and become part of a district.




Who is this handsome guy and what is he doing
in the bushes?