Ye Elders of Israel

I was going through my pictures and thought I would share some of the day to day life of an Elder here in Mozambique.  These are great young men, full of the spirit and full of fun.  They mean so much to us as we try and help them with the work here in Quelimane.

Whenever we have visiting Elders they clean up the kitchen.  They
are much more creative than I am when drying the dishes.



One set of Elders helps out each week in the English class.  Elder Ostler was
playing our game of matching words that mean the opposite.  He was pretty good at it.



This was an outdoor lesson for some children in a family we are teaching.  Excuse the
pg-13 nature of the mother's dress, this is the Africa the Elders face every day.



The Elders walk kilometers and kilometers in the intense heat and humidity
every day.  They do a lot of contacting as they walk each day.



Ever resourceful, Elder Steele saw the lemons on the tree in the back yard and the
whole group made copious amounts of fresh lemonade.



Eating is a big part of every day life for the Elders.  They are
never full.  We usually eat out for lunch one day a week with them.  This was
a farewell lunch on transfer day.

Always musical, the Elders also do special special requests, like this one
for my birthday last month.  They harmonize so well and are just great!