We have had great week. We continue to meet more of the students in the PEF Program. This is such an inspired program. Here in Kenya, just a little bit of education can bring these humble saints out of the depths of poverty. There is no middle class here, either the people are quite affluent or they are very poor. We see both at church. There is an area of about one square mile where over a million people live in tin huts in deplorable conditions. They have no electricity, no plumbing, no running water and yet they are so humble. It is amazing to aee the smiles on their faces. Many of them come into our office to apply for loans or get another draw from their loan to help pay for their tuition or books.
We met a family that has six children in the PEF program. All six are returned missionaries. They have two sons currently serving missions. The mom and dad are just waiting for their chance to serve. They are planning to go to the temple in South Africa this fall. We attended their branch with another missionary couple last Sunday. Elder and Sister Anderson have taught other saints in our mission "square foot gardening". They saw the plot of ground outside the chapel. He suggested that they catch the rain water and they would have enough to water the whole plot. This brother with all the missionaries said, "If I could feed my family off the land, the church wouldn't have to pay for my children's education". Such humble people.