These were all taken where the Upgun Branch meets.  Brent is standing just outside the door.  The next picture is of the street and some of the reason it is hard to hear in church.  The meeting house is on the second floor of this building and it is a pretty busy street. with an intersection right on corner. 

 This picture of me is facing the other side of the building.  The stairs are just behind me. 

This is what it looks like inside the building.  This was 5 minutes before the meeting started.  We usually have about 35 people there and that includes the investigators.  It is small, but growing and the members are so friendly and happy. 

 Just some random pictures of our all mission conference during our lunch time.  I'm not sure the Elder on the left, but then there is Elder Wheelock, Elder Thomason, Elder Botang. 

 Some of our sweet Sister missionaries.  Aren't they darling?  Sister Soja is on the left and the 4th one from the left is Sister Abeka-Quansah.  They are the Sisters serving in Upgun the branch we are attending. 

 Brent and I.  Thanks Kassi for my cute dress.  This is the first time I wore it because I was saving it for something special and it doesn't get any more special than having a General Authority visit the mission. 

 Brent with Elder Arthur.  They have become very good friends.  Elder Arthur is serving in Makeni and has called Brent a lot about the new GT bank cards.  Hopefully now they are all working.  He is a really cute young man.  Darling sense of humor and great laugh. 

 This was our sister meeting on Saturday when we met with the wives of the General Authorities and some RS, YW and Primary leaders from SL.  Front row L to R:  Sister Stanfill, Sister Soares, Sister Stevenson and Sister Davies.  Back row L to R:  Me, Sister Carly, Sister Agbo, Stake Presidents wife, Sister Mabel Robin-Taylor Kossoh Town, Sister Christiana Kargbo, Kossoh Town (Ali's Wife) , Sister Alice Sawyer Wellington 1st Branch, Sister Clawson, and Sister Corbaley.  It was a wonderful meeting and I really felt the spirit. 

 Also on Saturday they had a meeting for all the Priesthood leaders in SL.  It was just for the Bishop's, Branch and District Presidents and the Stake President and President Clawson with all the General Authorities that visited us.  We had just finished our sister meeting and they were taking pictures, so I snapped one.  This is the church leadership of SL. 

My African dress.  I bought the fabric in a little shop in Congo market and Santo's a tailor here made it for me and I had him make a tie to match for Brent.  I was not sure it would fit me the way he measured me, but it fits perfect and I love it.  We wore this Sunday when the General Authorities were here.  I had a lot of people comment on it and tell me it suited me.  That is how they say it here. 

 Brent and Markus at the hospital in Sierra Leone after the accident.  The day after this picture was taken Markus went to Ghana and had surgery on both his wrists.  He arrived back in Sierra Leone on Friday 23, Sept. and he is doing really good. Markus called Brent and asked him to pick him up at Sea Bird when he flew in on Friday.  He felt honored to be able to do that for Markus. 

 This is a picture further back of the hospital.  You can see Brent and Markus up on the second floor through the trees. 

 My good friend Jeneba and her supper.  She works in distribution in the mission office as a volunteer 3 days a week.  She brought these chickens in a bag one day and took them home and ate them.  She brought some of them back in a stew the next day.  She is so much fun and always makes me laugh. 

 This is our sweet bread lady who just had a baby.  This is the one who told me she would give me her baby.  They are both beautiful and we love them, but like I told her, I am way to old to raise a baby. 

 This is the group of Missionaries we welcomed on August 23, 2016.  They are such an amazing group and there is such a unity between them. 

 Brent and I with Joseph Nicholoson.  This was taken on Aug. 25, 2016.  He is leaving on his mission today.  He gave me a flag pin of SL and Brent a banner. 

 Joseph and his family.  He is the only member in his family, but they all came to be with him when he was set apart.  They wore their best dress.  I love the way the Africans dress. 

 This is the group of SL missionaries that left on 25 Aug, 2016  L to R: Elder Pumagoi, Sister Jokella Vandy, Sister Josephine Ndnemah, Elder Joseph Nicholoson, Sister Bangura, Sister Joyce James, Elder Koroma.  I had to have a picture with them because I am close to several of them.  They will be missed. 

 President Ali, Kargbo, on the left with the Missionaries, 3 of them are from his Branch, Kossoh Town Branch.  Joseph, Josephine,and Sister Bangura.  President Ali Kargbo helps us do things for the mission.  He is such a nice man and we love him. 

 Sister Joyce James and her family.  Her father is the District President. 

Josephine and I have become very good friends and I will miss her.  I may never see her again.  We will probably be home just a few days when she is released. 

 Jokella took us downtown Freetown to this fabric store.  This lady gave us a really good price and she had beautiful fabric.  Jokella left on her mission the week after she took us here. This shop owner let me have a picture with her.  She was very nice.  We will go back and see her.

 Jokella and I downtown Freetown with the Cotton Tree behind us.  This is a pretty famous tree in Sierra Leone.  It is where the slaves first came back after being freed.  We walked home from downtown and these are the sights we saw.    A Bridal Store (for Mom) 

 We have driven past this Septic Service truck several times and since we were walking Brent had to have a picture with the truck.  (For Mark)

 Brent, Jokella, Sister Corbaley and Brother Corbaley.  They went with us to the fabric store.  Behind us is the cotton tree in our compound.  We were almost home.  This is a busy corner later in the day because it is a taxi stop.  Later it will be full of taxi's and Okada's (motorcycles) and lots of people.  Our store we buy bread from is off to the right.  Our friend had a baby a few weeks ago and we miss seeing her everyday.  Her sister is taking care of her bread store, which is just some baskets of bread with an umbrella over them. 

 Our internet went out a week or so ago and this is what they found outside.  Brent took a picture to send to the tech people in Accra, but I had to put them here for the boys.  This is the way they do things in Africa. 

 Our line goes across our back and into the wall.  They did fix it, but it took about 3 days. 

 This was a street we walked one afternoon on our walk.  The little ones you see in the middle were so cute.  The little girl is standing on a stool and she is eating.  She was giving the little brother some of her food and I wanted a picture, but missed her feeding him. 

 German Pancakes bake really good here.  We eat them sometimes on Saturday's. 

 The country is so beautiful right now with lots of waterfalls and water running out of the mountains.  When we first arrived there was no water here and now it is running a lot.  Everything is green and beautiful. 

                           We took these on our way home from Kossoh Town last Sunday. 

 Brent is holding an avocado that he picked off an avocado tree here in our compound.  He had a long pole and kept wacking it until the avocado fell.  The tree is very big and we don't have any ladders here.   We ate it and it was very good.

 This is a bread fruit.  We bought it from a little lady, who is a member, that has a shop just outside the compound.  He boiled half of it like a potato and fried the other half.  It tastes a lot like a potato, but the texture is more pasty.  We put chicken gravy on it and it was good.  The fried bread fruit tasted a lot like french fries. 

 This little girls name is Ester.  She and her mom are always at this spot on our walk.  The first few times Ester saw us and she wouldn't even look at us, but over time as we talked to her and her mom she has warmed up to us.  Now she watches for us and comes running to me and gives me a big hug.  She is so cute and so is her mom.  I am taking a copy of this picture to Ester and her mom tomorrow on our walk. 

 Also along our walk is this little store where they make clothes.  It is really tiny as you can see.  It barely fits 3 sewing machines.  They are all pedaled by foot because there is no electricity. 

 We walk over a big ravine on our walk and walk on a bridge.  These 2 pictures are looking down into it.  The river is running pretty good right now with all the rain.  In a few months it will be empty. 

 This is a street we just started walking on the end of our walk.  It does not have as much traffic as the one we were finishing up on.  These girls were sitting here this day and they all waved and the little ones had to touch us, I asked if I could have a picture with them and they all said yes.  The girl in the back that is standing is braiding another girls hair.  Now when we walk this street they all come running and hug us or wave and say Hi.  They are really friendly people. 

 This is Josephine Ndanemah and she is leaving on her mission 25 August.  We have become good friends.  She is also my keyboard student.  This is outside the Kossoh Town Branch building and the children all wanted their picture with us. 

This little guy is Raymond.  His parents work for the mission.  The other day he had fallen asleep on the couch in our waiting room and his parents stepped outside.  I was helping a young man with his mission papers and Raymond woke up and started crying.  I picked him up and loved him and he snuggled right into me.  I have worked for over a month just to get him to smile at me, but with his folks outside he let me hold him.  He is the cutest thing.  We really aren't suppose to hold babies, but my Mission president saw me and said, "Being a Grandma I see."  He is such a cute little one. 

These Elders are from Sierra Leone and they left Thursday 4 August 2016 for the MTC in Ghana.  They are L. to R.  Elder Sesay, Elder Ansumana, and Elder Genda.  They are great young men.  Elder Ansumana is the one going to South Africa that we have worked so hard to get his Visa and the area people told me it was good and he can go. YEAH!!!