Amazing stuff! Sounds like fun!
"... The Salt Lake City, Utah, leaders received a warm welcome by a group of local Latter-day Saint women, who sang and danced when they arrived at a meetinghouse in Nairobi for a Church leadership training meeting. ..."
"The General Presidents of the Relief Society and Young Women organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are in eastern and central Africa to meet with Latter-day Saints, government leaders and to visit humanitarian sites this week. Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson and Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon began their nine-day ministry tour in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, February 25, 2023. ...
Earlier in the day, the leader of the Church’s young women traveled to a high school for girls in Kinale, Nairobi. The senior principal, Vilfrida Simiyu, is a member of the Church and currently serves as an area organization adviser. Sister Simiyu said more than 60 students at the county school participate in the Church’s seminary program.
“We have 62 girls in seminary. We started with only three," ... "And as time went by and we talked to them about the importance of seminary, we sought permission from their parents.”
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, President Cordon and her husband, Derek, were in Kampala, Uganda, to meet with local Church leaders, youth and missionaries. Some missionaries are returning to the Uganda Kampala Mission following COVID-19 and an Ebola outbreak.
President Johnson and President Cordon will also travel to central Africa, including the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Several new temples are currently under construction in central Africa. Latter-day Saints in Nairobi are watching their new temple take shape along a busy highway. Houses of the Lord have also been announced or are under construction in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, and in Kananga and Lubumbashi in the DRC. A temple is currently in operation in Kinshasa, DRC. ..."
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