Here is our newest "greenie" in the mission on the left with the darker hair.  His name is Elder Spurrier and he is from Salt Lake City.  He is a wonderful addition to our Masai elders.  His companion is Elder Ferguson on the right.  You can almost read his name badge.  Whenever we get a new elder in our district, Linda and I take them out to Kenny Roger's Chicken Roasters for a meal.  We love eating there.  It's our favorite American restaurant we found out here.  I always order the half chicken with barbeque sauce, 3 sides, a delicious banana muffin and mineral water.  Good food!

 Today is Elder Smith's birthday.  He is 19 years old.  It is so strange to see our elders coming out at 18 years old and just out of high school.  Elder Smith is our District Leader and does an excellent job teaching us in District Meetings.  He always gives a super spiritual message and lesson each Tuesday morning.  Elder Smith just got a new companion, Elder Moore and Elder Earl got a new companion, Elder Mitchell.  We will be taking all four of them out to Kenny Roger's in a few days.  One visit for two new elders and a birthday.  Linda made a delicious chocolate bunt cake with Duncan Hines icing.

 We bought this yellow watermelon the other day and had it for supper.  It was so sweet and juicy.  It tasted just like the red watermelon we get back home, just a different color.  I thought it was much sweeter.  This is called "kuning tembikai" or yellow watermelon, of course.  The full watermelon is not as big as the watermelons we have back home.  These are about the size of a soccer ball.  We have red and yellow watermelon at least once a week or so.  Great with any meal.

 On the 15th day of the 8th month, in the Chinese calendar, we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Mooncake Festival.  The mom to the two kids we teach every Tuesday and Friday gave us two Mooncakes to try.  The cut open one has a "pandan" jelly filling inside.  Pandan is a green leaf used in cooking and baking here in Southeast Asia.  It makes cakes and jellies green in color and tastes similar to coconut.  I really love pandan cake.  It is "sangat sedap"!
The other uncut Mooncake was filled with a sweet potato filling.  Every store sells these Mooncakes at little stands all over the city.

The other odd food for this week is these delicious "pau" balls.  Sister Ng makes these pau balls for every branch activity we ever attend.  She brings a small grocery bag of them to sacrament meetings and any other occasion.  We reach in the bag and take a small handful and just nibble on them.  Some are made with various bean fillings or meat fillings, but Sis. Ng's plain pau balls are delicious, just by themselves.  It's just some kind of dough that is steamed over hot water and taken out to dry.  Really good stuff.