Travel to Ile-Ife

 Friday morning we loaded up a van with 2 Elders, an auditor, driver and another man, and the President's SUV, loaded with the President, a driver and Tim and I, and headed to Ile-Ife (pronounciation Ee-leaf-ay) for Priesthood training.  We were able to tag along to do some PEF training with the Priesthood Training meetings.  On the way to Ile-Ife we stopped by to see an LDS church, which is really only the second floor in the building shown below, and we saw a new apartment that will be ready for the missionaries to move in to in a few weeks.  Construction here is interesting.  Tim and I both thought it was an old building being remodeled.  We stayed the night in President Karkari's apartment.  This morning we had the Priesthood Training Meeting where Tim and I were given 1/2 an hour to talk about PEF.  After speaking to the large group we took the PEF specialists to the Relief Society room for PEF training.  The first training meeting we did on our own is now under our belts.  We know we can do better, but, we were okay with it.  On the way home Pres. Karkari's car wouldn't work properly so we left it in Ile-Ife and all of us climbed into the van and rode back to Lagos.  On the way home we had great conversations with the Elders and others in the van.  The Elders told of some pretty amazing experiences and then others joined in the conversation.  When we were close to home we began singing hymns together.  It was a very special moment.  I am grateful to have been able to be in the vehicle with these amazing people.  The Nigerian people know how to sing hymns with gusto and much feeling.  They could give the entire church a lesson on singing with feeling, spirit and volume.  The picture above is of Elder Jennings and I with the Elder who really began the singing on our way home.