Joseph wasn't able to e-mail us this last week because he went to Kenya! He met with his Mission President, Pres. Msane and then headed off to a place called Kyambeke. It is 70 miles southeast of Nairobi. When Russ map quested it, it gave traveling time as 2hr. and 46 minutes to travel that 70 miles...
I have posted the letter Pres. Msane sent us and a pic of Joseph with him and his wife. Russ and I think we are really going to like his mission president. We think that Joseph is in good hands.
It also has Joseph's letter address if anyone is inclined to send him snail mail.
THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
KENYA NAIROBI MISSION Office: +254 -708-167-424
Opposite African Wildlife Foundation
Ngong Road Cell: +254-737-513-418
P.O. Box 46162 – 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: 2012995@ldschurch.org
5 August 2016
Dear Family of Joseph Russell Butters,
We have welcomed Elder Butters, who has arrived safely in the Kenya Nairobi Mission. He is a choice
young man and eager to be an excellent missionary. I was pleased to note the preparation, worthiness and
commitment of your son to be obedient and to serve the Lord honourably. This is the first generation of
church membership for the people in this mission in the huge and diverse continent of Africa, and I know that as he serves the people, he will learn to love them and they will love him. His testimony is strong, and I am honoured to have him serve in our mission.
Elder Butters is laboring in Kyambeke in the Kilungu Hills District in Kenya, with an excellent companion, Elder Otika. Sister Msane and I will see him at least every four to six weeks at Zone Conference, and I will have an interview with him on those occasions. Excellent doctors and medical care are available here if
health problems occur. We pledge to take good care of your son. This is a great mission and we know he
will be successful.
Mail to your son should be addressed to:
Kenya Nairobi Mission,
P. O. Box 46162-00100,
Opposite African Wildlife Foundation Ngong Road
Nairobi, Kenya
I will encourage him to write home every week, but mail is slow, so be patient. The Missionary Department
has authorized
e-mail to the family once a week, if it is available to you. We are grateful for this added blessing. Telephone
contacts and personal visits to missionaries by friends and relatives are inappropriate and contrary to long-standing Church policy. Full-time missionaries have made a commitment to devote their full time and attention to proclaiming the Gospel,
and any such contacts during the time they are serving detracts from their effectiveness. However, we do urge you to write to him weekly.
Thank you for teaching, nurturing and sending forth this fine young man, anxious to serve the Lord and to honor his family and other loved ones. May the Lord bless you with peace and assurance that all is in His hands.
Sincerely,
President Ephraim Msane
Kenya Nairobi Mission
The letter copied kind of choppy but I think you can make out what its saying. I will try to update this blog every Sunday and know that the blog is being posted by Laura, Joseph's mom but I haven't figured out how to fix that yet...
