Elder Augustine Neves Kamara- They call him Elder

Elder Augustine Neves Kamara was born to Gibril Kamara who is a prominent Muslim in the little hilltop community of Looking Town, Kissy, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Gibril serves as the unofficial medical advisor for the loosely knit collection of homes carved into the hillside.

Of the hundreds of homes, only about a dozen or two are accessible by car if conditions are good and another two dozen can be reached on a motor bike. When a home is built, laborers shovel a landing out of the hillside and then haul sand and cement and block and any other materials from the closest access point to the almost impassible road.

Gibril runs an unofficial drug store and treats the local people for their various ailments even though he is not licensed to do so but is a nurse. He has an extra bed or two if the need arises to keep someone for a day or more to care for them.

Augusta, his wife, is a Christian and listens to us. She likes to go to the local born again church five minutes from their home. That church has no lights and no amendments except for rough benches but it is close and loud during their services.

Two years ago these folks lost a little boy to some disease that probably would be treatable in the clinic back home. She was pregnant when we first met her and gave birth to this little boy at the end of November, 2010.

I thought it was time to show you just what Elder Neves, the Younger looks like. I've talked about the little guy a few times in our letters. We go by and make sure he's still doing well four or five times a week. He's growing up and responding when we make faces at him and act silly.

Gibril and Augusta asked us to give him a name and blessing and then said the name should be Elder Neves. Augusta, I think, took Gibril aside the night before we came and told Gibril how it was going to be with Augustine in there just in case they didn't want to be reminded of Elder Neves some time down the line.

Its been a long since he received his blessing and now I need to start documenting his stages a little bit better. I was going to show him being breast fed but thought better of the idea.

He's almost crawling around now but this most protected and pampered baby I've known here in Africa where the babies grow up quickly, often on their own, is carried everywhere he goes, mostly like Augusta is carrying him in the picture that follows.

I'm thinking of bringing him home with us when we come. Wes, will you start a college and mission fund for Elder Neves right away?

Doesn't he look like me just a little bit. The hair perhaps or the little cute nose? Maybe the eyes?

The next thing I want to do a bit on the Fayombo family and particularly these two little girls.

Finda and Lilian about nine and eleven

I I Also I wanted to show you the black girl that is threatening to break up our marriage. Her name is Balu but folks just refer to her as that black girl. See Pete and Mom in the background. This was during the filming of the lost boys by the Undermine.

She's already pushing  mom away but I'm fighting it as much as I am able. You won't get away with it, Little Girl!

This little girl is my other favorite, little Aminata Neves, my latest little darling. 

I will soon do a piece on her family and their baptisms.

This last photo is also a teaser showing Peter acting like a bad man in charge of Spirit Prison or maybe its the Telestial Kingdom welcoming Adama in. Notice her blue body recently acquired. Mom figured out a fine way to teach the youngsters the plan of salvation. Adama couldn't stop giggling and acting scared to death when he'd growl at her like he's doing.