"Here is Sister Dalley in all her glory, as well as I, we are truly African. The comments from the members here are, "You're beautiful. You're very smart". It is a different look let me tell you. But it's hair it will always grow out.
Ya gotta love it, baby." Elder Dalley
This was a four hour process. The first hour Leah (pronounced Laya) separated the long five inch thick hair peice into small stands and tying them together with a doible tie. Then she curled 3/4 of the the over 100 strands by dipping them into hot water after she had twisted several around the end of a comb. Next she made five vertical braids down the back of my head and stitched the curls into them.Next she took the straight strands and twisted them around little sections of my hair which she is doing in the first picture. It looks long and witchy but she trimmed it off after she got it all braided in.
The second picture is Leah curling the braids to match the back.
The third picture shows the finished hair. Wow, that is a lot of scalp showing but it will only last a week or so and I have a scarf to cover the front if I get too self conscious when I go to Nairobi for zone conference and meet the new mission president.
The last picture is Elder and Sister African Hair Missionaries!
