Saturday, May 4, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
AMAZING!! AMAZING!!
Time is flying - we haven't written since March 10th and we are sorry to be so negligent.
Really, time is has gone so fast and we haven't enough of IT to get everything done that we need to do. So unfortunate for the "blog" it's the last thing on the list!
Since we last posted . . . . . the boring stuff is . . . . .
*We've put 6,000 miles on our car :|
*We've had more sick Elders :(
*Another Elder arrested for speeding :(
*We've petted a giraffe :)
*A couple of car accidents for the Elders (not us) :( :(
*Prepared & planted a garden for a less active family, with the help of another less active Bro. :) :)
*Put security bars on windows of a home of an investigator FAMILY, (their baptism date is May26th :) :) :)
*Made 9 birthday cakes for Elders in our Zones :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
*Had an Elder crashes on his bike and he got up off the ground just in time to watch as a car ran over and smashed his eye glasses :-(
*Traveled to Mthatha and Queenstown to inspect flats, repair a frig, haul a washer to be repaired attended a District Meeting :) :( :(
*New Elder Training at our flat (Monday 22 - Dinner -16) :)
*East London Zone Meeting (Tuesday 23 - lunch - 26) :)
*Queenstown Zone Meeting (Wednesday 24 - lunch - 22) :)
*Mdantsane Zone Meeting (Thursday 25 - lunch - 20) :)
*Trained and taught Leaders with President and Sister Wood at the Port Alfred Branch Conference, :) :):)
*Went to Port Elizabeth to the Makro Store for Elders supplies - (a Costco wanna-be store!) :) *Inspected Elders flats and vehicles, some :) and some :(
*Hair Cuts for Elders, :) :)
*Practiced many hours and performed a concert with the Young Single Adult Choir - a choir with 25 YSA kids and 4 older adults - Elder and Sister Boyce being 2 . . . of the older adults :) :) :) *Enjoyed some amazing weather, :) :) :) :)
*Rode our bikes next to the ocean at sunrise, :) :)
*Ran along the Gonubie eastern shore of the Indian Ocean at sunrise, :) :)
*Taught Sharing Time and Primary Songs to some beautiful Primary children, :) :) :)
*And many memorable and tender experiences - :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
This little lady was walking along this road which runs parallel to the ocean. It was raining and cold - I was running when I ran past her. Notice she is bare footed, no coat or jacket, but was wrapped in plastic. I stopped and gave her my running sweatshirt that I had tied around my waist. Ren was driving along side of me and gave her a R5 coin. She really was happy - I think that is the biggest smile she could muster up!
We had the assistants in our home on Monday and Friday of last week.
They spent the night on Friday. When they got up the next morning we
took a picture of the ELDER ZARBOCK's shoes. He is very proud of them.
Elder Twitchell's are just as bad if not worse - he is proud as well -
WELL WORN SHOES . . . much walking! Grandma and Grandpa, Julie and
Buddy that is Elder Zarbock's hand.
Petting a giraffe or having a Giraffe pet US!
Putting in bars on windows of an investigator. Too many of their possessions were being stolen out of their home, so we secured it well.
The white lattice bars in the inside are the bars we installed. Elder's Carlson, Manda, Ndlovu and Oyiembo assisted along with the investigators little girl, Kelly. Kelly, by the way, is 6 and speaks 3 languages, English, Khosa and Africans! The Dad (Iyanda) is in the white shirt with the blue and red stripe next to me.
A garden that was called "powerful" by those who planted it! The Mom and Dad, 2 boys ages 13 and 15, and a daughter 17 all helped.
Time is flying - we haven't written since March 10th and we are sorry to be so negligent.
Really, time is has gone so fast and we haven't enough of IT to get everything done that we need to do. So unfortunate for the "blog" it's the last thing on the list!
Since we last posted . . . . . the boring stuff is . . . . .
*We've put 6,000 miles on our car :|
*We've had more sick Elders :(
*Another Elder arrested for speeding :(
*We've petted a giraffe :)
*A couple of car accidents for the Elders (not us) :( :(
*Prepared & planted a garden for a less active family, with the help of another less active Bro. :) :)
*Put security bars on windows of a home of an investigator FAMILY, (their baptism date is May26th :) :) :)
*Made 9 birthday cakes for Elders in our Zones :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
*Had an Elder crashes on his bike and he got up off the ground just in time to watch as a car ran over and smashed his eye glasses :-(
*Traveled to Mthatha and Queenstown to inspect flats, repair a frig, haul a washer to be repaired attended a District Meeting :) :( :(
*New Elder Training at our flat (Monday 22 - Dinner -16) :)
*East London Zone Meeting (Tuesday 23 - lunch - 26) :)
*Queenstown Zone Meeting (Wednesday 24 - lunch - 22) :)
*Mdantsane Zone Meeting (Thursday 25 - lunch - 20) :)
*Trained and taught Leaders with President and Sister Wood at the Port Alfred Branch Conference, :) :):)
*Went to Port Elizabeth to the Makro Store for Elders supplies - (a Costco wanna-be store!) :) *Inspected Elders flats and vehicles, some :) and some :(
*Hair Cuts for Elders, :) :)
*Practiced many hours and performed a concert with the Young Single Adult Choir - a choir with 25 YSA kids and 4 older adults - Elder and Sister Boyce being 2 . . . of the older adults :) :) :) *Enjoyed some amazing weather, :) :) :) :)
*Rode our bikes next to the ocean at sunrise, :) :)
*Ran along the Gonubie eastern shore of the Indian Ocean at sunrise, :) :)
*Taught Sharing Time and Primary Songs to some beautiful Primary children, :) :) :)
*And many memorable and tender experiences - :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
This little lady was walking along this road which runs parallel to the ocean. It was raining and cold - I was running when I ran past her. Notice she is bare footed, no coat or jacket, but was wrapped in plastic. I stopped and gave her my running sweatshirt that I had tied around my waist. Ren was driving along side of me and gave her a R5 coin. She really was happy - I think that is the biggest smile she could muster up!
Petting a giraffe or having a Giraffe pet US!
Putting in bars on windows of an investigator. Too many of their possessions were being stolen out of their home, so we secured it well.
The white lattice bars in the inside are the bars we installed. Elder's Carlson, Manda, Ndlovu and Oyiembo assisted along with the investigators little girl, Kelly. Kelly, by the way, is 6 and speaks 3 languages, English, Khosa and Africans! The Dad (Iyanda) is in the white shirt with the blue and red stripe next to me.
A garden that was called "powerful" by those who planted it! The Mom and Dad, 2 boys ages 13 and 15, and a daughter 17 all helped.
We do have amazing missionary experiences daily.
While traveling to meet with some Elder’s in Mthatha ( 3 hour drive - pronunciation Mmm Tata) and Queenstown (another 3 hours drive), we were halfway between Mthatha and Queenstown in the vast countryside and had a flat tire. This seemed unusual because our tires on our vehicle are relatively new. I changed the tire and put the spare on and drove on to Queenstown. It was late when we arrived so I got up early the next morning and went looking for a tire shop in Queenstown, there were several. I selected one and fully expected to just leave the tire there and pick it up later in the day. At the shop I selected, there were many cars in the bays to be repaired or have tires put on them, but the sales clerk told me he would get me in immediately. I pulled in and they attempted to fix my tire, but there was no hole or nail or anything that would cause the tire to go flat. Somehow it had just lost all the air. They filled it full of air and re-installed it on my car. I went to pay the bill and the clerk told me, “we are not going to charge you for this. You are with the Church and represent Jesus and I thank you for that. We need more of you people here to help us”.
While traveling to meet with some Elder’s in Mthatha ( 3 hour drive - pronunciation Mmm Tata) and Queenstown (another 3 hours drive), we were halfway between Mthatha and Queenstown in the vast countryside and had a flat tire. This seemed unusual because our tires on our vehicle are relatively new. I changed the tire and put the spare on and drove on to Queenstown. It was late when we arrived so I got up early the next morning and went looking for a tire shop in Queenstown, there were several. I selected one and fully expected to just leave the tire there and pick it up later in the day. At the shop I selected, there were many cars in the bays to be repaired or have tires put on them, but the sales clerk told me he would get me in immediately. I pulled in and they attempted to fix my tire, but there was no hole or nail or anything that would cause the tire to go flat. Somehow it had just lost all the air. They filled it full of air and re-installed it on my car. I went to pay the bill and the clerk told me, “we are not going to charge you for this. You are with the Church and represent Jesus and I thank you for that. We need more of you people here to help us”.
As I was getting ready to leave the shop, another attendant came up to me
and said, “I know where your
church is and I want to attend, do you have any literature for me to
read”. I quickly jumped at the
opportunity to share the gospel. I gave him a Book of Mormon and he committed to start
reading it and come to church on Sunday.
I filled out all his contact information and gave it to the missionaries
assigned to where he lives. He has a great interest and desire in the gospel, my feeling is that he
will become a member of the church.
Was
I supposed to have a flat tire, even though I had new tires on the car and there
was really no reason for the tire to go flat? Was I directed to have my tire fixed at this particular
repair shop? Was it by chance that
I got in quickly and was able to share the gospel with the service attendant
and not even charged for the repair? The Lord works in incredible subtle ways. Have we shared HOW MUCH WE LOVE THIS WORK.
One more -
April 18th thru the 26th was particularly busy and taxing - meals for New Elder Training, Zone Meetings with lunches and in addition we were hosting Assistants and the Mission President and Sister Wood, Elder and Sister Van Gass (area Psychologist visiting our area for Zone Meetings) with breakfasts and dinners in our home during the same time. Friday came and we had a full day ahead of us and we got in the car to take care of our list for the day - I sat down in the car and an overwhelming feeling came over me and I felt like I couldn't do any more that day little alone the rest of the week and it was only 8:00 am! . . . but playing on the car CD player was one of our homemade CD's and I heard - "Because I Have Been Given Much" - I knew the Lord was aware of me, what we had done that week and what we still had to do - I knew I was so blessed - we have far beyond what anyone in this country has . . . I can do it and I will! - HE will help me!
Again, we need more of you experienced members out here as missionaries. There is much to be done and we can't do it all by ourselves! Having us do it by ourselves, as a great Elder once said, is like "stuffing a turkey thru the beak!!" We can't do it!
Love to you all!
GO WELL!
South Africa
One more -
April 18th thru the 26th was particularly busy and taxing - meals for New Elder Training, Zone Meetings with lunches and in addition we were hosting Assistants and the Mission President and Sister Wood, Elder and Sister Van Gass (area Psychologist visiting our area for Zone Meetings) with breakfasts and dinners in our home during the same time. Friday came and we had a full day ahead of us and we got in the car to take care of our list for the day - I sat down in the car and an overwhelming feeling came over me and I felt like I couldn't do any more that day little alone the rest of the week and it was only 8:00 am! . . . but playing on the car CD player was one of our homemade CD's and I heard - "Because I Have Been Given Much" - I knew the Lord was aware of me, what we had done that week and what we still had to do - I knew I was so blessed - we have far beyond what anyone in this country has . . . I can do it and I will! - HE will help me!
Again, we need more of you experienced members out here as missionaries. There is much to be done and we can't do it all by ourselves! Having us do it by ourselves, as a great Elder once said, is like "stuffing a turkey thru the beak!!" We can't do it!
Love to you all!
GO WELL!
Elder and Sister Boyce
South Africa Cape
Town Mission
54 Hazy Ridge – 9
Swallow Lane
Gonubie, East
London 52517
Eastern Cape, 5241
South Africa
083-406-1845
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Wow, we have had a busy three weeks! Things keep moving faster and faster.
Monday February 18 started transfer week. Elders usually find out if they are being transferred on Monday or Tuesday so whether they move or not they will usually spend Monday (P-day) cleaning their flats and catching up on everything in preparation. If they have been in an area 3 to 4 transfers, they typically have a good chance of being transferred. Transfers are every 6 weeks (church wide) After these transfers are confirmed they get their itinerary as to how they will travel to their new areas. Distances can be far here so they usually take a bus or fly.
We traveled 6 days and drove home in one day, it was a 8 hour drive from the furthest point, which was the City of George.
We arrived home on Wednesday night and got up the next morning and drove 2 hours to Queenstown to help 4 Elders move from one flat to another. They worked so hard to get moved and then they had to clean the flat they moved out of - . . . . OK . . . . I have to admit I clean the flat they moved out of! We had to wander home in the dark, but Elder Boyce is an excellent driver (on the left side of the road)!
On Friday the 1st we had the 6 Zone Leaders of our area for breakfast and a Skype Conference with all the other Zones in the Mission with the Mission President. They are all very cute and wanted to take a picture in our backyard while they were here together so this is what they did!
Crazy! Notice our amazing View!
We have the opportunity to work with wonderful, humble, sweet and loving people in the Mdantsane 3rd Ward and love working within the confines of this ward boundary. It is a ward of about 400 members and only about 30% attendance. There is a tremendous amount of ministering that needs to be shared with this 70% of the ward members who do not attend. We visit several of these members and we are having some wonderful successes in inviting and getting them back to church participation. These pictures are the grandchildren of Brother and Sister Ngangalizwe, A couple that have fallen into inactivity, but have committed to return. We gave them school kits and a soccer ball and they absolutely love it. Most of these children have very little and even gifts of pencils and toothbrushes are choice presents that bring incredible smiles and hugs.
Here's two more pictures of kids that we stopped as we were driving in our area. We gave them a soccer ball and some school kits. They loved having their picture taken too!
With a little bit of Young Single Adult experience, we have also been focusing on YSA's and their rescue. Some 40% of the membership within our Stake are young single adult age (18-30 years old).
We are attaching a video of a 2 ward (Mdantsane 2nd and 3rd ward) YSA choir. So the choir consists of young single adults and 2 old married adults (Elder and Sister Boyce). We love singing with these young men and women and I really think they like our attendance (not our singing) to the choir. We are practicing for the Easter Program. This video is at a practice and these kids are singing an elementary school song they all learned many years ago. They are singing in Xhosa (Kohsa) which is their native language but the song is called "We are Marching in the Light of God". Remember they learned it and sang it at elementary school. The older woman is the conductor mom. They are a fun bunch of kids!
Monday February 18 started transfer week. Elders usually find out if they are being transferred on Monday or Tuesday so whether they move or not they will usually spend Monday (P-day) cleaning their flats and catching up on everything in preparation. If they have been in an area 3 to 4 transfers, they typically have a good chance of being transferred. Transfers are every 6 weeks (church wide) After these transfers are confirmed they get their itinerary as to how they will travel to their new areas. Distances can be far here so they usually take a bus or fly.
Elders
who are being transferred are dropped off in the morning at the bus
station or airport for their departure, their companions take care of
that. Then in the afternoon we go, with the Elders who are staying, to
the airport to pick up the Elders that are being transferred in. We
generally have food for everyone! That is one of our main
responsibilities - BRING FOOD EVERYWHERE WE GO! Elders were born
hungry! There are typically 30 - 40 Elders at the airport. They love
to see who's coming in and they will run and hug an Elder they haven't
seen since the beginning of their mission. It's funny and touching at
the same time. After all the new Elders get here and settled in, we
left on the 22nd for Port Alfred, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, George
and Knysna - all beautiufl port cities except Grahamstown (it's a college
town inland). Ren had to do audits with the branches in all areas
except Port Elizabeth. However, Port Elizabeth is the largest city and
it has a store called Makro - it's like Costco! We had fun buying
Elders supplies there! We also bought a mix master - for us - I've
become a cookie chef and it's too hard to use a hand mixer!
We arrived home on Wednesday night and got up the next morning and drove 2 hours to Queenstown to help 4 Elders move from one flat to another. They worked so hard to get moved and then they had to clean the flat they moved out of - . . . . OK . . . . I have to admit I clean the flat they moved out of! We had to wander home in the dark, but Elder Boyce is an excellent driver (on the left side of the road)!
On Friday the 1st we had the 6 Zone Leaders of our area for breakfast and a Skype Conference with all the other Zones in the Mission with the Mission President. They are all very cute and wanted to take a picture in our backyard while they were here together so this is what they did!
We have the opportunity to work with wonderful, humble, sweet and loving people in the Mdantsane 3rd Ward and love working within the confines of this ward boundary. It is a ward of about 400 members and only about 30% attendance. There is a tremendous amount of ministering that needs to be shared with this 70% of the ward members who do not attend. We visit several of these members and we are having some wonderful successes in inviting and getting them back to church participation. These pictures are the grandchildren of Brother and Sister Ngangalizwe, A couple that have fallen into inactivity, but have committed to return. We gave them school kits and a soccer ball and they absolutely love it. Most of these children have very little and even gifts of pencils and toothbrushes are choice presents that bring incredible smiles and hugs.
With a little bit of Young Single Adult experience, we have also been focusing on YSA's and their rescue. Some 40% of the membership within our Stake are young single adult age (18-30 years old).
We are attaching a video of a 2 ward (Mdantsane 2nd and 3rd ward) YSA choir. So the choir consists of young single adults and 2 old married adults (Elder and Sister Boyce). We love singing with these young men and women and I really think they like our attendance (not our singing) to the choir. We are practicing for the Easter Program. This video is at a practice and these kids are singing an elementary school song they all learned many years ago. They are singing in Xhosa (Kohsa) which is their native language but the song is called "We are Marching in the Light of God". Remember they learned it and sang it at elementary school. The older woman is the conductor mom. They are a fun bunch of kids!
This is an option we could have for dinner - if we wanted - roasted chicken feet!
On Friday the 8th we had a Zone Conference for all 3 zones in our area. We received teaching from the Mission President, his wife and his assistants. The assistants consist of Elder Tuckett and
ELDER ZARBOCK! (2nd row, 2nd from right)
The conference started at 9:00 am and went to 4:30. Elder and Sister Boyce are in charge of providing a snack in the morning, then lunch, and a snack as they walk out the door to go back to their areas. There were 54 of us, we had spaghetti, (not roasted chicken feet!) bread, salad and Sheepherder Brownies and ice cream.
Here is a picture of all the missionaries that we assist in the work - you could say that we take care of their wants, their desires, their needs, their wishes, and their requirements!
They are the cutest Elders and are so grateful for everything we do for them!
Besides the Mission President and his wife the picture also includes a Branch President from Port Alfred and a new couple from Grahamstown, two other cities in our area.
President and Sister Wood are in the center of the second row - the empty chair next to me is for Elder Boyce but he is taking the picture!
Sorry this is way too long and way too much information!!
Next entry we will wander thru our days quicker!
Go Well! - we appreciate your prayers and support!
Elder and Sister Boyce
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Well, Valentines Day has come and gone, President's Day weekend is here and the Parade of Homes has begun in St. George. It's time for all of northern Utah to come to St. George!
We have been serving for 2 months now and we are finally getting accustom to the area and this wild and crazy driving over here. Everybody either drives really really fast or extremely slow. It's pretty wild. People walk everywhere, there are always many people walking on the roads. They walk even on the freeways! They walk up and down on both sides and even in the median!
This is a typical sight on the roads -
We saw her as we were driving down the road and I had to get her picture. So we turned around and pulled up by her. I got out of the car and walked up in front of her and held up my camera and a 5 rand coin. She got a big grin on her face and shook her head - yes. I took the picture and gave the R5, which is like maybe $5, yet with exchange rate it's like 75 cents in US$. Women are always carrying something on their head . . . men rarely do.
I call this picture - "All in a day's walk!"
Anyway, we have been extremely busy and there is so much to do. We are so tired by the end of the day, we seem to just fall into bed and it's morning. Morning is usually up at 5:00 am and we go to the gym and work out from about 5:15 to 6:30 am every morning. (Not Sunday). We then try to get some study time in, but usually have to take off early and assist Elders, do inspections or have meetings. Our area is very large and there are 3 areas that we have to travel to monthly. Queenstown is about 2 hours drive to the west. Mthatha is about 3 hours drive to the North and Grahamstown and Port Alfred are about 3 hours drive to the south.
There are Elder's serving in all these areas and we inspect their apartments and vehicles, attend their district meetings and try to meet their needs. We are their mission parents while they are here in our area (about 40 elders). The Mission President is some 500 miles away, so we assist him in caring for these young men. We have had accidents, sickness, fires, family deaths, and even an Elder put in jail for excess speeding. We had to attend to an Elder that was down for 10 days with a back problem, an Elder who snapped his Achilles tendon (required surgery and he is out for 3 months).
By the way - to all my dear friends in PACU - here in South Africa an operating room is called a "theater". So think about your day's work as being at the theater!! :) :)
We had an African Elder, this last Tuesday, that had an infected wisdom tooth and had to have all his wisdom teeth removed! He was in sad shape, but is recovering well. The other night we had down pour rain storm and one of our driving Elders swerved to miss a dog and crashed into a high curb, causing about $2500.00 in damage to his car - it can't be driven till it's repaired.
We are also serving in the Mdantsane 3rd Ward. I serve in the Primary. I do the singing and sharing times. I've made a board with all the kids pictures on it. They are very excited to see their pictures.
Ren is teaching Gospel Doctrine this week and then we sing in the YSA Choir.
We have also attended our first group of Zone Conferences. We have 3 Zones here in East London so President Wood comes to East London and trains each Zone for about 3 to 4 hour for per day. We do the conferences on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then after the training, Ren and I feed them lunch. It's usually between 18 to 22 elders per zone conference and include the adults and AP's if they come. I've made dozen's of cookies over the last 2 months. 6 - 7 dozen at a time for various functions!
We have also been visiting less actives in the ward. We have one family, that we have been visiting, that has come back to church the last 3 weeks. It's great because it's a whole family - husband, wife, son and daughter. So we are happy about that. Then another single sister who has come with her daughter and her grandson. There are others that say they will come, but then don't, but they are making progress.
Well this is long enough - here are some pictures of our flat - we really are blessed to live in a very nice home in a gated community. This mission is really the BEST of all missions!
Congratulations to President and Sister Carrie Henderson for their call to Brisbane! Are those missionaries in Brisbane ever lucky and bless to have you two coming to guide and direct that mission!!
Have a great weekend and as they say here in the South Africa Cape Town Mission - "GO WELL!"
We have been serving for 2 months now and we are finally getting accustom to the area and this wild and crazy driving over here. Everybody either drives really really fast or extremely slow. It's pretty wild. People walk everywhere, there are always many people walking on the roads. They walk even on the freeways! They walk up and down on both sides and even in the median!
This is a typical sight on the roads -
I call this picture - "All in a day's walk!"
Anyway, we have been extremely busy and there is so much to do. We are so tired by the end of the day, we seem to just fall into bed and it's morning. Morning is usually up at 5:00 am and we go to the gym and work out from about 5:15 to 6:30 am every morning. (Not Sunday). We then try to get some study time in, but usually have to take off early and assist Elders, do inspections or have meetings. Our area is very large and there are 3 areas that we have to travel to monthly. Queenstown is about 2 hours drive to the west. Mthatha is about 3 hours drive to the North and Grahamstown and Port Alfred are about 3 hours drive to the south.
There are Elder's serving in all these areas and we inspect their apartments and vehicles, attend their district meetings and try to meet their needs. We are their mission parents while they are here in our area (about 40 elders). The Mission President is some 500 miles away, so we assist him in caring for these young men. We have had accidents, sickness, fires, family deaths, and even an Elder put in jail for excess speeding. We had to attend to an Elder that was down for 10 days with a back problem, an Elder who snapped his Achilles tendon (required surgery and he is out for 3 months).
By the way - to all my dear friends in PACU - here in South Africa an operating room is called a "theater". So think about your day's work as being at the theater!! :) :)
We had an African Elder, this last Tuesday, that had an infected wisdom tooth and had to have all his wisdom teeth removed! He was in sad shape, but is recovering well. The other night we had down pour rain storm and one of our driving Elders swerved to miss a dog and crashed into a high curb, causing about $2500.00 in damage to his car - it can't be driven till it's repaired.
We are also serving in the Mdantsane 3rd Ward. I serve in the Primary. I do the singing and sharing times. I've made a board with all the kids pictures on it. They are very excited to see their pictures.
Ren is teaching Gospel Doctrine this week and then we sing in the YSA Choir.
We have also attended our first group of Zone Conferences. We have 3 Zones here in East London so President Wood comes to East London and trains each Zone for about 3 to 4 hour for per day. We do the conferences on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then after the training, Ren and I feed them lunch. It's usually between 18 to 22 elders per zone conference and include the adults and AP's if they come. I've made dozen's of cookies over the last 2 months. 6 - 7 dozen at a time for various functions!
We have also been visiting less actives in the ward. We have one family, that we have been visiting, that has come back to church the last 3 weeks. It's great because it's a whole family - husband, wife, son and daughter. So we are happy about that. Then another single sister who has come with her daughter and her grandson. There are others that say they will come, but then don't, but they are making progress.
Well this is long enough - here are some pictures of our flat - we really are blessed to live in a very nice home in a gated community. This mission is really the BEST of all missions!
Congratulations to President and Sister Carrie Henderson for their call to Brisbane! Are those missionaries in Brisbane ever lucky and bless to have you two coming to guide and direct that mission!!
Have a great weekend and as they say here in the South Africa Cape Town Mission - "GO WELL!"
Sunday, January 27, 2013
It's Sunday evening and we're organizing and planning for the coming week. We ran across some photos we took when we first arrived in Cape Town back on December 28th. The office couples took us around Cape Town and showed us several sites that they thought we would enjoy and that maybe we wouldn't get back to Cape Town to view.
So along with Table Mountain Hike, that we have already posted, here are some views from Cape of Good Hope. Cape of Good Hope is where the warm Indian Ocean meets the cold Atlantic Ocean and the wind is always at gale force!!
This is Simon's Town Beach - where the only African Penguins hangout!
Below are some pictures taken at a beautiful garden in Cape Town on December 30!!
These two pictures are of some kids in our ward area - Mdantsane. Notice the the little boy carrying his stuffed animal on his back. He's imitating his mom - moms carry their babies like this.
You may remember our Elder that we had to rescue out of jail for speeding - here he is!
We love what we're doing! The people are very humble and gracious. The missionaries are so grateful for what we do for them. We sure do stay busy!
Love to you all!
So along with Table Mountain Hike, that we have already posted, here are some views from Cape of Good Hope. Cape of Good Hope is where the warm Indian Ocean meets the cold Atlantic Ocean and the wind is always at gale force!!
Below are some pictures taken at a beautiful garden in Cape Town on December 30!!
We love what we're doing! The people are very humble and gracious. The missionaries are so grateful for what we do for them. We sure do stay busy!
Love to you all!
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