tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70304015030456712022024-03-12T16:06:43.368-07:00Down in AfricaOur South African Mission JournalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030401503045671202.post-59324247307980096892017-12-04T18:27:00.000-08:002017-12-04T18:27:37.516-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
October 2-4<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were excited to take Cydnee and her kids to church on
Sunday. We had been showing them around parts of South Africa and having a
great time. But now we can let them see a little bit of what we have been doing
and introduce them to some of our friends.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We decided to go to Osizweni first so that Taylor could give
the Branch President the baptismal clothes she had brought with her. President Zulu was very touched by the gift.
He told Taylor to stand up at the beginning of the meeting while he told
everyone about the baptismal clothes. It was a great experience for her. After church,
several people told her how grateful they were for her offering. I told her
that she not only provided something the branch needed but that she also set an
example to the people of the branch who are still learning how to live the
gospel. We passed out Book of Mormon coloring books and candy to the kids in
Primary.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taylor with President Zulu</td></tr>
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We then drove to Madadeni to attend Sacrament Meeting in the
Madadeni 1 Branch. We were asked to share our testimonies in the meeting.
Cydnee, Taylor and Reagan also gave their testimonies. After church, we passed
out CTR rings and candy to the Primary children. We had to say good bye to our
friends today. It was very hard. We have learned so much and our testimonies
have grown, and we have come to love so many wonderful people. We have felt
their love for us and it has changed our lives. It is difficult to know that we
will never see them again. “…for ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens with the saints and
of the household of God.” <i>Eph 2:19</i></div>
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We went to visit Sister Nkosi at her home to say good bye.
We also went to Phumlani and Lihle’s home to visit them and to give Lihle a
temple dress that our daughter-in-law sent over. We also went out to visit the
Danisa family. A lot of tears were shed. <o:p></o:p><br />
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After our visits we went home and just rested. We are tired
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and Newcastle Young Single Adults came by for one last Family Home Evening and
a braai. We had a good time. We love feeding people. But it was also time to
say good bye to the missionaries and all our young friends. All these good-byes are very hard.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Then we went to the airport. The GPS took us on a crazy
route so we got to see some interesting neighborhoods on our way. When we got
to the airport we had some difficulty finding our way around and also between
all Cyd’s luggage and our luggage we were kind of struggling. Finally a nice
young man offered to help us. He showed us how to get to the right level of the
airport and helped us push our luggage carts. We were worried because we knew
he was expecting a tip and we didn’t have any cash on us. As we were moving
through the airport suddenly some security guards came and grabbed our kindly
guide and took him away. Evidently he had no right to be working in the airport. We felt so sorry for him. However, we were able to find our way after that and we no longer had to worry about a tip. </div>
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catch our own flight. It took us 8 hours to fly to Qutar. We didn’t have to
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heard chanting. “Nana, Papa, Nana, Papa”
In a few minutes we were surrounded by all our family exchanging hugs
and kisses. It is so great to be home.<br />
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We are so grateful for the opportunity to serve a mission in South Africa. We loved our mission and we loved the people of South Africa. What a privilege it was to serve along side so many wonderful missionaries and church members.<br />
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It was very hard sometimes, a little scary other times and absolutely wonderful and amazing most times. We would not trade this experience for anything.<br />
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We want everyone to know that we have a testimony of Jesus Christ. We know that he loves us and we have felt his help and comfort many times on our mission. We know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that it has the ability to change lives. We have seen it happen. God bless the people of South Africa.<br />
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On Sunday we drove from Kruger to St Lucia. It is about a 6
and a half hour drive. We drove through some very pretty countryside. We drove
up over a pass that gave us some gorgeous views. The kids were very good in
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Our accommodations in St Lucia was a house. It was very
roomy but it was pretty dated and just kind of “meh”. We had nice lodgings in
Joberg and Kruger so we were pretty spoiled.
There was a swimming pool so the kids enjoyed that although it was not
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The next day we cruised the St Lucia Estuary and saw a lot
to hippos and crocodiles. Actually the estuary is no longer an estuary. They
have an ongoing drought in the area so the estuary is cut off from the ocean,
that makes it a lake. We have been told there are more hippos in St Lucia than
humans. You have to be careful when going out at night because the hippos come
out of the water and roam the town looking for grass to eat. They are very bad
tempered and territorial so you don’t want to run into one in the dark.<br />
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The males build the nests and if his lady does not like it she will tear it apart.<br />
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After lunch we went to a traditional Zulu Village. They
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like mat weaving and beading. They dressed Cyd and Eric up in Zulu gear and
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Elder Hind, Cyd, Eric, Reagan and Taylor decided to do the
zipline. I stayed at the lodge with Will and Lyndsee and fed them lunch and
watched them play. Meanwhile the more intrepid members of the family were
zipping across the gorge in a thunderstorm. I was worried for them but they
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You will be relived to know that we did save the children<br />
from the giant snake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two princesses and a castle</td></tr>
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It was time to put Eric on a plane to head home. He could
not be away from work anymore than a week. We got to the airport and dropped
him off in good time. Then we went to a nearby mall and had lunch at Wimpy’s, a
South African burger place.<o:p></o:p><br />
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After lunch we decided to try and find the Durban Temple
site. It looks like a lot of red dirt that is being pushed around. It is our
understanding that the underground work has all been done and soon we will see
some progress. We looked around and took some pictures and then went back to
our B&B for some TV and relaxation.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign at the temple site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The underground work has all been done. Maybe we will be able to see some<br />
building soon.</td></tr>
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The Mission Office planned a good bye dinner for us. Some of the other Senior Couples and the Mission President and his wife
and daughter all met us at a restaurant near the beach. We also met Elder
and Sister Brown there. They are the couple that will take our place in
Newcastle. We were thrilled to meet them and we spent most of the time telling
them about our work and answering their questions.<o:p></o:p><br />
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In the morning we went to the Mission Office to take care of
some final business. President Thompson was there and had a little interview
with all the children. Then we said “good bye” to Durban and headed out of
town.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cyd's children being interviewed by President Thompson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">President Thompson asked the kids to make some artwork for the mission office</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last time at the office</td></tr>
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After traveling the freeway for awhile we stopped at Howick Falls. It is a lovely waterfall but the sight
of the some of the local people doing their wash at the top of the falls makes
it even more interesting. We did a little souvenir shopping at some nearby
stalls. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Howick Falls<br />
If you look close you will see people doing their laundry<br />
at the top of the falls</td></tr>
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Another stop we made was the Mandela Capture Site. This is
where Nelson Mandela was captured and then sent to prison for 27 years. There
is a museum there and a very unusual sculpture.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We hit the road again and after traveling for a while we
stopped have lunch at a roadside diner. When we were near the Royal Natal
National Park we made one more stop at the Bergville Spar grocery store. We
hadn’t really made any plans for our meals while in the Royal Natal National
Park but the cottages are self catering so we needed some groceries. <o:p></o:p><br />
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As we approached the park we could see a wild fire burning.
We were afraid we wouldn’t be able to stay there. But apparently it was a
controlled burn. We found our cottages and were thrilled with how cute they
were and also with what a great view they had.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The next morning we took a guided hike to see some
prehistoric rock painting. Then we went to the stables and everyone went
horseback riding but Sister Hind. The children hated to see the ride come to an
end but Cyd and Elder Hind were happy to get off those horses.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two cuties sitting on a sign</td></tr>
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We went to lunch at a charming place just outside the park.
The food was good, the weather was perfect and we just sat on the porch of the
restaurant and enjoyed watching the kids play. After that we went back to the
cottages and did some more hiking and exploring and watching the baboons and
guinea fowl. <o:p></o:p><br />
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On Saturday we drove to Newcastle. We were excited to show
our family where we have been living and
to introduce them to some of the people we have been working with.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We went went to dinner that evening at our favorite place,
The Pint and Pig Out. The weather was very nice so we ate out on the patio. The
kids enjoyed a nearby playground.<o:p></o:p><br />
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That evening the elders came by to get transfer news. Elder
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It was good to be “home”. But it won’t be our home much
longer. Soon the Browns will be calling our house home and we will be home in
West Jordan, Utah, USA.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We went to church in Osizweni because Elder Hind had some
interviews to do. It was a very cold and rainy day. Osizweni does not have heat
and I thought I was going to freeze to death. Sister Khumalo gave me a large
towel to wrap around myself. It helped a lot.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Then we went to church in Madadeni. After church we went to
see President Nkosi’s family. We met at the Nkosi home along with other members
of the branch. We sang songs and read scriptures and talked about President
Nkosi. Afterwards the family served us Rooibos and scones. That was nice
because of the cold weather. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We decided to have one last Bingo night for Family Home
Evening. We are really going to miss these good times with the YSAs and the
missionaries.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Tuesday night we had our final interview with President
Thompson. He gave us our release letter and also a beautiful South African
cookbook. Then he took us to dinner at the Cannon Restaurant.<br />
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On Wednesday we finished packing for our trip and prepared
dinner for President and Sister Mashego and President and Sister Nkosi. We had
a good visit with them. We have grown to love them and we are really going to
miss them.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We got up early Thursday morning and drove to Durban. It was
hard to believe that before the day was over we would be with Cyd and Eric and
their kids. We thought we would have time to visit with the office couples and
maybe do a little shopping. But just outside Durban the freeway traffic came to
a complete stop. We spent the next hour and a half stuck in a massive traffic
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When we got to the office we had only a few minutes to say
hi and good-bye before we had to leave to catch our plane. Elder Sorensen drove
us to the airport and our check in went smoothly. Before long we were on our
way to Johannesburg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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plane from the US so we looked around a little and then found a comfortable
spot to sit and wait. We could watch the “arrival board" and we got excited
when we saw that the plane from Atlanta had landed.<br />
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Still, it took another 40
minutes before we saw Cyd and her family coming through the door. It was so
good to see them. We couldn’t believe they were finally in South Africa. The
kids don’t seem to have changed much. Lyndsee is more talkative and grown up
but for the most part they are the same. Cyd and Eric haven’t changed at all.
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We got our rental van. It was brand new and huge. It will be
great to travel in. We went straight to Journey’s Inn, our B&B. It was
pretty nice. We tried to find a place to eat nearby but everything was closed.
Family style restaurants often close early. So we found some things to eat at a
gas station convenience store and took them back to our lodgings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The trip to Kruger went well and we arrived at the Mjejane
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had a little time to look around and relax before it was time for our first
game drive.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The next morning, we went to the main part of the park and
did some more big game hunting. The highlight of the day was spotting a leopard
in a tree. He was pretty far off but considering how difficult and rare it is
to see a leopard we were happy. We have been on three other game drives but
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are actually two leopards in this tree. They have killed an animal and dragged it into the crotch of this tree.<br />
There is one leopard by the kill and one further up stretched out on a branch.</td></tr>
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Then we were off to see more animals. Kruger is just like Yellowstone in
the states. If you see a bunch of cars pulled over there is probably an animal
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point we stopped at a small man-made water hole. In the middle of it was a huge
hippo. The big fellow took up most of the room in the water hole. The guide
told us that he had come up out of the river one night and took up residence in
this spot. They don’t know why he never went back to the river and his pod. Now he
is just a lonely bachelor living all alone in his tiny flat.<br />
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Just before sunset we stopped by a lake. There was a pod of
hippos enjoying the water. There were water birds flying around
and a single elephant walking along a ridge on the other side of the lake. The
setting sun was shining on the water. It was peaceful and beautiful. The guide
set up a table with snacks and drinks. And we just enjoyed a few minutes of a lovely African evening.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sept 11 – 17, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>
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We attended two Sacrament Meetings today. We needed to go to
Newcastle and then we went to Madadeni Branch 1. We met Elder and Sister Rhodes
at Madadeni Chapel. They are still finding their way around here and meeting
all the people.<br />
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After church they came to our house and had dinner with us.
We had a nice time visiting with them. They are going to have their hands full
when we go. They are <i>really</i> going to
miss us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Tuesday the carpet cleaner came and did our carpets. We
want to leave the house clean and welcoming for the next senior couple. We have done a little more packing, cleaning
and de-junking. Time is flying by!<o:p></o:p><br />
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We went out to the Ncandu School for the last time this
week. We had been given a few church hygiene kits and there were a few hygiene
kits here in our boarding so with the last bit of money from the Anderson
Family we were able to put together 70 kits. We took them out to the school and
gave one to each of the eighth grade kids. <o:p></o:p><br />
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We also visited Sister Smith this week. She is an
octogenarian member of Newcastle Branch. She can’t get to church much anymore
but the Relief Society sisters visit her often and bring her food and do a
little cleaning in her apartment. We enjoy our visits with her. She is very
talkative and loves to discuss the gospel and tell stories about her life. She
grew up in Rhodesia (which is now Zimbabwe) and she had an interesting
childhood. She told us about learning to ride a motorcycle. Her friends and her
used to catch young crocodiles and bring them home on their motorcycles.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We brought a mission call to a young man in Madadeni 1 Branch. He has been called to Botswana.<br />
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We got word that President Nkosi passed away. We were not
surprised as he looked so weak the last time we saw him. But we are saddened by
his passing. He was such a good and kind man. He had been our Branch President until a few weeks ago when he had to be released because of
his failing health. We loved him. He will be greatly missed. We went to his
house to give his wife our condolences and love. His funeral will be held while we are away.
We are heartbroken we can’t be there.<br />
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The Woods (housing and finance couple in the office) came to
stay with us to check out a possible boarding for the missionaries in Osizweni
and to look at the current missionary boardings. The Osizweni elders would
like to live out there where they work. But the house they found is not going
to work. Whatever they find is going to have to be in good condition and very
secure. This house is neither.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We went to dinner with the Woods at Pint and Pig Out. We
like that place and were glad to go one last time.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We don’t have much time left here. There are a bunch of
things that need to be finished up. Especially for Elder Hind. I like to tell
Elder Hind that this has been his mission. He was asked by President Zackrison
to help the branches and wards get their finances in order. He has helped them
apply and qualify for a church program that can get all the branches out of the
red financially. He got word a week ago that everyone is out of the red now. He
has also pushed for a district auditing committee which is now doing its work
and we just received word that all the audits have been finished. He has
instituted regular financial training for all the branch and district leadership.
We now have leaders in the branches and district that are committed to staying
in budget.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are very aware of the fact that we will only attend
church in South Africa a few more times. It makes each Sunday sweeter. Elder
Hind had to go to Newcastle to take care of some business and then he came and
picked me up and we went to our home ward Madadeni Branch 1. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are President Nkosi's granddaughters<br />They say, "Elder Hind, Elder Hind," whenever they see him.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what happens when you let the Young Women play with your tablet</td></tr>
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After church we went to visit President Nkosi. He knew us
and said our names when we greeted him but when missionaries brought him the
sacrament and he seemed to have a real hard time taking it. We believe he won’t
be here very much longer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After visiting with him for a while we went out to the
cottage meeting and then home for our Sunday devotional with the missionaries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We decided that this would be the week that we would begin to prepare for going home. We decided that the first thing we would do is to pack up all our mementos and souvenirs. We have things stuck all around the house and stored away in our closets. So we started packing those away and cleaning out our closets. We gathered up some things that we knew we didn't want to take home and we will give them to the Relief Society president. Doing this has made us realize that we are indeed going home soon.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our suitcase full of souvenirs. Hope we have room for our clothes.</td></tr>
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On Monday night we played a game using the For the Strength
of Youth book. Each team took a turn trying to answer fill-in-the blank questions.
When they got the answer right they got to shoot some of Elder Hind’s socks
into a bucket. They could get one, two or three points depending on where they
stood to take the shot. Anyway they seemed to have fun with it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Janeal getting ready to take her shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Deihl </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Stitole</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Martin looking serious and determined</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Jewkes trying a trick shot.</td></tr>
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We had Zone Training Meeting this week. It was weird because
we have always had it in Newcastle. Now the Zone Leaders are in Dundee so we
went down there to have the meeting. It was an enjoyable meeting and we had
lunch afterwards. It was our last ZTM.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Rhodes and Elder Diehl</td></tr>
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I wanted to do the Young Women in Excellence before I went
home so we scheduled it for this Saturday. Elder Hind had a meeting with all
the Branch Presidents to talk about branch finances and budgets. So he was busy
while I was with the young women. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I wish I could get the parents and grandparents to come to
these things but they never come. I don’t know what the problems is. I guess it
will take a while before they understand that these activities are for them and
their daughters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We learned a song just for this activity and some of the
girls gave talks. We had some refreshments (sandwiches, apple slices and
brownies) and I talked to the girls about Personal Progress. I told them that my prayer for them is to become powerful women of faith and testimony. I reminded them that they are loved by their Heavenly Father. I asked them if they had dreams. I told them that their dreams could come true if they keep the commandments, get an education, and learn to serve others. My prayer is that in the time I have worked with them I have helped each one in some small way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spring has finally arrived on the High Veld. Night
temperatures are not as low so our house does not get cold. When we wake up in
the morning we are not freezing to death. I don’t think we have used our
heaters for over a week now. The weather is so lovely.</div>
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The Ezakheni Branch President asked us to speak in his
branch this week. He said that we probably wouldn’t be out there again before
we go home. He also asked Elder Hind to do some interviews. We spoke in
Sacrament Meeting and then Elder Hind did his interviews and Sister Hind waited
and waited. Our leaving is starting to get real. We won’t be back to Ezakheni
again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While Elder did interviews Sister Hind entertained herself buy taking pictures<br />
of the children in Ezakheni Branch.</td></tr>
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We had a devotional with the Elders in the evening. We love
to do this. It is so nice to meet with the elders at the end of the Sabbath day
and talk about all the good things that are happening to us. And then share a
treat. It is one of the things we are really going to miss.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We won’t be doing many more
Family Home Evenings with our missionaries and the Newcastle YSAs. We played
Bean Boozeled one last time. We always try to play it once every transfer. We
realize that we are doing many things one last time before we go home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We decided we needed to go to the Johannesburg temple one
more time. We called and made a reservation at the Temple Patron Housing. We drove down Wednesday and checked into our accommodations
and made reservations for dinner in the cafeteria. Then we did two endowment
sessions in the temple. Then we had dinner and went to our room. The rooms are
very nice and the bed was comfortable but our room was on the side of the
building that is near a busy street. It was pretty noisy but we managed to get some sleep.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next morning Elder Hind wanted to visit the Area Offices
which are on the temple grounds. He wanted to talk to them about some branch
financial issues. But the offices don’t open until 9am so we went to breakfast
at Mike’s Restaurant which is near the temple. We had passed this restaurant
every time we went to the temple and so we decided to try it. The prices were
reasonable and the food was very good. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed eating breakfast outside in the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Hind enjoying his hot chocolate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mmmm...bacon and poached eggs on English muffins covered with Hollandaise sauce</td></tr>
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After breakfast we went back to the temple grounds. I waited in the car and read a book while Elder Hind went in to the office. He wasn't gone very long but he came back a very happy man. He has been trying to get the finances in all the branches sorted out and he has been successful. He has been working on this project almost our entire mission. </div>
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On Friday we went to Madadeni and picked up a member and her
children. She wanted to use our computer to apply for college. Elder Hind
entertained the kids while I helped their Mom fill out her application.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday we went over to the Newcastle boarding to clean. We
are tired of cleaning this place. I hope the next missionaries that come here
appreciate how nice we have made it. However, It could use a paint job and a
carpet cleaning. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is time to start preparing to go home. The church will
pay for our flight home but because we have family coming they want us to book
our own tickets and they will refund us later. So our tickets are bought. Our daughter Cydnee and her husband Eric and their four kids are coming here and
spending some time visiting and then we will fly home the same day she does. We
are excited to show her around this amazing country and introduce her to the
wonderful people we have met.<o:p></o:p></div>
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August 21 -27<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another busy Sunday. We needed to be in Newcastle
Branch so Elder Hind could bless some twin babies. He had planned to bless both babies but
another branch member wanted to do one so he just blessed Taffy, the little
girl.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taffy and Bonzo's blessing day</td></tr>
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After Newcastle Branch we went out Madadeni and attended
Branch 1. Then we went to visit President Nkosi who has been released from the
hospital. He is still very weak and still has some problems but he looks better
than he did. After visiting him we went to the Cottage Meeting and then we
finally were able to go home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the children at the cottage meeting.</td></tr>
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We had to say good bye to both of our Newcastle
missionaries. They have closed their area. They have been working hard to clean
their boarding because it will be empty for at least six weeks. We had to go
and do more cleaning after they left. Over the years a lot of junk gets left
behind by the missionaries and it just piles up. Elder Hind took a couple of
loads to the dump and we put a dozen garbage bags out for the garbage men.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Knight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Opiyo</td></tr>
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We have been working on a lot of missionary recommendations.
As part of his mission presidency duties Elder Hind interviews them and signs
their papers. I check their papers to make sure they have everything and then
we send them to the area. The area nearly always finds something wrong so we
have to contact the prospective missionary and get more information. It is
taking up a lot of our time right now.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We take a lot of sunset pictures but this is the sunrise on the way to<br />
Durban Thursday morning</td></tr>
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Elder Hind needed to go to Mission Presidency meeting in
Durban this week. We got up early in the morning in order to be at the Mission
Office by 10:00am. The meeting lasted a long time. While Elder Hind was in his
meeting, Sister Hind wrote two talks, sent a couple of emails and wrote some
blog posts. After the meeting we had a late lunch with President Thompson and then
started home. We were not looking forward to the long drive. When we
passed through Pinetown we decided to call the Stevensons. They were happy to
hear from us and invited us to spend the night. We hadn’t packed for overnight
but spent the night anyway. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We have stayed with them several times now and so their
boarding is starting to feel like home. We took them to dinner at a restaurant
called “The Big Fish” and had the best salmon we have ever tasted. It was
amazing! We enjoyed the Stevenson’s
hospitality that night and then drove home refreshed the next day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister and Elder Stevenson<br />
They will be going home in November<br />
They are from California but sold their house before going on mission and<br />
are planning on buying a house in Utah Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our bedroom at the Stevenson's boarding</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way home we stopped to take a picture of this beautiful mosque in Ladysmith</td></tr>
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On Saturday there was a Newcastle District Relief Society Activity.
It was very well planned and presented. They had people from the Board of
Health speaking on dementia, and HIV. They had a police woman talk and people
from the Legal Aid Society give presentations. They even had a local department
store come and talk about bras and how to measure for proper fit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They asked me to talk about my South Africa experiences. I
felt a little like I was giving my homecoming talk. They served a nice lunch
and decorated the tables nicely. It was a great activity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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President Thompson left Durban early Sunday morning in order
to be in Osizweni in time for their 9am Sacrament meeting. He
called for a sustaining vote for some prospective elders and then ordained them
after the meeting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then he followed us to Madadeni to participate in the
installation of a new Branch Presidency. After doing all that he headed back to
Durban because he had more meetings there. That is dedication. I know the
branches were happy to have him come.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Monday the elders had a Zone Activity. They wanted to
hike in the Drakensburg. So we met them at the Monk’s Cowl trail head. Elder Hind
hiked with them and I stayed back at the lodge with a good book. I am too slow
to hike with a bunch of energetic young men and I had done part of this hike
before.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Tuesday, Elder Hind hobbled around most of the day. He
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We had to say good bye to Elder Adams. He has been a great Zone Leader but now has been asked to be an AP.<br />
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Tuesday and then we drove to Ladysmith to meet the new senior couple there.
They are the Rhodes and they are going to be great missionaries. We love them
already. We took them to dinner and we talked our heads off for about 3 hours.
It is good to have someone to share the load.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We had boarding checks this week. Yuck! I am sorry but some
of these missionaries are little piggys.<br />
We met the Rhodes at a missionary
boarding so we could walk them through their first boarding check. When we got
there the missionaries had made us sandwiches and a drink. They had soft music
playing and candle light. They even had little paper umbrellas in the drinks.
So cute and funny. On top of that the apartment was very clean. Elder Diehl and Elder Baumgartner rock! We
felt bad because we didn’t take a picture.<br />
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We taught our last Seminary and Institute classes on Friday.
The Rhodes came so we could show them what to do and turn the classes over to
them. After class the kids insisted on sharing their testimonies and saying
nice things about us. We love them! It is hard to say good-bye.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We did Mormon Helping Hands on Saturday. We went to the
Senior Center in Madadeni and cleaned the inside and pulled weeds in their
garden outside. We had a great turn out and it was a lot of fun. The day
started out a cool and it rained slightly but as the morning wore on it got
warmer and sunny. <o:p></o:p><br />
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In the afternoon we went to the missionary boarding two
doors down from us and did some cleaning outside and in the storage room
attached to the garage. This boarding has been getting junkier and junkier. We
wanted to get together with all the missionaries to clean it but we haven’t
been able to schedule it. So today, since we were still in our service clothes,
we decided to do it all by ourselves. We bagged up about 10 bags of trash and
put it out for the garbage men. There is still some junk there that will have
to loaded in a bakkie and taken to the dump. But it looks a whole lot better!
We came home and took showers to wash off the plague and hantra virus. Just
kidding, but it felt like it was a possibility.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We ended the day with transfer news. The mission is short of missionaries so they are closing the Newcastle area for one transfer. So we are losing those two missionaries. The Zone Leaders have always been the Osizweni missionaries but now the Zone Leaders will be the Dundee missionaries. They have changed the boundaries of the zone to include some other districts. We don't know what all the changes are but we will probably find out soon. This is what happens when you get a new Mission President.<o:p></o:p></div>
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August 7- 13, 2016<o:p></o:p><br />
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After church we went to see President Nkosi at the hospital.
They had him on oxygen but he seems a little better. After visiting with him we
went out to the cottage meeting and then finally home. The elders came over in
the evening and we had a nice devotional and talked about all our tender
mercies.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We have been preparing for a Single Adult Conference on Tuesday, the 9<sup>th</sup> of August. The person in charge asked us to be the
keynote speakers and told us we needed to take up an hour of the conference.
Just for fun we decided to do a Power Point presentation. We have never done
one before. We had it ready by Monday so we decided to do a practice run for
Family Home Evening. We knew our FHE group would not be at the conference because
they are Young Single Adults and our upcoming activity was for the 30 and over
singles. Anyway our YSAs seemed to like it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We went to the Newcastle chapel to do a test run on the
presentation with the projector and the sound. We got it all figured out and
were ready to go on Tuesday. We laugh at ourselves because we have learned so
much on our mission. It is never too late to learn new things and try something
different. <o:p></o:p><br />
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We had a great time at the Single Adult conference. The
people in charge put an enormous amount of work into the activity. Our
presentation and talks focused on the idea that people need to keep on learning
and progressing and serving no matter what their circumstances are. We used
images and videos from the church website and also a bunch of our own pictures.
We gave short talks as part of the presentation and we also did a Mormon Bingo
game and gave out candy bars for prizes.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The tables were beautifully decorated. They had borrowed
wedding decorations from someone’s relative that is in the wedding décor
business. They had hot Milo and scones at the beginning and then served a very
nice lunch at the end. They also had a speaker come and talk about self
reliance and the issues of being single. It was a great activity.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful table decorations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">President and Sister Ngbane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with Sister Letuma</td></tr>
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On Wednesday we had to make a run down to Ezakheni because
we had been given some mail for a girl there that has been called on a mission
to Uganda. This packet was from the Uganda mission so we were anxious for her
to get it right away. We drove down there and gave it to her and then drove
back. Two hundred and forty Ks round trip. This is why we are anxious for the
Rhodes to get here. They are replacing the Taylors and will be here soon. We
did not know how urgent this packet was so we didn’t dare wait.<br />
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On the way down we came across a huge grass fire. These are
common in the winter here because it is so dry and because farmers burn their
fields to get ready for spring planting. This seemed to be a deliberately set
fire because we saw a man with a tank truck and hose watching it. The winter
air always smells and looks smoky.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fire on the way down to Ezakheni</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackened fields on the way home</td></tr>
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On Friday, we went with the Madadeni 3 missionaries to teach
a family. This is a family we have been working with for a while now. We love
them!<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Saturday we had District Training. At the beginning of
the meeting President Mashego asked me to conduct the Primary and Young Women’s
training. Yeah I had about 5 minutes to prepare a 45 minute class. It is times
like this that I am grateful for my faithful side kick. No, not Elder Hind, my
other faithful sidekick, my Samsung Tab 3. Let me pause now to sing an ode to
my tablet. I could not have done this mission without it.<br />
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My tablet is just like me, her cover is a little tattered
and frayed and her battery does not hold a charge as long as it used to. But like me, it just keeps plugging away.<br />
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One reason I depend on her is because she has the Gospel
Library. So on Saturday when I had to do some last minute training I simply
found Handbook 2: Administering the Church on my tablet. There I found the
basics for both the YW program and the Primary. After we had discussed all the
important things someone asked me if I had any ideas for Young Women. I just
punched the Pinterest app and told them to where to find lots of ideas. I
warned them that most of the ideas were probably not very practical for them
but they would find some useful things.<o:p></o:p><br />
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If I am asked to speak in Sacrament meeting at the last
minute I have lots of things on my tablet that can be used in a talk. I have
learned to annotate and tag scriptures on my tablet. So I have many scriptures
annotated with accompanying comments by General Authorities. I can easily make
a talk out of those. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Probably the most important quality of my tablet is the fact
that it is readable even in low light. We teach in many homes that are not well
enough lit to allow me to read normal print much less my compact quad.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I have also used my tablet to show videos during lessons,
check out books from the Salt Lake County library, or buy them on Amazon, we use
my tablet to play Heads Up during FHE, I put together jig saw puzzles on it
when I am bored and take pictures with it when my camera is not available. It
also contains my planner and calendar and keeps me organized. In addition I
have downloaded all the church hymns and Primary songs on to my tablet so I can
play music anywhere we need to sing a hymn.<o:p></o:p><br />
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And finally I use it to show pictures of my grandchildren.<o:p></o:p><br />
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July 31 – Aug 6<o:p></o:p></div>
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We spoke in the Newcastle Branch today. Elder Hind had to
sustain and set apart a Seminary teacher. When we got there the Branch
President asked us to speak. We have an emergency speaking system so we are
always prepared.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After that meeting we went out to Madadeni and attended
church there. Then we went to see President Nkosi, the president to the
Madadeni 1 branch. He has been very ill and has not been able to attend
meetings. When we got to his house a lot of branch members were there talking
to him and singing to him. We were told he is getting better. I sure hope so.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After we left there we went to the cottage meeting at Sister
Madi’s. We were happy to tell them that all the paper work and maps are into
the Southeast Africa Area offices. Then they have to go to Salt Lake for final
approval. We don’t know how long before we will hear about Madadeni 3 Branch.
It probably won’t happen while we are here. However, we have done everything we
can to get this ball rolling and all we can do is wait.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Monday was spent in anticipation of the birth of our newest granddaughter. I waited up to hear about her arrival but I didn't hear anything so I went to bed. I had just settled into bed and the phone rang. She is here all safe and sound. Her name is Caroline.<br />
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They had municipal elections this Wednesday all over South
Africa. We had a list of about 4 errands to run but we found out that nearly
everything was closed because election days are national holidays here. Thank
goodness the grocery stores stayed open.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We passed a nearby voting place and noticed that there is no
law against campaigning outside a polling place. In fact, there was one group
that was passing out free food to the voters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have Zone Conference this week in Pinetown. The
missionaries are concerned about using their allotment of Ks for traveling this
far. If they use them for Zone Conference they may end up walking the last
couple of weeks of the month. Most of our missionaries don’t live in their
areas so they have to be able to drive to their teaching areas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the Mission Office decided to hire a van and driver to
take them to Pinetown. The missionaries weren’t sure they would like it but we
think they ended up enjoying the experience. The Mission Office was happy
because it saved Ks and gas. Elder Hind was the one that had to find the van
and driver but with the help of President Mashego he was able to get it done.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We drove down early in the morning and then after the
meeting we spent the night with Elder and Sister Stevenson. They don’t seem to
mind and it saves us staying at a B&B. The next morning, we went to a shop
that sells pictures of African cows. I bought some. After all, I see a lot more
Zulu cows than elephants or giraffes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Saturday I had a Personal Progress activity at the
branch. Did not have a great turn out but the girls that came got some work
done. Elder Hind entertained himself by letting a little girl play on his
tablet. It was funny because she kept talking to him in Zulu and he kept
talking to her in English but they somehow managed to communicate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the Personal Progress activity we went to see President Nkosi who is now in the hospital. He has had a stroke. We were alarmed to see how bad he is looking. However, he did know who we were. After visiting with him we dropped by to see his wife. She is very worried about him.</div>
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In the evening we had a Family Home Evening with one of our
favorite families. We taught a lesson and then we taught them to play “It Came
to Pass”. We don't do as much visiting as we used to do because we do so much more administrative stuff. So happy to spend time with this family.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are deep into winter here and it is so cold. Our kids
make fun of us because we complain about the cold when it gets up into the 60s
during the day. Occasionally even into the 70s. The problem is our house does
not have central heating so although it is close to the same size as our house
in Salt Lake the only heating we have are a couple of space heaters. The house
gets very cold at night (the outside temperature goes down into the 30s and
40s) and then never really warms up. It is often a relief to go outside and
feel the warm sunshine. We took a temperature reading in our bathroom in the
morning, it was 50 degrees. Stepping out of the shower in the morning is an act
of courage. We wear our hoodies around the house. When the members ask us if it
gets cold where we are from we tell them it gets a lot colder at home BUT our
houses are warm. The Newcastle and Madadeni chapels are pretty warm but the
other chapels are cold. Even on mild days I need to wear a sweater or a shawl.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The weather has not been mild the last couple of days. A
cold rainstorm moved in over the weekend and lingered for 3 days. It was good
because there is a drought here so every drop of rain is needed but it is
c-c-c-cold.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It rained all Saturday night so we woke up to a soggy world
Sunday morning. We were still at the DeKlerk’s farm and we were a little
concerned about the dirt road we had to negotiate in order to get to church.
The DeKlerks left at 6am in order to get to church by 9am. We left at
seven-thirty because our church didn’t start until 11am. We were fish tailing
up some steep, slippery, muddy parts but we made it out ok. We were worried
that if we got stuck we would never get out on our own. Then Sister DeKlerk
messaged us her son’s phone number in case we got stuck so that was good to
know. We got to church with a very muddy car, but we got there safe and sound.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was still cold and rainy on Monday but we hope drier weather is coming because we are freezing all the time. We miss our furnace!
The good news is that Elder Hind is finally completely well and feeling his old
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We love teaching our Seminary and Institute class in Dundee.
The drive takes about 45 minutes and we do it twice a week. But what really
takes up our time is studying for these lessons. The Old Testament can be a
real challenge to teach. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We got to the Dundee chapel this week we noticed the security alarm was going off. We are not sure what happened. There were some students waiting outside so I don’t know if they had done something that set it off or Elder Hind could have set if off by accidentally touching the keypad on the set of keys he has. Anyway within a couple of minutes an armed security guard showed up. He was very nice and even let me take a picture of him with Elder Hind.<br />
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This is a little grainy but I like the monochromatic look showing the land forms<br />
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Whew!! Well, the Newcastle District Conference came and went
and we all survived. We worked so hard to make this happen and Elder Hind has
been so sick. But we prayed hard and the Lord blessed us with many tender
mercies. We had a good conference.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got up early again Sunday morning and picked up the
District Presidency and drove down to Ezakheni again. We know this road well.
We only have two meetings today. The general session in Ezakheni and the
general session in Madadeni. The session in Ezkheni only involves two branches
but they had a good turn out and we enjoyed it very much. After the meeting I
passed out sack lunches to all the leadership that was heading for the next
meeting in Madadeni.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The Madadeni general session was held in a rented hall at a
school. It involves 5 branches so there is not room in any to the chapels to
hold that big of a crowd. We put the missionaries in charge of setting up the
hall; setting up the chairs, bringing the electric piano from the Madadeni chapel
and the pulpit from the Osizweni chapel and setting up the sound system. They
were great. They did a good job and everything was ready to go when we got
there. The Lord is watching over us.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I was so touched by the Newcastle Choir. They always do an
excellent job. Sister Ngubane is their director and she knows music. They showed up on Sunday with lovely
turquoise dresses. Even the men had matching ties. They looked and sounded
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Elder and Sister Sorenson (office couple) came at the end of
the meeting to pick up Elder Mabaya and take him to Durban to catch a plane
home. President and Sister Thompson and their daughter Nichole came to our
house for dinner. They are great people. President Thompson insisted on mashing
the potatoes. He did a great job. After these last couple of hectic days, it
was nice to just sit and visit and get to know them.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Monday we dropped by the Newcastle chapel and visited
with Sister Thompson and the missionaries for a few minutes. President Thompson
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We went out with President Mashego to try to find the boundary of Madadeni 3. We found some road names and some coordinates and the president kept us oriented on our map. We were able to send that to the area offices. Now we will just have to wait and see.<br />
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President DeKlerk is president of the Dundee Branch. He and
his wife have been after us to come and visit their farm. They live about about
220ks from Dundee. We realized that if we didn’t set a date we would not go. We
looked at our calendar and decided the week end of July 22-24 would work. The
fact that our 46<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary was the 23<sup>rd</sup> gave
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We met Sister DeKlerk in Vryheid, a town about 1 hour from
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was on a dirt road and the last couple of miles were on a pretty rough road.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Their farm is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It is
closer to the coast and in a valley so the weather there is much warmer than
Newcastle or Dundee. I forget how many hectares they own but their land does
include the mountain sides on either side of the valley. They grow bananas,
mangos, and tomatoes. They are experimenting with some Macadamia trees. They
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In addition to working hard in their shop and on their farm
they work very hard for their little branch in Dundee. They drive 2 ½ hours to
church and back every Sunday and sometimes during the week. They really look
after the people in their branch. It is a blessing to have them in the
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They built their own house with cement blocks that they made
themselves from the sand in a nearby river. After their house was nearly
completed it was set on fire by a disgruntled neighbor 4 years ago. They are still
in the process of rebuilding. They have a few rooms finished. We stayed in a
large bedroom with beautiful modern bathroom. It was very pleasant and
comfortable. We toured the farm, were fed very well (Sister DeKlerk is an
accomplished cook) and had a wonderful visit. We had our first experience
eating crumpets for breakfast. And the braai they put on for us was amazing.<br />
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A rainstorm moved in Saturday night and it was very welcome
as this area has been experiencing a serious drought. It was good to hear the
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This was a crazy, busy exhausting week. There were a few
times this week I just wanted to go home. We have really been stretched. But we
survived. I think that Elder Hind was walking around with pneumonia all week.
He would cough all day and swig cough medicine all night in order to get some
rest. He looked pale and tired most of time and was not able to do his morning
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We had one more branch conference to do. It was in Ezakheni
at nine oclock so we had to leave our house at about 6:30am in the morning
because we had to drive to Madadeni to pick up President Mashego and President
Nkosi and make the hour and half drive to Ezakheni. Elder Hind had to speak
again. His voice has come back a little but he is still coughing his head off.<o:p></o:p><br />
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These two little ones fell asleep during the branch conference.<br />
It may have been Elder Hind's long boring talk.<br />
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We had to get up at 5:00am in the morning on Monday because
we had to drive to Durban for a mission presidency meeting. The meeting lasted
about 3 hours and I spent that time visiting with the office couples and
reading. After the meeting we were given lunch and then we headed home. We
decided not to spend the night in Durban. We didn’t have FHE on Monday night
which was a good thing because even though we got home in time we were just
DONE!<o:p></o:p><br />
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I contacted the Madadeni 1 Relief Society President and
asked her to have a simple light lunch for the leadership and wives on Saturday
between the Southern and Northern meetings. We don’t have much time between
meetings and most of the that time will be spent driving. Then I had to plan
for sack lunches between sessions on Sunday and a dinner for President Thompson
and his wife and daughter Sunday evening. I also had to type up schedules and
programs for all eight meetings. Meantime Elder Hind has to speak in every
session of conference but the women’s meeting so that was 3 talks to study for
and write. And just because it is conference this week end does not mean all
our other work and responsibilities stop.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We had transfers this week. I have come to accept that transfers are good for the mission. It refreshes the missionaries and the zone.<br />
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Leaving:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Vaughn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Trapnell, greenie</td></tr>
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After our Seminary and Institute Classes on Friday Elder
Hind had to interview 3 prospective missionaries. He has been given the
responsibility to interview and sign mission papers. And then we will send them
by courier to the missionary office in Johannesburg.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We got up at 5:00am on Saturday because we had to meet the
district presidency in Madadeni in order to drive them down to Ezakheni. We had
to be there by 8:30am for a meeting with the Mission President and Elder Jean
Claude Mabaya, a member of the 3<sup>rd</sup> Quorum of Seventies. He is from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. <o:p></o:p><br />
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We had some good meetings in Ezakheni and everything went
well. Elder Mabaya speaks English but
prefers to preach in French so he asked for an interpreter. We have a member
from the Congo in Madadeni so we asked him to be the interpreter. However it
became apparent before the meeting even began that he wasn’t going to be able
to do it. He was struggling. I don’t think his English was quite good enough.
President Thompson served a mission in France and has done business in France
many times since then so he was the interpreter for Elder Mabaya.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The four young people in the picture are all getting ready to send the mission papers in<br />
This branch has 8 missionaries out now and two under call<br />
That will 14 missionaries from this one tiny branch</td></tr>
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After the meeting I wanted to ask Elder Mabaya if he would
have his picture taken with us. But I was a little shy to ask. However he came
to us and asked if he could have his picture taken with us. He is a very nice
man and a good speaker. We are glad he came to visit our district.</div>
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We drove to Madadeni Chapel to have lunch before the
afternoon meetings. I had told the Relief Society President to just prepare a
light lunch for us. But I guess she was worried we would all starve. She had
chicken curry, samp, butternut squash, and a spinach and carrot salad. It was
good and there was enough to feed an army. She did a great job on lunch.<br />
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After the afternoon meetings we headed straight home. We are
so tired and Elder Hind is still sick. One day down and one more to go.<o:p></o:p></div>
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July 3-9<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got to attend church in our own branch this week.
Everybody asked where we have been and some even joked about us becoming less
active. It was a good and relaxing Sunday and we enjoyed it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had car and boarding inspections this week. It was a
little more involved than previous times because we had to do the Newcastle
boardings and the Ladysmith boardings and the Dundee boardings. We timed the
Ezakheni and Dundee inspections so they were on the same day as our classes in
Dundee. It made for an extra busy week. I only had to get after one set of
missionaries for not being clean, the others were ok.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We went out to Madadeni to try and get some coordinates of
the new Madadeni 3 Branch boundries. We got a map from the municipality but
there are no road names on it and the area office wants clear boundaries. We
got a couple of road names and were using our GPS to get some coordinates.
After awhile it became apparent that we didn’t know where we were in relationship
to the map. We had to give up. We will try again when President Mashego can go
with us.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Elder Hind got sick with a bad cold and cough. He has
picked a bad time to do so because we are very busy getting ready for the
District Conference. We have a General Authority coming and our new mission
president is coming. We would like to have a good conference. One of Elder
Hind’s responsibilities was to call and make all the talk, prayer and
conducting assignments. Because we have a District Conference in the Southern part
of our district and also one in the Northern part of our district this means we
have eight meetings. (two priesthood, two women’s auxiliary, two adult sessions
and two general sessions) So making the assignments for all these meetings is
very complicated. To make it worse Elder Hind’s voice almost disappeared due to
his cold. He spent several days getting all the assignments made.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We had Zone Training Meeting this week and we decided to
have a braai. After the meeting all the missionaries came to our house to eat
and play games. Elder Hind’s version of the corn hole game was a big hit.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The Howdens came up to Newcastle on Friday night. They are
the Public Affairs senior couple for our mission. They came up to do a training
for the district on Saturday. They gave a very interesting presentation. We
really enjoyed it and we learned a lot. That evening we went out to dinner with them
at the Pint and Pig Out. They came to our boarding afterward and met the
missionaries and got to hear the transfer news.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Since this is transfer week all the missionaries gathered at
our house in the evening to get the news. They are closing the Osizweni 2 area
so we lost those two missionaries. They are white washing Madadeni 2 so we lost
both of those. We already had two missionaries go home and we lost 2 more in
transfers. That is a lot of change. We went from 12 to 10 here in the Northern
part of the zone. Two more are leaving from the Southern part of the zone. We
always let the Taylors worry about that part of the zone but now they are our
concern until they get another senior couple down there. <o:p></o:p></div>
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fun to have them here for the day. We treasure our time with the other senior
missionaries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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June 26-July 2<o:p></o:p></div>
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The branch conferences continue. This time we went to
Dundee. What a sweet little branch this is. Dundee makes our Madadeni Branch
look huge. Elder Hind spoke in Sacrament Meeting again about the importance of
family. He can never resist a chance to brag about his own family. President
Mashego talked during the combined meeting we had later. He is fun to listen
to. He is such a great story teller and he knows the scriptures so well. Elder Hind
also spoke for a few minutes in the combined meeting too. He is getting used to
speaking at the last moment. He knows he always has to have something prepared.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After church, Sister DeKlerk, the branch president’s wife
served the entire branch butternut squash soup and rolls and fruit. That was so
nice. I asked if she always does this and she said “no” just for special
occasions. I always wanted to attend a ward that does a “linger longer”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Sunday evenings we always have a devotional with all the
elders in our immediate area. It gives us a chance to talk about mission
business. We also talk about the “tender mercies” of the day or the week. We
sing a song and have a prayer. And of course we have to have a little treat.
Because it is cold right now I like to give them hot chocolate or hot cinnamon
milk. They really enjoy it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We played Bingo for Family Home Evening. Sometimes it is
nice to not have to plan a lesson because we do so many other lessons. The
members and the missionaries seem to enjoy it even though the prizes are not
much.<o:p></o:p><br />
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One day we had to drive to Ezakheni and then we drove to
Dundee for our Seminary and Institute classes and then home. We are doing a lot
of driving around now days. We laugh when we think about the first couple of
times we drove out of Newcastle. We were a little nervous. Now we don’t give it
a thought.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The new mission president came in this week and he is really
hitting the ground running. He is trying to meet all the missionaries in the
first week. So he is having two meetings in the Durban area and then one
meeting out in Bloemfontein. Our zone was asked to drive to Pinetown (near
Durban) to meet the president and his family. He and his wife brought their 18
year old daughter with them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So we drove to Pinetown early one morning and got there just
in time for the meeting. I had baked brownies and Snickerdoodle bars (a
missionary favorite) for the lunch. Sister Stevenson made cupcakes and ordered
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We had a meeting where President Thompson and his wife
introduced themselves and then the missionaries were introduced by their Zone
Leaders. We had two zones there. The mission president then asked all the
missionaries questions. He asked Elder Hind why he fell in love with Sister
Hind.<o:p></o:p><br />
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After the meeting we ate lunch and then cleaned up the
chapel and went to the Stevenson boarding. They live in a high rise apartment.
We decided to drive down to the beach so we let Elder Stevenson drive and that
was a good thing because the city traffic was crazy. There was a big horse race
called Durban July (think Kentucky Derby) going on that same weekend.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We went shopping at the Ushaka mall and got to see some Zulu
dancers. We each bought a painting. Elder Hind paid for his with a five dollar
bill that Cydnee had sent us. It was funny because Elder Hind is always trying
to pay for things with it just to see what people will do. Most of the time
they just look at him like he is crazy. But this time someone actually wanted
it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Sister Hind also bought a vintage wooden food bowl. The
Zulus serve meat in these large bowls or troughs. She may have paid a lot for
it but it was not much more than Elder Hind’s drum.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We walked along the beach for about a kilometer. We watched
some surfers and walked out on to a long pier. We saw the sun go down behind
the giant hotels that line the million dollar mile. Then we headed back to the
boarding.<br />
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In the morning we went to the Shongweni Market. We have gone there
before and it is always enjoyable. Sort of Midway Swiss Days Afrikaans
style. I bought a butter dish from a
potter there. We had hot chocolate and steak and onion wraps for breakfast.
They were huge. I think we got at least two meals out of them.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We left the market and started home. We stopped for a break
in Howick and saw the waterfall again and looked through our favorite antique
shop. I bought two old Zulu-English translation books.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were home by early evening and we were glad to be there.<o:p></o:p><br />
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June 19-25<o:p></o:p><br />
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We attended church in Ladysmith this week. We are still doing
branch conferences. President Mashago and President Nkosi drove down with us.
It was Father’s Day and Elder Hind spoke about the importance of families and
the responsibilities of a father and a mother. Then he was asked at the last
minute to teach a 45-minute lesson in a combined adult class. So he taught a
lesson using Doctrine and Covenants Section 88. He is a pro.<o:p></o:p><br />
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After the meeting the Primary passed out little gifts to all
the fathers. The Primary had colored little cards to go on the packages. In the
package was a small towel and some candy. It was perfect because Elder Hind
always takes a small towel with him when he runs in the morning.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Hind with his Father's Day gift and some of the children in Ladysmith</td></tr>
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We went to Madadeni for our cottage meeting. Attendance is
down right now because it is cold and dark in the evening and people are
reluctant to walk a long ways. We had a
good Family Home Evening. There were lots of people there because it is in
Newcastle and more people have cars and most don’t have to walk so far. We had
a lesson about filling people’s buckets. When we say nice things we put drops
in their buckets and our buckets. But when we are unkind we take drops out. We
discussed the importance of the words we use. We also took pictures with two of
our missionaries who are going home in a couple of days. <o:p></o:p><br />
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I told Elder Hind that I felt a cold coming on. Sure enough
I woke up Tuesday morning with a cold. We still managed to take a Dundee
missionary to the doctor in Ladysmith and then drove back to Dundee to drop off
the missionaries and teach our Seminary and Institute classes.<o:p></o:p><br />
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By Wednesday I was feeling terrible and I hadn’t been
sleeping well. Elder Hind went to DDM without me and took care of some other
meetings and responsibilities while I just schlepped around the house all day.
He ran to the store to buy me some medicine and then he made me a cup of lemon
rooibos. He even put a little lemon wedge on the edge of the mug. Sigh! Bless
his heart.<o:p></o:p><br />
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By Thursday I was feeling a little more human so we were
able to take care of some things and run some errands. By Friday I was almost
back to normal. We drove to Ezakheni to pick up a visa application for a young
man who has been called to Angola. He will fly to Brazil to attend the MTC
there. And then fly back to Africa for his mission. They speak Portuguese in Angola.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then we drove to Dundee to teach our classes. Love, love,
love teaching these kids.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We are doing the rounds of branch conferences for the next
few weeks so each Sunday is a different branch. Elder Hind has been asked to
speak in all the branch conferences. Sometimes they run out of time and he
hasn’t been able to speak. He is fine with that. This week we were at Newcastle Branch Conference. They had a really great turn out. There were
almost a 100 people there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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President and Sister Zackrison are doing their farewell tour
of the mission. They are interviewing missionaries and meeting with the
members. So on Monday instead of the usual FHE we had an open house for them at
the Madadeni chapel. We had a few speakers and Elder Hind and I spoke briefly.
We also had all the missionaries in this area sing, “The Time is Far Spent”, which
is President Z’s favorite hymn. Afterwards we had some treats. Then President Z had some interviews. When he finished those he asked to speak to Elder Hind. When they came out President Zackrison told us that he had called Elder Hind to be the 2nd Counselor in the Mission Presidency. And then he set him apart right then.</div>
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We have really enjoyed working with the Zackrisons this past
15 months. They are good people. They love the missionaries and they love the
gospel of Jesus Christ. They have taught us well and have strengthened our
testimonies. We will miss them.</div>
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We drove to Dundee on Tuesday and taught our classes. The
kids told us that it is a school holiday on Friday so they wanted the classes
earlier that day. We said OK but when we went out on Friday only two kids
showed up. That taught us a lesson. No Seminary and Institute classes on school
holidays. It is not worth it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had DDM on Wednesday and then drove out to our school. We
were planning on another lesson on Kickball but as we drove there we noticed a
lot of the children walking home along the highway from the school. When we got
there we found out that there was a bus and taxi strike so they were sending
the kids home early. Those poor kids had a long walk home. We stopped and
picked up a car load and drove them into town and then went back and got
another car load and drove them into town. <o:p></o:p><br />
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One day we went to visit the couple that we took the family
pictures of. They picked out the pictures they want enlarged. I hope the
pictures are good when they are blown up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was Elder Hind’s and Elder Kaitoo’s birthday this week so
the missionaries came over to the house on Friday evening to have cake and ice
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Saturday we went to a Relief Society activity in Osizweni.
They knew I had been sewing baptismal clothing and they wanted to help in some
way. Only one person in the branch had a
sewing machine and nobody had scissors sharp enough to cut fabric. They were so
excited to sew a pair of elastic waist pants. Most of them had never used a
sewing machine or cut out a pattern. But we did manage to make two pairs of
pants that day. The Relief Society President remembered a talk from the temple
ground breaking ceremony. The speaker told about how he donated 20 cents to the
building of the Johannesburg temple when he was a little boy and how good that
made him feel. She wanted to have that feeling about the baptismal clothes used
in their branch.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying out the fabric and pattern</td></tr>
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After the sewing lesson we had a very nice lunch. I had my
first taste of tripe. I didn’t care for it. Elder Hind said it was ok but too
chewy. We also had Samp for the first time. It is dried white corn that is
boiled until tender and then milk and butter and seasonings are stirred into
it. Not bad.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A big pot of tripe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">clock wise: chicken leg, tripe, samp, beets and jeqe (steamed bread)</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">4½ cups cake flour</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">500ml warm water</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">10ml instant dry yeast</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">10ml salt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">20ml sugar</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">1. Grease an enamel dish or bowl with butter or margarine.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">2. Sift the dry ingredients and mix them into bowl.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">3. Knead until the dough is combined and does not stick to the hands.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">4. Transfer the dough into the greased bowl.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">5. Cover it up and let rise.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">6. Add some water into a big sauce pan and put the greased bowl inside.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">7. Steam for at least an hour or until cooked.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">8. Cover the sauce pan during cooking.</span><br />
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I taught the Young Women class on Sunday. I am trying to get
them to work on their Personal Progress. It is slow going. They like the
classes and activities but are not great about following through. But I love
them and pray that their testimonies will grow and that they will become great
and faithful women and mothers.</div>
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We had our usual busy Monday. We try to use Monday as our
house cleaning and doing the wash day. Sometimes it doesn’t happen because we
have other things to do. However we were able to get some things done this day
before we had to go to the Cottage Meeting.</div>
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We had so much fun out at the school this week. We decided
to teach the kids how to play kickball. The boys all play soccer but the girls
need more sports to play. Anyway we had
a great time teaching them how to play this simple game. They had a tendency to
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We had to drive to Ladysmith this week to take an elder to
the doctor and to see about getting a vaccination for another elder down there.
We also met with a young man who is going on a mission and is working on
getting a visa for Angola. We sure miss the other senior couple that used to
work in Ladysmith. Our work load is much bigger now they are gone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had ZTM this week. We didn’t make lunch this time so that
made things a bit easier. We still brought fruit and muffins for the elders. We
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We went to Dundee on Tuesday and Friday to teach our Seminary and Institute classes. We find we are really enjoying teaching these kids. They are so fun and smart and committed to learning.<br />
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Osizweni Branch had their branch conference today so we
headed out there first thing in the morning. The attendance was phenomenal! The
place was packed. There are always several investigators at every Sacrament
Meeting. We met one young man after church who is being taught by the
missionaries. He introduced us to his sister whom he had invited to church. We
asked the sister if she was being taught by the missionaries too and she
answered, “Not yet.” But she was going to make teaching appointments with them
that day. Lots of great work going on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had our Sunday devotional with our elders in the evening.
It gave us an opportunity to say goodbye to the Elders that are leaving.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Monday we played Bingo for Family Home Evening. They really got into the game and had fun. The winners received prizes like cookies, gum, pencils, pens, and
markers. <o:p></o:p><br />
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We thought that Tuesday was our first day teaching our
Seminary and Institute classes. We were wrong! We drove all the way to Dundee
only to find out the classes don’t start until Friday. Duh!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The new elders coming in this week are:</div>
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Wednesday we had a combined DDM with all the Northern
Districts in our zone. We needed to make plans for the activities in Osizweni.
Because the branch has gone from meeting in a school room to having its own
space we wanted to invite the neighborhood to come and have a look at the new
building. We got permission from President Zackrison to have all the
missionaries around here go to Osizweni and pass out invitations to the
Osizweni Open House. The invitations
will be distributed on Friday and the open house will be on Saturday. After our
meeting we went out to the school we work at and watched some of the elders
play soccer with the children. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Elder Hind has to go to lots of district meetings and he
also goes visiting with President Mashego. This week they visited an inactive
man and got him to commit to going back to church. When Elder Hind is out doing
district business I am home baking, studying, cleaning, preparing lessons, or
occasionally, just being bored and lonely. There is ALWAYS something to do. But
sometimes I just don’t feel like doing it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Friday we made a bunch of sandwiches and wrapped up some
of the brownies I had made on Thursday and packed lunches into a cooler for all
12 missionaries. Then we drove to Dundee to teach our Seminary and Institute
classes. It all went pretty well. The kids out there are great. And they liked
my brownies.<o:p></o:p><br />
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After class we drove straight to Osizweni to give the elders
the lunches we had packed. Actually it was their dinner. In addition to the
sandwiches and brownies they had sodas, chips and bananas. The elders had all
been knocking on doors and passing out invitations under the direction of the
Zone Leaders who actually work out there every day.<o:p></o:p><br />
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As we were leaving Osizweni we took some pictures of a
beautiful sunset. The gorgeous sunset is caused by the smoky air. It is winter
here now and the farmers are burning their fields in preparation for planting
new crops. Many people in the townships build fires in their yards to cook or
get warmed by. Many times we see random grass fires. Most of the winter there
will be a lot of smoke in the air. We will probably always remember South
Africa when we smell weeds burning.<o:p></o:p><br />
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However, all that smoke makes for beautiful sunsets. As we
drove home the sun went down and the darkening horizon was distinctly layered in colors
of deep purple, lavender and dusty pink. It looked like each layer had been colored in separately. It was amazing. I found myself wishing I could make a
watercolor picture of the sky. I could have taken a picture to paint from later.
But it was getting late and we were tired. Perhaps I can paint it from memory.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We paid a woman in Madadeni branch to make sandwiches for
the Osizweni Open House. In addition I made oatmeal cookies and snickerdoodle
bar cookies (thank you Pinterest). On Saturday morning we picked up the
sandwich makings from the sister and headed to Osizweni. It was a beautiful day
for an activity. A lot of people came by. I think we fed all the children in
the neighborhood. A bunch of about 12 young men came in and devoured some
sandwiches. I walked up to them and asked them if they would like a Book of
Mormon. Most of them just left but about 5 stayed and talked with the
missionaries for a few minutes. The branch president is worried that people
will come to see if there is anything to steal. We know that could happen but we
have to invite people in to look around so they will be comfortable coming into
our church.<o:p></o:p><br />
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It was a good activity. The branch members had a good time
and the missionaries tell us they got a lot of contacts. We are just glad it is
over. Between the Seminary and Institute classes starting and the open house
activities it has been a stressful week. We are glad to see it end.<o:p></o:p><br />
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May 22-28<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Sunday our fears
were confirmed. Brother Mkubo has passed away. He was a courageous man and a good person.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Monday we spent the morning trying to help a young couple
that really need jobs. We took them to the Police Station to get some papers
certified and then to a copy shop to FAX some papers. Finally we brought them
to our house so they could email some job applications. We hope they find work
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Later we went to the Cottage Meeting and then we had Family Home Evening.
Our FHEs are crazy now because we have so many missionaries and a lot of Young
Single Adults are coming out to our gatherings. They are hectic but we love
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We had DDM on Wednesday. They made me lead the music because
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We went out to the school and did stomp rocks with grade
eight. When we were leaving Elder Hind tossed a paper rocket to one of the kids
and before we knew what was happening a whole bunch of little kids were mobbing
him and trying to get the rockets out of the box he was holding. For a moment
we thought they were going to knock us down. Elder Hind reached out and grabbed
my hand because he was worried I was going down. But we held our ground and
Elder Hind spoke sternly to them and they calmed down. These kids are normally
very well behaved but I guess when you are very poor even a stupid paper rocket
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We offered to take a family portrait for a couple that we
are teaching marriage lessons. All we have is a little point-and-shoot Cannon.
We gave it a try and took several pictures of their cute family. As we went
through them we could see that we had made some mistakes. But fortunately there
were a few that weren’t too bad. We will get some printed up for them and if
there is one they really like we can get it enlarged.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Thursday evening we went to Brother Mkubo’s house for songs
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On Friday we said, “Good-bye” to Elder Agyeman. It was time for him to go home to Ghana. I
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Brother Mkubo's funeral was held on Saturday. It was all in Zulu except
for some of the hymns and Elder Hind’s talk. Elder Hind was honored to speak at
the funeral and I think he did a very nice job. We went out to the cemetery and
Elder Hind dedicated the grave and helped shovel the dirt into the grave.
Afterwards we went to Bro Mkubo’s house and had a nice dinner. Everyone treats
us so well. When we went to say goodbye to the old ladies of his family many of them wanted a hug and a kiss. I feel so loved.<br />
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On Saturday evening the elders met at our house for transfer
news. There were some surprises. Elder Chitate and Elders Mears are moving after
only one transfer here. Elder Harper and Elder Cook are staying and we thought
they would probably go. And Elder Jena is coming back. He was here when we first came. He only has a few weeks of his mission left so he will be gone soon.<o:p></o:p><br />
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This Sunday was NOT a day of rest for us. President
Zackrison came to do some interviews and he spoke in both Madadeni 1 and 2
Sacrament meetings. We always like to see him and hear his talks. Elder Hind
had to speak in Sacrament Meeting also. We had planned a District Presidency
dinner for this day before we knew the mission president was coming. We would
have loved for him to have dinner with us but unfortunately his heavy schedule
of interviews would not allow it. So we sent him some roast beef sandwiches.
Elder Hind was busy with the president a good part of the afternoon so I had to
prepare dinner by myself. I was nervous about the roast because I have not
cooked a large sirloin roast in a long time. It turned out perfect, if I do say
so myself. Along with the roast we had mashed potatoes and gravy, roasted green
beans, salad and rolls. And brownies and ice cream for dessert. Just a good old
fashioned American Sunday dinner. Our District Presidency seemed to enjoy it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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This dinner was planned as a sort of farewell dinner for the
Taylors. They are going home in a couple of weeks. Their daughter who just got
home from a mission to Hong Kong is coming to join them for these last weeks.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The missionaries came by for our usual Sunday devotional so
by the time they left we were DONE!<o:p></o:p><br />
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On Wednesday we went out to our school with all the
missionaries and they played soccer with the boys out there. They had a good
time. The elders were surprised at how good of a game these youngsters gave
them. The final score was 1 to 1.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The school boys are in the blue and gray the elders are in the colorful attire.<br />
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One day went to see Brother Mkubo in the hospital. He did
not look good. He seemed very weak. I laid my hand on his and he said he was
happy someone had come to hold his hand. He said he was very cold so Elder Hind
tucked the blankets around him. We stayed until he fell asleep. When Elder Hind
and President Mashego went by to see him a couple of days later his bed was
empty and had been stripped. When they asked the nurse where he was she just
told them they would have to speak to the family. They knew what that meant.
Our friend had gone home to his Heavenly Father. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brother Mkubo is the one in the middle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An old picture from the 90s. Brother Mkubo with an elder from the US<br />
They had just baptized these kids.<br />
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Elder and Sister Taylor have been teaching Seminary and Institute
in Dundee and have a very faithful group of students. Since they are going home
they really hated to leave those kids without teachers. They asked us if we would be willing to teach
them. We were a little hesitant as Elder Hind is so busy with district business
and meetings. But we really like to teach so we told them we would do it until
the Taylor’s replacements got here in August. So on Friday we drove to Dundee
(about 45 minutes from home) and met the students and learned about what we
would be teaching. Elder Hind is going to teach the Seminary class and I will
be teaching the Institute class. We will be teaching Old Testament. Elder Hind’s
class is half way through the Old Testament and my class is just starting Genesis.
We are a little intimidated by the subject matter but we do hard things here
all the time. We will learn along with the kids.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder and Sister Taylor with their Dundee Seminary and Institute classes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having punch and brownies for an after class treat. Sister Taylor is famous for her brownies.<br />
I hope my brownies don't disappoint them.</td></tr>
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On Saturday we went to Madadeni for a Seminary and Institute
program. This was the Taylor’s final get together with the students and
teachers in this area. They are finding it hard to say good-bye but it is time
for them to go home. They have been very dedicated and hard -working
missionaries. We have been strengthened by their testimonies. They will be
greatly missed by everyone but particularly by us because they have been our
mentors and our support ever since we got here.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Because they are leaving we will have some additional responsibilities
so we can’t wait until their replacements get here. It is going to be a very
hectic couple of months.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mother’s Day was a wonderful and very busy day. It started
with a skype call from Ethan. It was early in the morning here but late at
night in West Jordan so his kids were falling asleep as we talked. It was good
to see them and to chat with Adi, she is getting so big.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We put some sloppy joes in the crock pot and went off to
church. The elders started showing up for phone calls and skyping almost as
soon as we got home from church. We set up two lap top computers, one in the
office and one in our spare bedroom. Then we let the African elders use our
cell phone to call their families because most of their families don’t have
computers. We also got to talk to some of our other kids in the evening.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Monday we had our usual busy day with the Cottage Meeting
and Family Home Evening. We had a very nice FHE lesson given by Zinhle. After
the lesson we brought out the Bean Boozled game. We like to get it out once every
transfer so the missionaries can try it. The game is played by spinning a
pointer. You have to eat whatever color jelly bean the pointer touches. The
trick is, every color bean can either be good tasting or bad tasting. For
instance the black jelly beans are either licorice or skunk spray. So you take
your chances when you pick out a bean to eat. Some elders won’t go near this
game and others love it. Sometimes we have to put the game away or the elders
would eat all of the jelly bellies. We probably have enough jelly beans left for
one or two transfers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last time we did grade eight, this week we did grade nine. They really have fun
with it. Especially the girls because boys all love to play soccer but the
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We went to see our friend Bro Mkubo so the new Madadeni missionaries
could meet him but he wasn’t at home. His son was there and told us he was in
the hospital. We tried to see him at the hospital but they have very strict
visiting hours. We came back later with President Nkosi and gave him a
blessing. He knew us and was happy to see us but he didn’t seem to be able to
tell us what was wrong. He did not look good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had to do District Training in Ezakheni and Dundee this
week. We went to Ezakheni and taught the Ezakheni Branch and the Ladysmith
Branch in the morning and Dundee in the afternoon. When we got to Dundee it
started to rain. We had to run from our car to the chapel and then from the
chapel to the house where the classrooms are and then back out in the rain to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this picture you can see the huge 200 year old<br />Monkey Puzzle tree.</td></tr>
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We got a call from a young girl in the Newcastle Branch this
week. She asked us to help her with a school project. She needed to build a
model of a cell phone tower. We gathered up some things around the house that
we thought might work and went to see her and her family. We showed a picture
of a cell phone tower and she built the model with the materials we brought.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In case you can't tell this is a cell phone tower</td></tr>
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We went to church at Madadeni 1 and then after Sacrament
Meeting Elder Hind and I went our separate ways. I needed to stay at church and
teach the Young Women. He wanted to go out to Osizweni and observe some
baptisms. We have been hard at work getting ready for these baptisms. There
were 5 of them. They didn’t have enough baptismal clothes in the right sizes
so I have been sewing for the last two weeks and Elder Hind has been mending
the portable font that they use out there. He didn’t bring the camera so we
don’t have pictures of it set up but we do have a picture of him mending the
font with bicycle tube patches.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had to pack up Elder Hind’s drum and some of our other
treasures because we are sending them home in the Zackrison’s container. It
will take the container two months to get home by ship. It is nice because we
don’t have to figure out how to get them home and we don’t have to pay
anything. The Zackrison’s have a home in Provo so we won’t have any problem
picking our things up when we get back. But is sad because our
house looks bare without some of the things we have collected.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had Zone Training Meeting on Wednesday and then we drove
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While we were waiting for Zone Training Meeting to start I
heard some beautiful music coming from the Primary room. When I looked in there
was Elder Cook playing the piano and Elder Harper singing. They were practicing
“The Holy City”. I love that song and I haven’t heard it performed in many
years. I begged them to let me get them a spot on the program of the Multi Zone
Conference. Elder Cook was up for it but Elder Harper didn’t feel ready yet. I
made them promise to perform it at church soon. Transfers are not far away and
they both could be gone before I know it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I made lunch for the zone this time. I decided to make chili
dogs for them. It is coming on winter here so it was a good choice. They
enjoyed it. We had chips and fruit with chili dogs and I served milk tarts (a
vanilla custard pie) with chocolate syrup for dessert. I have to make brownies
for the Zone Conference on Thursday so I didn’t want to bake another dessert
and milk tarts are cheap.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the meeting we had to
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On Thursday morning we got up early and headed to Durban.
All the missionaries are going. Some of them went down Wednesday night but we
are spending Thursday night in Durban. We got to the church in plenty of time.
The conference was held in the Berea Chapel. It is the oldest LDS chapel in
Durban. It reminds me of some of the older chapels in Salt Lake. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Since President and Sister Zackrison are going home there
was a bit of nostalgia in the meeting. President keeps telling the missionaries
they are the greatest generation of missionaries the world has ever seen. I can
tell he loves them. We love them too. We are so blessed to be on this mission.
We are amazed at all the wonderful people we associate with and all the
spiritual experiences we have had. We love the Lord. We know this is His church
and His work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They used to be in our zone now they are companions in Umlasi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How many elders does it take to change the batteries in the chapel clock?<br />
Answer: Five- 4 big ones and one little one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pizza! Missionaries favorite food.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newcastle Zone - right now it is the biggest zone in the mission</td></tr>
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We spent the night at Huntley House. Jane, the owner, has
seen us so many times she greets us with a hug and a kiss. When senior couples
come to South Africa they spend their first night at Jane's. We try to stay
there every time we go to Durban. In the morning we headed to Victoria
Streetmarket to do a little shopping. I say a little shopping but we have
around 48 people in our immediate family so we have to do serious shopping
when we can.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When we finished at Victoria Streetmarket we headed home. We
stopped near Howick at the Piggley Wiggley. In spite of its homely name it is
an upscale country shopping area. A little like Gardener’s Village in West
Jordan. Couldn’t find anything we wanted there. We stopped at another shop that
was called Treasures and Trash. We saw a lot of things we liked but don’t know
how we would get them home. We did buy an old book. We got home early in the
evening all safe and sound.<br />
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On Saturday we went to a District Training for the Northern
part of our district. Elder Hind trained the branch presidencies and I trained
the Young Women’s leaders.</div>
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We do so many unusual and interesting things in the course
of a week. We never know what each day will bring. We love our mission!<o:p></o:p></div>
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April 24-30<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was interesting to see so many missionaries in the
Madadeni chapel this Sunday. There were six guys there this week. It was good
to see them greeting the members and introducing themselves and just doing
their jobs. In the evening the missionaries came to our house for a devotional
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We had gone to the municipality earlier in the week and had large
wall maps printed for each companionship’s area. We handed those out and we
also gave them a printout of the names and addresses of the people in the
branch they are working in. We hope this will help with their planning each
week and will help them tract efficiently.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because we are going to Bloemfontein and Lesotho later this
week we worked really hard to get all our office work done. Elder Hind and
President Mashego worked on the papers for the new branch so they could be sent
to the mission president.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Wednesday morning we set off on our drive to
Bloemfontein. We had to stop in Ladysmith and pick up our passports. The
Taylors brought them up from Durban. We had sent them to Durban to get fixed
because they had been incorrectly stamped when we came into the country. We
wanted to go to Lesotho and we needed our corrected passports.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We drove into this cloud bank on the way to Ladysmith</td></tr>
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On our way to Bloemfontein we drove through Golden Gate Highlands National
Park. Think of Southern Utah but with green grass. It has sandstone buttes and
mesas just like So Utah, but it is also very green. There is a little touristy,
artsy town near there called, Clarens. Think, Park City or Springdale. We stopped there and looked around and bought some nuts to munch on.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visited a Basotho village in Golden Gate Highlands National Park<br />
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We got to Bloemfontein about 5:30 in the evening. It is
normally about a five hour drive from home to Bloem but we took our time in
Golden Gate and Clarens. We checked into our B&B (it is called the Lemon
and Lime) and then went to dinner. It gets dark very early now so there was no
time for sightseeing. We went to dinner at McDonalds. I know, I know, not very
adventurous but it was a familiar place in an unfamiliar area and it wasn’t far
from our B&B. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bloemfontein means " fountain of blossoms" and is famous for its roses and<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our beautiful B&B - the Lemon and Lime</td></tr>
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The next morning we slept in a little. That was so nice for
a change. After breakfast we plugged the name of the theatre into our GPS and
found that it was only 1.5 ks from our B&B. How lucky was that? We found
the theatre and parked near there. Then we went to a nearby mall and did a
little shopping. It was fun because our shopping in Newcastle is somewhat
limited and this mall had everything. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bloemfontein is a very nice city.</td></tr>
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We went to the matinee performance of Young Ambassadors. It
was fun to see some of the senior missionaries that work in that area of our mission. We
also enjoyed the Young Ambassadors and got to visit with a couple of them after
the show.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Then we got in our car and headed to Ficksburg. It is where
President Johns lives and we followed him there. It is right on the border of Lesotho. He offered to have us spend the weekend with
him when we saw him at the last senior retreat so we took him up on it. He will be
our guide in Lesotho. He prepared a wonderful dinner for us and right before we
sat down to eat President Zackrison showed up. He was in this end of the mission so he
took the opportunity to visit with President Johns. He didn’t know we were
going to be there. We had a good visit with President and Sister Z.<br />
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In the morning we went to President Johns shop. He has a courier service and he also sells homeopathic medicines. Then we drove a couple
of blocks to the Lesotho border. We handed our passports to the border guard
and waited while they scanned them, and waited,.. and waited… and waited….A
supervisor was called and he scanned them about 10 times. Finally they stamped
them and let us through. Whew!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is an extensive street market just over the border in Lesotho<br />
You can buy everything from Toyotas to roasted meats to handcrafts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We bought this hat in the street market. It is the traditional Lesotho hat.<br />They still wear them</td></tr>
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We drove to the town of Leribe. We have a branch building there
that consists of a house that has been converted to classrooms and a portable
building that functions as a chapel. It has an interesting outdoor baptismal
font. That must be fun in the winter. President and Sister Zackrison were there
visiting with some missionaries.<br />
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The Leribe Branch Chapel</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The house has the classrooms in it and the portable building is for Sacrament Meeting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bapismal font<br />
This would be very cold in the winter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the font</td></tr>
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After that we began our drive to the Katse Dam. It is an
amazing drive. The road is an engineering marvel as it winds its way up the
mountain and through passes. The highest pass is over 3000 meters. The
mountains are not forested but are covered with grass and low shrubs which are
all very green. When you get to the top of the pass you can see mountain range
after mountain range as far as the eye can see.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the terraced fields in this picture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this picture you can see the road cutting through the mountains</td></tr>
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The homes in Leribe are made from cement blocks and bricks but as you
go up the mountain you begin to see more and more round stone huts with
thatched roofs. You see people wrapped in blankets riding horses and donkeys. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People here still use animals and wagons for hauling. <br />
They also ride donkeys and horses<br />
I do not have a lot of pictures of the people because I worried about offending them<br />
Although this guy was happy to pose for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the highest point on the road</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the view from Mafika Lisiu Pass back the way we had come<br />
It was very windy.</td></tr>
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The dam and the road are products of modern engineering
surrounded by people living in stone huts and riding animals. It is an
interesting juxtaposition.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The people up there are mostly farmers but the land is not
very good for farming. They have terraced the mountainside in order to plant
crops. We could see stands of corn but we are not sure what else they grow.<o:p></o:p><br />
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When we finally reached the dam we were able to take a brief
tour. After looking around and enjoying
the views we started the drive back to the border. <o:p></o:p><br />
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When we got a couple of Ks from the border we were stuck in
traffic. It became apparent that the traffic jam was caused by dozens of little
taxis that were running back and forth from the border. In order to make as
much money as possible they would not wait their turn but force their way to
the head of the line. So those of us who were politely waiting our turn ended
up moving along very slowly. One taxi driver pulled up along side us (he was in
the wrong lane) and honked at us to let him in. But we wouldn’t let him in so
he had to drop back. (We try extra hard to be polite and patient, but we have our limits). Finally we got to the border and had no trouble getting
back into South Africa.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We laughed about it later. We love interesting experiences
even if they are not convenient. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The next day it was raining as we made our way home. We
stopped in Clarens again and had a hot chocolate.<br />
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As we drove over a pass we
found ourselves in a fog and were denied what would have been an amazing view.
We took a wrong turn at one point and wandered around in an unfamiliar township
for a while before we found our way out. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Inspite of fog and rain and being led astray by Naggy Maggie, we eventually got home. It was still early evening so I was able to do some
more sewing. I am anxious to get some more baptismal clothes made. We are going to have 6 baptisms in Osizweni next week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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April 17-23, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>
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We made DVDs of the Durban Temple Groundbreaking for all our
branches. We copied it from a link provided by the area office. We watched it on Sunday. There was also a child baptism in Madadeni on Sunday. They tried twice
but the poor child’s feet kept flying up out of the water. After two tries he
was done so we will have to do it another time when he is ready. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Monday was transfer day so we had Family Home Evening
without the elders. It was a little weird. All the elders were involved in
picking up and dropping off other elders.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Tuesday night we got to meet all the new elders here in the
Northern part of our Zone. When they all filed in and sat around our living
room we couldn’t believe what a crowd we had. We got to know each other a
little and then had some cake and ice cream to celebrate Elder Harper’s
birthday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We went out to the school today and played Elder Hind’s
version of corn hole. It is just such a simple and silly game but the kids just
loved it. We had a lot of fun!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We went out with the new Madadeni 3 elders to show them
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We also showed them where Sister Mati
lives. She is the sister that feeds us every Friday night. However we won’t be
going there anymore. Now that she is feeding 6 elders we won’t let her feed us
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We have a severe shortage of baptismal clothes in our
branches. They are very expensive for our little branches. They can only afford
one or two every year and that does not give them enough sizes. We had some
heavy white fabric here in our boarding so I made two pairs of children’s
elastic waist pants. We bought some white polo shirts to go with them. Monday I
will go to the store and buy some white fabric and using Elder Hind’s pajama
bottoms for a pattern I will whip up some adult elastic waist pants. The men
can use white shirts but I will have to figure something out for the women.<o:p></o:p><br />
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