We are Home again......In our own apartment!
What a way to welcome in March!
We were in Johannesburg for 3 weeks. The last of February until March 17th.
Ok! It is amazing how time gets away from you and you live from day to day and not really know what day it is. But I do now.
Today is March 29th. and soon the end of another month. I wanted to write so many things on this blog for march. But internet troubles got in the way so here is the first 3 weeks of march...
So we have been in Johannesburg for 3 weeks.
John has had surgery and we had a wonderful Country Directors Conference.
The week before we tried to get John as recuperated as possible so he could sit through the long days.
Sunday the 10th we were able to go to Church. At least Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School in a branch outside of Johannesburg. We went with the Merkleys . Not to Pretoria but closer to Soweto area.
It was a wonderful Branch. The meetings were held in a Modular type church set up. It reminded me of the class rooms set up for the overcrowded schools. In the middle of the square complex of class rooms and Chapel area was the Baptism Font.
It was so clean and nice in the area around the church . They had a garden that looked a little like a community garden but I didn't get enough time to ask questions about it.
John could only make it 2 hours and then we returned to the apartments at Dukes Court.
As we drove in and out there was a funny thing you noticed about the area.
Up on the telephone poles were several... not just a couple but many pairs of Sport(tennis) shoes...laces tied together and flung over the telephone wires.
just hanging there.
Sister Merkley said they are always just hanging there. No reason. Just a funny thing....one of the many funny things in Africa.
Merkleys are a great couple who are serving a 6 month mission now along with being called as technical specialist over water.
They have been traveling through all of the Africa South East Area looking over old water projects to see how we can more efficiently bring the people clean water.
(When not traveling they reside in Johannesburg so we have had the chance to see them a lot as much as we have been in Johannesburg lately.)
Also as country directors we are trying to learn to make the projects more sustainable.
We have had many experiences with the Merkely's on this mission. It has been wonderful to get to know them and the other couples we know on this mission.
Sister Merkley has taught me to take more pictures of the people. People are so much a like all over the world.
Mom's! Do you recognize this picture?
We met so many wonderful couples from all the countries in our area at the conference.
Many this is their 2nd, 3rd time to serve in Africa and for some their 7th or 8th mission.
Sharon Eubanks who is over Humanitarian work for the church spent the week with us and she is so delightful and Brilliant in humanitarian efforts.
Our conference started on the 12th of March, but on the 11th of March the Osborns, from our mission arrived in Johannesburg as well. I have no pictures but just their story.
They flew to Maputo and drove a mission car to Joburg to be at the temple with Abel and his wife from Quelimane. All the way for a branch member. To help with translation and understanding and just to lend support.
How many of us do that and we live in the same state.? Guilty!
BUT ! This Kind act and the wonderful ordinance of the temple will really strengthen this family and the Branch in Quelimane.
It was fun to see them there and to tell the other couples about what a super work they are doing in Quelimane.
Oh ! I found one..
Here is this great couple on the Island of Idugo, close to their location of Quelimane. Here they are counseling Rocha, Amizade's son, about school and etc. Rocha also a member.
We have the greatest mission and the best senior couples serving there. Along with the best missionaries in the church working day and night to Share the gospel with families.
Ahhh ! Mozambique and the mangoes. Season over!
John has had surgery and we had a wonderful Country Directors Conference.
The week before we tried to get John as recuperated as possible so he could sit through the long days.
Sunday the 10th we were able to go to Church. At least Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School in a branch outside of Johannesburg. We went with the Merkleys . Not to Pretoria but closer to Soweto area.It was a wonderful Branch. The meetings were held in a Modular type church set up. It reminded me of the class rooms set up for the overcrowded schools. In the middle of the square complex of class rooms and Chapel area was the Baptism Font.
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| Branch Garden. How's it working? |
John could only make it 2 hours and then we returned to the apartments at Dukes Court.
As we drove in and out there was a funny thing you noticed about the area.
Up on the telephone poles were several... not just a couple but many pairs of Sport(tennis) shoes...laces tied together and flung over the telephone wires.
just hanging there.
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| Shoes on a wire. |
Merkleys are a great couple who are serving a 6 month mission now along with being called as technical specialist over water.
They have been traveling through all of the Africa South East Area looking over old water projects to see how we can more efficiently bring the people clean water. (When not traveling they reside in Johannesburg so we have had the chance to see them a lot as much as we have been in Johannesburg lately.)
Also as country directors we are trying to learn to make the projects more sustainable.
We have had many experiences with the Merkely's on this mission. It has been wonderful to get to know them and the other couples we know on this mission.
Sister Merkley has taught me to take more pictures of the people. People are so much a like all over the world.
Mom's! Do you recognize this picture?
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| Baby and Bath time. |
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| Or this....A Mozambican nap. |
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| After a sucker ~ |
Many this is their 2nd, 3rd time to serve in Africa and for some their 7th or 8th mission.
Sharon Eubanks who is over Humanitarian work for the church spent the week with us and she is so delightful and Brilliant in humanitarian efforts.
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| A table full of humanitarian seniors and Sharon Eubank |
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| Early at Mikes...a tradition. |
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| To end with an afternoon at the temple. |
Our conference started on the 12th of March, but on the 11th of March the Osborns, from our mission arrived in Johannesburg as well. I have no pictures but just their story.
They flew to Maputo and drove a mission car to Joburg to be at the temple with Abel and his wife from Quelimane. All the way for a branch member. To help with translation and understanding and just to lend support.
How many of us do that and we live in the same state.? Guilty!
BUT ! This Kind act and the wonderful ordinance of the temple will really strengthen this family and the Branch in Quelimane.
It was fun to see them there and to tell the other couples about what a super work they are doing in Quelimane.
Here is this great couple on the Island of Idugo, close to their location of Quelimane. Here they are counseling Rocha, Amizade's son, about school and etc. Rocha also a member.
We have the greatest mission and the best senior couples serving there. Along with the best missionaries in the church working day and night to Share the gospel with families.
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| Elders on the streets of Beira! Hot and humid streets of Beira! |
Ahhh ! Mozambique and the mangoes. Season over!
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| Kids carrying mangoes on Idugo! |
Mom, those are some BEAUTIFUL pictures!
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