Friday, July 10, 2015

4th of July hike, dinner, Pretoria, and moving the Jefferies

The 4th of July brought an early morning delivery to Hartbeespoort area. These missionaries are now in the Botswana/Namibia Mission and this might be the last time we will see them :/ But we are so excited for their new adventures!

Elders Christie, Hunt, Kenyah, and Stomps

One of the many Nuclear power plants in South Africa



Lesedi, where they have 5 little villages set up to represent some of the Ethnic tribes of Africa.


Even though it's winter, flowers are still in bloom and the trees are green. We've decided we really like South African winters.



Selling roasted corn on the cob at the side of the road, is a common thing to see
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After the morning delivery, we headed to Kloofendal Nature Reserve and went for a hike. It was a lovely, mild day. 


Kent, Sister and Elder Thompson 


I saw a few of these polka dot feathers.
The creations of God are amazingly beautiful!


A common site are these termite mounds

Fern grotto 


I love these 'sunflower' trees




This is what the 'sunflowers' grow on








We found wild animals on our hike.
Glad they have fences to keep them in!


This tree looks like an octopus








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After our hike, we cleaned up and went to dinner at an Indian restaurant. We all agreed that the food was superb!








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Another delivery took us to Kempton Park and Daveyton. 
We spied another nuclear power plant.






Elder Packard carrying his new mattress to the flat

Elder Packard 


We then delivered a mattress to Elder Cummings and Elder Swindlehurst

Our newest missionary, Elder Irakiza from Burundi

Elder Worton, Irakiza, and Olson

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A beautiful foggy morning on our trip to Pretoria. They realigned the mission boundary and moved 45 of our missionaries to the Botswana/Namibia Mission, and we drove up to participate in the big event. We also served lunch to the missionaries after the meeting.
Early morning fog





As the fog burned off, we witnessed a beautiful morning










A couple of guys built a fire to stay warm on this very cold morning




Bougainvillea


We are really going to mission these missionaries, but they are off on an amazing adventure!

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We helped Elder and Sister Jefferies move into a new flat, and I spied this darling one year old. She was very interested in what we were doing.

Elder Jefferies and Elder Allred




We received some much needed help from Elder Dean and Elder Ware

Elder Allred, Elder Yates, Elder Ndwandwe, Elder Ware, and Elder Dean













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