Cape Town Mission Field 

22 February 2018
Day 75
Thursday

While preparing for the boarding inspections Elder Courtright was looking up Google maps for an address of a letter we need to drop off to the Mitchell's Plain Branch President we received from Salt Lake. There was a news bulletin regarding the Women's Olympic Hockey team that was playing Canada for the Gold medal at that moment. Every minute or so another flash would go up regarding what was happening. It was very nerve racking and exciting to read the US bounced one off the post in the third period thus sending it into OT. Then to read the teams weren't really making any progress on either side until a US team member was sent out for a hard hit into the boards which gave Canada a 4:3 advantage with 1:35 left to go. Then suddenly the news flash read that we were going into sudden death shoot out. Each shot was followed by a news flash. US scores, Canada scores, Canada scores, US scores, then on the last set Canada scores and US is stopped. It was all such a let down. Then the news flash reads the US takes the Gold on the final blocked shot. What? How did that happen. Then after searching through for more news it became apparent that the final shooters switched order so the US scored then Canada was blocked. It was awesome to just read about it from the little news flashes we were seeing. I truly hope to be able to watch it someday.

Today we visited the Elders in Somerset West and Strandfontein for boarding inspections. We also brought along the weekly supply order for them so they didn't have to make the long drive into the Mission Office.

Elders Paskett and Msali had a nicely kept boarding and warmed us a little bit of Mnushu (pronounced with a click) they received from one of the members in the branch they attend. It is made from samp (seems to be a white corn) and beans. It is quite a staple and usually topped with chicken or beef with sauce. It tasted quite good and had a mixture of flavors that reminded us of several different types of dishes such as refried beans or navy bean soup, etc. Sister Courtright wants to get that dish recipe into the Crest Newsletter.

The Elders in the other boarding at Somerset West (Macamo and Dicarolo) received a nice reward from Sister Courtright as the cleanest boarding she's seen. Note: you can see their reflection in the counter top.

We then visited the Elders (Greengrass and Fullmer) in Strandfontein and they took us to a little grill in the middle of the township for some lunch. We ordered a 'gatsby'. It seems to be well known around these parts. It is a foot long hoagie with grilled steak cooked in a sort of tika masala sauce topped with lettuce, cheese, large cut chips (french fries); that are drizzled with another red sauce with a very rich Indian flavor.

Back to the office and Sister Courtright was not feeling well so we took her to the doctors office nearby us in Pinelands. A sweet Indian lady doctor said that Sister Courtright had an infection and required some antibiotics. She really wanted Sister Courtright to admit herself to the hospital next door because she was a bit incoherent and had signs of low blood sugar (a first for Sister Courtright). But we opted to take her home and get her on the antibiotic and return in the morning to check back as to the blood tests she took may indicate if there's something else going on.