Cape Town Mission Field 

16 March 2018
Day 97
Friday


Today the Hamilton's and Watson's and ourselves were going to Robin Island to see the prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated. While looking through an African gift shop we received a text that the tours were canceled that day due to high winds. I guess the boat ride over and back was a bit to rocky for the high winds. Sister Courtright was ducking under a large metal sculpture of an Elephant at the gift shop when it bit her on the top-front of her head. Actually, she ran into it because the sun was so bright she had a large hat on and was unable to see how low the elephants mouth was. She was a bit unsteady for a while.
We decided to have lunch on the waterfront then head back to the office while the Watson's visited some of the Elders that they served with on the East Cape.
We met a wonderful Xhosa lady at the restaurant and she volunteered to go through some of the Xhosa language sounds they use in their speech. There's a lot of clicking going on and I haven't a clue as to what they mean.
We went to dinner with the Watson's at the Grand West Casino then took them to the airport around 9:30 PM. Their flight was delayed and they weren't scheduled to depart until 2:00 AM. When they arrive in San Diego late on Saturday they have to be ready to give their homecoming address at church the next morning, 12 hours after they land. We will pray for them.





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  1. UnknownMarch 24, 2018 at 9:25 AM

    Good luck with that language. Oh my! Glad the elephant didn't take a bigger bite.😉

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