Cape Town Mission Field 

    26 May 2018
    Day 168
Saturday


Today we visited both sets of elders in Somerset West for boarding inspections. Sister Courtright wasn't too pleased with the zone leaders boarding and began to show them some areas that need to be cleaned. They then asked "What more can we do?" That was the wrong thing to ask. The elders then spent the next 30 minutes on a whirlwind cleaning tour. She said we'd stop in this afternoon on our way back from Hermanus and see if things have improved.
We visited the elders in Hermanus, they're boarding is in great shape. 
We stopped for lunch at the seaside Fusion cafe. Awesome food, weather, and view of the bay.
We then stopped at the Fernkloof Nature Reserve in Hermanus. We walked the garden trail and saw some beautiful greenery, several native tortoises, and some wonderful birds. The trail passed along the hillside with a lot of Protea's starting to bloom. Many were torn down and the inside of the large blooms eaten. We believe that was from foraging baboons.






Cork Tree
Cape Sugarbush Bird with long billowy tail that gracefully waves behind him as he flies
I added this photo from Google to show it a bit better...

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  1. UnknownMay 28, 2018 at 6:46 PM

    Wow, fabulous birds and flowers. It looked like another wonderful day.

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