Cape Town Mission Field 

    4 July 2018
    Day 207
Wednesday


Happy 4th of July everybody! Enjoy some watermelon and fireworks for us.
Today we prepared for the MLC luncheon and to take out the "out of town" zone leaders to dinner this evening. One of the hot topics at MLC and across the mission is the reduction in vehicles that will soon be taking place.
After lunch we stopped at the Rhodes Memorial just to catch our breath. It turned into a beautiful day following several days of stormy weather. I thought this picture of Devils Peak through the shadowy trees at Rhodes Memorial was captivating.

We read in the paper today that the reservoir levels just passed 50% full when you total them all up. A year ago they were around 26%. The storm this past weekend caused some of the smaller reservoirs to increase by 2% in a single day. Woo Hoo! If you look closely at the panoramic view of the Flats, you can see the Hottentots-Holland Mountains at the far side of the valley with SNOW on the peaks.
There was also a group of young women horseback riders enjoying the weather along the parkway in front of the Mission Office.

Love'n it!


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  1. UnknownJuly 5, 2018 at 8:18 AM

    Love the picture when you were at Rhode's memorial. We have some friends whose last name is Rhodes. We had spectacular fireworks last night here in Pocatello. Your pictures and messages are great.

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    1. CourtrightJuly 6, 2018 at 4:18 AM

      It's amazing the things you learn by traveling the world. I've always heard of the Rhodes scholars program but wasn't aware the Cecil Rhodes ran the railway through Africa to get access to the gold and diamond fields. They named Rhodesia after him. But he fell out of favor with the common folk as being seen as an uncaring capitalist wherewith they renamed the country and his monument isn't well taken care of and covered with unkind graffiti markings.

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