Cape Town Mission Field 

    8 October 2018
    Day 303
Monday


Today was our shopping day to finish appliance purchases for the new boarding in Capri and fill in some items in Meadowridge for the new Grassy Park Elders that will be staying there.
First we stopped at the Cape Town market at 7:00 AM to get fruit for this weeks transfers.
We then headed to the "Game" store in the Kenilworth Mall, which is on the way to Meadowridge and Fish Hoek. We bought a refrigerator, microwave, and a lot of kitchenware. We went around in circles trying to figure out the loading dock and parking, but Elder Courtright came back with a smile despite being misdirected a few times. He now has a new outlook on life thanks to conference. 
Woo Hoo!
We went to the Meadowridge elders and dropped of several items and took some measurements for curtains and some wardrobe racks we saw at the Game store. We then went to the Capri boarding and dropped off a couple of items then went to Fish Hoek and dropped off the refrigerator and microwave. Sister Courtright had the elders police the boarding and do some final cleanup for the new elders that arrive on Tuesday. Elder Courtright drilled some holes in the ceiling to install the smoke detector. We then went back to the Capri boarding and finished dropping off the last items. We headed back to Meadowridge to drop off a couple of more items. 
It was then back to the Game store to pickup those wardrobe racks we saw. We stopped for a quick bite of dinner in the food court just after we stopped at the toilets. (Toilets in South Africa, not restrooms or bathrooms, which are for resting and bathing; but toilets for going potty.) Sister Courtright set her phone down to wash her hands and walked off without it. A short while later Elder Courtright got a phone call while ordering food but missed the call. When he called back there was no answer. That's when Sister Courtright remembered her phone. But it was too late someone took it and when Elder Courtright tried calling her phone it was blocked from receiving calls. That put a damper on things so we bought the wardrobe racks and headed back to the office. We finished up some paperwork then headed home around 9 PM. Long day, again.

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  1. UnknownOctober 16, 2018 at 8:40 AM

    Oh, I'm so sorry her phone was stolen. That is always upsetting.😕

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