Cape Town Mission Field 

    9 October 2018
    Day 304
Tuesday

It was a bit challenging today not having a phone for Sister Courtright. Elder Courtright did a SIM Swap on a spare phone he had in the office but it wasn't connecting to the network. Mid morning Elder Courtright went with the elders in the van to the airport to pick up the new arriving missionaries from the Johannesburg MTC, there's 15 of them. Counting the last transfer (6 weeks ago), this transfer, and next transfer (6 weeks from now) we will have 1/3 of our mission filled with new missionaries from the MTC (41 of them). It's a big wave to contend with.

We picked up the missionaries and headed back to the office to drop off luggage then we took them to the Mission Home for lunch and greeting the Mission President and his family. We then took them Signal Hill to test the promise given by the first missionaries in 1850. From the first 3 newly baptized members the South African mission now has over 200,000 members. We walked Signal Hill then headed back to the office to pick up some proselyting materials. One group went to Langa and another group went to the Mowbray chapel with Elder Courtright. They walk Main street talking to people and handing out pass along cards and restoration pamphlets. The new elder Stimpson was surprised at how easily Elder Courtright approached people. He told him that he learned from the best, Sister Courtright. :)

We then went back to the office to do their training and luggage weighing while the President also spoke to them. We had the elders then walk down to the Slug-n-Lettuce at the River club for dinner.

We drove them to Nightingale Close where then spent the evening. Elder Courtright ran to the store to pickup a few items for their breakfast. Another long day. Whew!