Cape Town Mission Field 

  26 July 2019
  Day 594
Friday


We got permission to pick up the key for the Wellington flat and look at a possible flat in Stellenbosch. So we ran up and picked up the key then came back towards Stellenbosch and got the key from the agency and looked it over. We liked it a lot and prayed about it and decided to accept the flat. They will send us the contract details. We stopped at the mall and went to the Game store and Sister Courtright bought all sorts of supplies for the Wellington flat; including a microwave, pots and pans, dishware, and a washing machine (total around R8000). It was crazy busy in Stellenbosch and it was because this is the weekend that government checks go out so everyone is shopping for the month. We drove back to Wellington and met the elders there who helped us unload all the supplies. We drove back to the Paarl boarding and the elders loaded up their mattresses and we took them up to Wellington. We then headed back to the boarding and got their desks and refrigerator and took them up their new boarding. We then dropped off the elders at the Paarl Church house where the Paarl elders were waiting for them to go out to a dinner appointment. We headed back to Cape Town and went to the office and gathered up the rest of the supplies that we already had in the store room. We then went over to the President's house and dropped off the packaging materials that he gives to his children for their recycling program at their school. We loaded up a large sofa couch that they are getting rid of that was replaced by a new couch yesterday. We took the couch over to the Langa 2 elders flat since they don't have a sofa. We got it up to the second floor and through their door, after removing the burglar bars. It was a very tight squeeze. Once inside we realized there is not enough clearance in the hallway to swing into their living room. The elders wanted to leave it in the hallway and contemplate how they could get it to fit. But Sister Courtright's wisdom prevailed and convinced them to put it back into the truck and we'd take it with us tomorrow to Wellington because we believe there's a chance it would fit into their boarding. We arrived at home around 10:00 pm. Another typical day at the office.
Fire department putting on a demonstration outside a city building in downtown Stellenbosch






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