Cape Town Mission Field 

  27 July 2019
  Day 595
Saturday


We were up and out at 8:00 and on our way back to Wellington. We stopped at the Shoprite store just up the street and picked up some food for them since most was left at the Paarl boarding. We also got an ironing board and clothes drying rack. We met some great people in the parking lot and Sister Courtright gave away 3 Book of Mormon's to interested people. We dropped the items off at the boarding and the elders managed to get the couch in the front door. But it was not easy. We helped put up the new curtains then we went looking for a second hand store for a coffee table. We had no luck so we stopped at a Braai place and got some chicken and chips. We then took the elders to their service project where they are helping peel potato's for a family that makes "slap chips" for the local community as a way of raising extra money on the weekends. We met the Paarl elders there who were busy cutting and peeling potato's. We met the family and their cute children. 
We then headed back to Cape Town and decided not to stop at the Canal Walk mall because it looked very busy, probably because it is payday around South Africa. So we drove to the Arderne Gardens since it turned into such a beautiful day. The grounds were created by importing trees from all around the world back around 1850. It was very nice. We then went to the office and then to the Langa 2 elders to pick up an extra table and chairs they have so we could give it to the Milnerton elders. The Milnerton elders were at an event in Bellville so we made arrangements to drop it off after church tomorrow.
We went back to the flat and listened to scriptures and Elder Courtright worked on his talk for church tomorrow entitled "Sacrifice". We know a little bit about that.



The South African 50 cent piece has the Bird of Paradise on it's face






California Redwood Sequoia




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