Cape Town Mission Field 

  7 July 2019
  Day 575
Sunday


We had a great Sabbath day. The Branch President had a discussion about our role and responsibilities to each other after Sacrament Meeting. It was very insightful and we all felt good about what we can do to help each other out. 
We spent the day at home instead of going to the office. We even took time for a nap. It was wonderful. 
We called our children and enjoyed hearing about their adventures. Stephanie had a busy week but fulfilling. Jackie had kidnapped Jake and the family went to the Arches camping. Kirk was busy taking it easy and Kerry was at a conference in Atlanta and will be hooking up with Kirk later in the week.
We also heard about the US Women's Soccer Team World Cup victory. Woo Hoo!

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