Cape Town Mission Field 

 1 August 2019
  Day 599
Thursday


Welcome to August!
This morning we stopped to pick up our meat pies that we ordered last night on our way back to our boarding. We then arrived at the Gugulethu chapel to set up. The hallway was very dirty, some poo in the hallway from someone that had an accident and didn't quite make it to the bathroom. It had been there for some time as it was hardened onto the floor. But once we began mopping it up, of course the smell came alive. So we had to douse it in some heavy duty cleaner. The transfers went well and all the elders were enjoying meeting and greeting those coming and going. We only had one hiccup, Elder Owens missed his flight in East London. So we'll have to come back for him later tonight. We stopped at the Pick-n-Pay to get some things for lunch then went to the Spur for some salads. We decided on a bucket of KFC. It came together nicely. We were enjoying the chicken in the kitchen and listening to Elder Lare's story of how he hit a pothole on his bike and his foot slipped off the pedal and ended up in the back spokes of the bicycle. This happened at noon and due to some inept practices in the medical industry around here with regards to payment. He finally got stitched up around 6:00 pm. He'll be hanging out with the assistants for a couple week around the office while his heel recovers. We left the office around 6:00 pm and picked up Elder Owens. He's been out for about 10 months, all of which has been in the East Cape. This is the first time he's been back in Cape Town since he went through here when he first arrived. We had some dinner with him and he and his new companion, Elder Milanzi, headed for Elsie's River where he is now assigned. We finished up some office stuff then headed home around 9:00 pm.


Our departing missionaries; Elder Lategan (Johannesburg) and Khoza (Durban)

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