Cape Town Mission Field 

 12 August 2019
  Day 610
Monday


Today was a typical office day. We had the zone leaders stop in and put in their orders. We also swapped out a car for the Assistants with the van to allow Elder Lare easier access into and out of the car with his injured foot.
We received a call from Elder Hodges who had discovered that both cars that are waiting to be picked up and removed from our fleet were vandalized over the weekend at the Walmer Chapel. Someone had gotten over the fence and took four tires off one car and two tires off the other car and its battery.
We also got a call that the King Williams Town elders had locked themselves out and instead of calling for a backup key they grew impatient and broke through the side door by the garage. This is not something we expect from our elders. It was very disappointing and they will be responsible for paying for it to be replaced.
We got quite a lot done at the office and decided at the end of the day to clean out the shed because it was getting difficult to move around in there. The Firth's helped up put a load into the back of the Ranger. We then met them at the garage at their boarding where we store furniture. They helped us clean it up and organize it. We unloaded and reloaded items that we are going to discard. We finished around 8:00 pm and went over to the cafe where Gela Mbaki works. The Firth's had some dinner and we had some spring rolls and chocolate shakes since we had already eaten at the office before we left. Got home around 9:00 pm and cleaned up. It was another typical day.


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