Cape Town Mission Field 

10 November 2019
  Day 700
Sunday
Count Up => +14

We got up and enjoyed a nice omelette on the patio. They have a beautiful pond with some gorgeous Koi in it. We then traveled to the Hillcrest Ward and attended church with Elder Duma. We also met his parents and sister and Elder Gareth Leisch (sp?) who was in our mission during the period when the Madagascar elders were moved there temporarily during a plague outbreak. He recalled our boarding inspection at the Plumstead boarding where we pushed them to do a better job on cleaning the bathroom tile. Sister Courtright also met a lady (Kim) who is getting baptized next month. She read the Book of Mormon she found on the book shelf while house sitter for a member family who were on vacation. It really changed her life she said.
We then went to Elder Duma's home where his mother fixed a wonderful lunch for us. Elder Duma's father is in law enforcement and unfortunately had to go to work. 
We went to the Stake Center where Elder Msali was practicing with the Stake Choir in preparation for the Durban Temple Dedication scheduled for February 16th. We also met his mother. We then went to the Durban temple site. We couldn't get onto the grounds because the gate was locked up and we couldn't find the guard to let us in. It started to rain hard just after we took a couple of pictures from the far hillside before we had to scramble back into our cars. It was great to see Elder Duma and Elder Msali again. We had a wonderful visit and were blessed for stopping here.
Forest Manor Guesthouse in Umhlanga: patio Koi pond

Elder Leisch who served in Madagascar and stationed in Cape Town for a period of time

Elder Duma, his sister and mother

Sister Msali

Rendition of the Durban Temple

Elder Duma and Elder Msali with the Durban Temple in the background


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