Cape Town Mission Field 

6 November 2019
  Day 696
Wednesday
Count Up => +10

We stopped for breakfast at our favorite spot in Port Alfred, The Penny Farthing. While eating we had some clothes dried right next door. We headed for Grahamstown and met the elders in the towns square and chatted for a while before heading up the hill through Rhodes University to the Settlers Memorial. We then headed for King Williams Town. We arrived around 1:00 pm so we grabbed a bit of lunch then met the elders at the chapel. It is an old catholic church that is in beautiful condition right in the middle of town. We then headed off to East London and checked into our BnB then met the Hodges at their boarding and chatted a while then went to dinner at Sandoos. We had a lovely evening with them sharing stories of our mission adventure.
Grahamstown center, named after a Colonel Graham as established as a fort in the growing frontier. It is now officially called Makhanda after the Xhosa warrier that stood up to the English forces.

Monument to the Boer War

Fort on top of the hill where the Settlers Monument and Hall is located

Large artwork in the center hall at the Settlers Memorial

Picture of unveiling of the Boer war memorial in 1924

Crazy downpour in King Williams Town without a cloud in the sky

Beautiful KWT chapel, ex-Catholic cathedral

KWT chapel with elders and Kerry

Hodges with Kerry and Sandra on the back lawn of their boarding overlooking the valley below

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