tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73751608041019230502024-03-12T16:52:33.913-07:00 Joburg JourneyA journal of our adventures in Johannesburg (nicknamed Joburg) Africa from January of 2014 through July of 2015 while preparing for and serving as senior Church Education System (CES) missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-43076388989320753242015-07-26T14:23:00.003-07:002015-07-26T14:29:26.393-07:00Home!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our eighteen month mission and our time in South Africa has come to an end and so will the blog. I have enjoyed keeping it up both as a way to keep in touch with friends and family and to chronicle our mission. I wanted to make one final post because, to me, returning home seems to be an important part of the journey. After a very, very, very long flight and almost missing our last leg to Las Vegas because we were going by the information printed in Johannesburg, we finally arrived home! We landed in Las Vegas where a couple of our kids with their families met us at the airport. </div>
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As you would expect, all of the kids had grown so much. Peter who is standing by me was a tiny baby when we left.</div>
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We met baby Kate for the first time; she wasn't too sure of us at first, but warmed pretty quickly.</div>
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Ruby and Maia. Maia had lost her front teeth teeth and grown her permanent ones in the time we were gone.</div>
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A grandma and grandpa portrait in the airport with seven of our twenty five grandchildren.</div>
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Grandpa with the two youngest grandchildren, Kate and Peter.</div>
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We arrived late so we stayed over night in Las Vegas. The next day two more families came.</div>
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and we had a Cafe Rio party! Hooray for Mexican food!</div>
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The next afternoon, our kids drove us home because we had no wheels--a little reversal of the many years we drove them around because they had no wheels :)</div>
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Congratulating ourselves on arriving back to our own house. Bags still to unpack as you can see.</div>
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The next day, we drove down to St. George to pick up a vehicle that Amie had secured for us--she did all of the hunting and checking and double and triple checking (she's a major bargain shopper) and got just the vehicle we were looking for. Thanks Amie for offering to take on that big task that is never fun.</div>
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The next day the kids came up to the cabin for a 24th of July BBQ (or maybe I should now say braai since we've lived in South Africa). This little Gabe is a mini-grandpa and wanted his mom to get him an apron because grandpa wears an apron.</div>
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It's good to be home! This is our son Dan who monitored and maintained the cabin while we were gone. He and all of the kids and grandkids worked really hard to get our house and yard and park cleaned up and ready for us. We know it was a ton of work; thanks everyone! They even planted flowers for us as you can see.</div>
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They even brought up a batch of cute puppies who played in the yard until they wore themselves out and took a nap on the grass.</div>
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Then the next day, we went down to St. George again (we look forward to lots of backs and forths to all of the places our kids live in the coming years.) We went to Jimmy Johns for lunch which is another place that we have been missing while we were gone.</div>
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This was a cute little note that Sophia wrote. We were SO happy to be coming to your house Sophia and to all of our kids and grandkids houses. We haven't seen them all yet. Since we are having our family reunion in only a week, it didn't make sense for the other four families who live further away to travel down for the homecoming and then come back again in a week. So we're excited to see them all again for the first time in a year and a half.</div>
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There are many, many things we will miss about our mission in South Africa. We'll miss our work, we'll miss how the church is growing, we'll miss the culture, we'll miss our adventures, we'll miss the birds and the animals, we'll miss some of the food, especially the fruit and vegetable market! But at the top of the list of things we'll miss are the wonderful people that we got to know. Africa will always have a place in our hearts now, but as almost everyone agrees, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME!</div>
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Today is the 20<sup>th</sup> of July 2015 and we entered the Provo
MTC on 20 January 2014 so that means that we are at the very end of our
eighteen month service here in Johannesburg. Our clock definitely thought so
when it stopped just a few minutes after midnight last night. It seems that
everything was saying it was time to go home—every bottle or jar or package of
everything seemed to run out almost perfectly so the universe must be in agreement.
Although we are both definitely ready to get back to our family and our home,
we know that serving here has been a great blessing in so many ways. This past
week has been filled with preparation, but also with so many comments and acts
of appreciation that we feel a little overwhelmed and undeserving at the
attention and love we have received. Here are a few pictures and explanations
of some of those activities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As you can guess, there have been some days of cleaning--here's Elder Davie in his apron. Our kids think buying an apron for their kids might be the magic bullet to get them to work like grandpa. Interestingly, one of our teachers asked specifically if when we left she could have Elder Davie's apron. She had seen him in it at our Super Saturday event and thought it was interesting that a guy would have an apron on (highly unusual here) and said that it would always remind her of us.</div>
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How often do you clean your oven? Well I clean this one only when it's time to move. It's the oven that is practically Easy-Bake Oven size as our daughter said so that's all it deserves.</div>
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Lots of packing too--I can't tell you how many times we have weighed these bags. Still we know we'll have to pay an overage for one and the rest we will keep our fingers crossed because they are very close to 50 pounds by our scale. There are enough clothes in them to put in a small grocery bag. Everything else is souvenirs and gifts for our family :)</div>
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We gave away almost all of our clothes and anything that we bought for ourselves here (like the appliances) to the Alexandra Branch. We figured they could use it more than another relatively rich set of Americans who can more easily buy their own appliances :)</div>
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One of the bishops invited us to dinner with his family to say thank you for our service.</div>
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This was the dinner at the CES (Church Education System) office that they held in our honor.</div>
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Dinner with this cute family of one of our Seminary teachers. They are Zambian and eat with their hands, (a basin and a jug of warm water are passed around first so everyone's hands are freshly clean) but they kindly gave us American missionaries some forks :)</div>
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A dinner was also held at the home of the mission president to say goodbye to us.</div>
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We were busy right to the end--this Mid-Year Convention for the new stake that we have been working with was held only two days ago. The attendance was great by the time everyone arrived. (Clocks and appointments are more flexible here in South Africa :)</div>
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This was from the Saturday just before that--our great stake president who gave the concluding message to the students.</div>
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This is Glory who graduated from Seminary last year and will be going on a mission soon. She gives me a big hug whenever I see her as do most of the students in the stake. We gave her the keyboard that I was learning on while I was here because she is learning to play the piano. The baby is her nephew. </div>
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Like I told my own twins, these are my South African twins. They are from the Alexandra township and are such intelligent, capable girls. I hope I can know what they do in the future.</div>
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We attended the Alexandra branch on our last Sunday (yesterday) This the young women's class and most of the girls are also in the seminary class there. They sang a special song for us.</div>
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And in a few minutes we are leaving the apartment for the last time and going to lunch with President Sehloho who is the counselor in the stake presidency here that we worked so closely with. After that, we'll go the office, turn in a few things and then on to the the airport. We are a "test couple" who will give feedback on our experience flying a different direction that missionaries from here have traditionally gone. We'll fly Etihad Airlines to Abu Dhabi, then to Los Angeles and finally to Las Vegas where part of our family will meet us. The others who are further away will be coming soon for a family reunion in early August. Goodbye South Africa! I'll post at least one more time when we arrive home.</div>
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Last Saturday, we had our Mid-Year Convention for teachers
and leaders in the Johannesburg Stake in the morning, and the Seminary Super Saturday
in the afternoon with a combined lunch in between. The attendance wasn’t quite
as good as last year because the date it was scheduled was during their school
holiday so a lot of students and some of the teachers were out of town. Those
that were there had a lot of fun with the skits they performed and enjoyed the
message from the stake president. One of the highlights was the dessert we had
for lunch—American root beer floats which almost none of them had ever tasted.
They don’t have root beer here but we had one of our kids send some root beer
extract and we made a big batch with dry ice. It was a fun and productive day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some of the Relief Society sisters were helping to serve lunch and this was the lesson in root beer making--not much to making a root beer float, huh?</div>
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These are mostly teachers that you see here, but the kids were coming in about that time.</div>
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Everyone just mingling and enjoying themselves.</div>
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One of our bishops on the left and two great, dedicated seminary teachers on the right.</div>
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As the kids came in they played a game that got them talking--here is one group getting answers from each other.</div>
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Gathering to start the skits</div>
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I know you can't hear this :) but they were singing for their presentation.</div>
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They were supposed to illustrate at least one gospel principle in a modern day application. This is a mother who teaches her daughter and they had put together a poem that did this.</div>
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You may not recognize it, but the girl kneeling is Oliver Cowdery :)</div>
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I can't remember what he's explaining, but she looks happy about it :)</div>
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This was depicting the revelation that introduced the Word of Wisdom where we were told that tobacco wasn't healthy for the body (long before science told us that) See the puffs of smoke? It was pretty clever how they made pipes that did that without anything burning of course.</div>
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Each class that performed took a bow afterwards. It was a fun way to emphasize the importance of what they were learning and to have a lot of fun and get to know other kids in the stake at the same time.</div>
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At a few points in our mission, I have posted milestones of 1/3 finished or 1/2 or 2/3 done. Now we have only one week left! Our bags are mostly packed, we're spending today cleaning our flat and the week is scheduled with lots of activities and work that will be our "last time" efforts. We have loved being here and gaining all that we have by doing the work that we have been "called to serve" in, BUT we are really, really excited to get back to our family!</div>
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So today is Monday, and in ONE CALENDAR WEEK from today we will be on our way to the airport to fly out of South Africa to Abu Dhabi and from there to L.A. and then a short jaunt to Las Vegas where a good number of our family will greet us. The others will come for a family reunion a couple of weeks after that.</div>
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That is seven...only seven. SEVEN days! Whenever I see lined up sevens like this I think of our granddaughter Sophia who was born on 7/7/07. Pretty lucky huh?</div>
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Seven Days!</div>
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That's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven!</div>
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Here's a paper chain we made at our 100 days left mark, and some of the grandkids made the same chain at home.</div>
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Emma, Kate, Maia, Ruby and Mike with their chain and the cute sign they made to identify it.</div>
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We've all been taking a link off every day and here is Oliver a couple of days ago, showing us how small his chain has grown.</div>
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And ours is so small now that it hardly qualifies as a chain! The green paper are the directions for our luggage. We're packing and weighing now. We're leaving almost everything we brought with us or accumulated here because we need all of our luggage room and weight for the gifts and souvenirs we're bringing home :) I know they tell young missionaries not to think about the end of their mission until it's actually over, but I think grandmas & grandpas are given an exemption from that rule! </div>
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<b>See you very soon everyone!</b></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-5783780617827914102015-07-11T07:37:00.000-07:002015-07-11T07:37:39.804-07:00One More Time!One of our favorite places to spend a day has been Pilanesberg National Park. It is only about two and a half hours away so we can drive up early, spend the day in the park and still arrive home by early evening. It is almost like being at home and going for a day trip through Zion's National Park, expect instead of deer we see elephants, rhinos, hippos, leopards, wild dogs, zebra, giraffe, and things like that :) plus we see at least a dozen of the deer's interesting cousins.<br />
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Pilanesberg has all of the big five animals (which are lions, elephants, rhinos, leopards and cape buffalo) and most of the roads there are nicely paved so it's easy to do a self drive and still see a lot. We counted that we have been there at least six times, but decided that we would go again one more time for our anniversary. Even though we have seen lots and lots of African animals in our year and a half here, we never get tired of them and we are never disappointed in Pilanesberg. Here are some of our spottings for the day.<br />
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It seems that with their bold markings, zebra would be easy prey, but we are told that, when chased, they will group together and that their markings make it difficult for the predator to tell where one ends and another begins. You can see, even with these two grouped together that would be true.</div>
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Hippos are generally in the water during the day, but the morning was cool enough that they were out grazing. If you enlarge the picture you'll notice the birds. The hippo and the oxpecker have a symbiotic relationship, the bird benefitting by feeding, the hippo by having parasites removed.</div>
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These two young hippos were having a little tiff about something. In the gift shops I see all of these stuffed hippos that the kids of tourists think are so cute, but hippos actually kill more people each year than lions, hippos, leopards, buffaloes and rhinos combined. </div>
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Wildabeest with a couple of Gemsbock in the background. This one is a blue Wildabeest; there is another variety that we sometimes see that looks quite different.</div>
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No idea what this pod was, but we thought the texture was really interesting.</div>
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A turtle basking in the sun.</div>
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And something else basking in the sun that you wouldn't want to meet. Crocodiles are quite a bit smaller than Alligators and usually not as dangerous, but they can inflict serious damage when they want to.</div>
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The warthog are always fun to see. Their necks are so long that they have to kneel to graze, but they can run pretty fast if they think you are getting too interested.</div>
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This is an African Fish Eagle--a very large bird, maybe a little smaller than the American Bald Eagle, but it is the biggest bird of prey in Africa. It has a very distinctive call and a very distinctive way of delivering the call. See this picture when he starts.</div>
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And how he throws his head back as he finishes his rendition.</div>
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And then he flies away.</div>
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This little giraffe had a facial deformity--no he's not just chewing--we have several pictures of him and they are the same. Maybe he got kicked when he was young or something. Anyway, the really sad thing was that he was standing vigilantly by a large one that was dead, probably killed by predators. He wasn't a baby but still pretty young so we think it might have been his mother and he was waiting for her to get up.</div>
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I don't know the name of these birds, but they were interesting to watch. The female (lower bird) is sitting on eggs so the male goes off to catch food and brings it back for her to eat. Good daddy!</div>
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An African Grey Lourie also called the "Go Away Bird." If you heard it you would no way. It sounds like it is saying in a very loud and very obnoxious voice, Go Away! Go Away! Go Away! We have them all around our house and at about 5:00 every morning they start and we wish they would go away!</div>
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This is another very interesting little bird to watch--the King Fisher. He will sit patiently watching the water and then suddenly dive to catch a fish.</div>
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Once he has one, like this little guy, he will bang the heck out of the fish until he thinks it is good and dead before he swallows it. This fish seemed too big for the bird to swallow but he kept smacking it against the branch long after it was dead. Maybe it helps break it up a little so he can swallow.</div>
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And last one is this mother rhino with her cute little baby. We would have liked to see the little baby from the front, but since that would mean the mother would also be heading toward us, we decided a back shot was just fine.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-89552489588122319262015-07-09T07:53:00.001-07:002015-07-09T08:16:21.066-07:00Our Missionary "Set of Wheels"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we first arrived to serve our mission 1.5 years ago, the CES Office issued a very nice 2013 Nissan Tiida 4Dr Sedan for us to travel in. To start with, it had 12,631km...to end with we had traveled all over the place....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each month we were required to submit a Vehicle Usage Report. From that report, we were billed for the vehicle rental of $150. per month, plus pay for the fuel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Traveling on the left hand side of the road, we covered a total of 34,500 kilometers which converts to 21,437 miles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the intersections were quite congested, at the same time we found that most every driver was considerate of one another. The only exception to that was the taxi drivers who do whatever they want...they can run stop lights, zip around you; no need to stop unless there is another car in the intersection, basically do whatever they want. Without question...PEDESTRIANS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY! You take your life in your own hands when crossing an intersection, stop sign or not!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, from the huge, downtown city of Johannesburg (8 million proper)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to the rural backroads of South Africa we were thankful to have a good, reliable vehicle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was also important to maintain your attention to what comes toward you. If it wasn't a huge Brahma, it could be a donkey or some other critter. Quite often we would come upon one of many vendors selling their wares: hats, sunglasses, toys for kids, pecans, oranges, brooms, mops, bubbles, soda, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last of all, it was important to have a small coin box in the car. Everywhere we went, there was always someone to guide you to an empty parking space or to help you back out into busy traffic. They always appreciated a small tip! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we return, Sister Davie will be the car driver for a while. It took us a while to get used to driving on the left side of the road and will be the same when we return home to get used to driving on the right side. Even now, we'll occasionally get in on the wrong side of the car, with the steering wheel on the left, instead of on the right...what we are used to doing in the U.S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are cameras everywhere you go...out in the busy intersections and even way out on the back roads. These cameras will "flash you" and eventually you'll get a ticket (two months later) that needs to be paid. During this entire time, I only received two tickets which is considered to be pretty good for foreigners like us: 1) for "sliding through a red light" and 2) going 5 km/mi over the speed limit somewhere, wherever it was. That would be similar to going 65 in a 60 mph zone at home. All-in-all, it generates some revenue to pay for the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) force. We understand that if you pay them at the time...they'll motion you on, while the cash goes for personal use. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To close with, the JMPD constantly set up "stop zones" and will pull you over to check for registrations, drivers' licenses and so forth. That has only happened twice. Once they see the missionary badges...they simply motion us on.</span></div>
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Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432705675258259385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-3063184517841336012015-07-08T07:25:00.001-07:002015-07-08T09:47:56.861-07:00One of Our Many Blessings<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our mission here in Johannesburg has been a most wonderful experience. We have certainly been busy with lots of good things and at the same time have worked to keep ourselves in hopefully good health so that we can serve as best as possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prior to our mission departure, one of the many requirements to serve a full time mission is to have a series of shots (immunizations), for protection from various diseases, etc. Having lived in this foreign country for the past 1.5 years has exposed us to some quite different foods, natural environments, back roads, "interesting" neighborhoods, driving everywhere with no real idea of 'exactly' where we were going :-) and participating in various activities. Most of all, we wanted to do our part as best we could and not have to go to a hospital or emergency room for something that we could possibly avoid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too far from our home is a large Rugby sports field. At the beginning of our mission, w</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e decided that we would do our personal exercises indoor each morning for about 1/2 hr. and then go on our morning walks together (except Sundays). We simply wanted to do our best to try & stay in good health. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once in a while, we would need to "skip a morning" because of a 6:00am seminary class that we would visit or some other obligation related to this great missionary assignment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To our surprise this Wednesday morning, when we went to the CES Office for our weekly devotional meeting, the Church Human Resources Dept. was providing a health fair for all the employees and senior missionaries. For both of us, those particular health statistics (tests) came out very favorable. Needless to say, we were quite pleased with the results. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With these soles coming apart...YES...we are about to finish up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The blessings we have asked for have come to us in so many ways while we have served here in this beautiful part of the world. Yes, we are very thankful for this particularly important part of our personal lives so we could have a successful mission. We simply wanted to stay healthy and accomplish a good work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Note: In the U.S. it is summer time, here in South Africa we are enjoying these chilly, winter months). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432705675258259385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-43221608332100873482015-07-07T08:29:00.002-07:002015-07-07T09:22:10.114-07:00Most of Our Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Since I just did a post on a fun adventure that we had recently, and plan to post another one soon, I thought I'd better sandwich in some of the work that actually occupies MOST of our time. So here are some visuals to give you an idea of the things we do:</div>
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Starting with the best part of the job--we visit Seminary and Institute classes. See us there far in the back :)</div>
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Most of the classes are on school holiday now though, so no visiting for a while.</div>
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We work with really amazing leaders. The guy to Frank's right is the president of the stake and the one to the left is the counselor that we work with all of the time.</div>
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We visit different wards every Sunday. There are nine units in one stake and ten wards in the other so we don't get to any one unit very often.</div>
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For the several days at the first of each month, I live at my desk, working on attendance records for each of the fifty Seminary and Institute classes that we are responsible for. Recording is a piece of cake compared to trying to get all of the records! :)</div>
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Elder Davie lives on the other side of the desk, working on other statistical reports that are connected to the attendance and activity of the young people.</div>
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This is a screenshot of some of the things that we have been working on for the Johannesburg Stake.</div>
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And the ones that we have been working on for the Bedfordview Stake.</div>
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A bookmark that I recently designed to help remind the kids to not just register or to just attend sometimes but to finish successfully. 100% completion of all students enrolled is one of our stake goals.</div>
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These are some bookmarks that show fundamentals of teaching for the Bedfordview stake that we will use in the in-service training this month.</div>
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Folders set out to be filled with all of the things that both stakes will be given during their Mid-Year Convention.</div>
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And some of the things that go IN the folders</div>
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Including the completed bookmarks for the one stake.</div>
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Elder Davie stuffing as I collate.</div>
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One of the invitations for Mid-Year Convention that went out to teachers and priesthood leaders</div>
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And the poster advertising Super Saturday which is THIS Saturday! We are hoping that everything goes well.</div>
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And now when I put the next post on the blog with pictures of a one day trip to Pilanesburg National Park, you'll all know that it isn't just fun and games over here :)</div>
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We are getting pretty close to our time to go home (only three weeks!) and one of the things we wanted to do while we were in Africa is visit Victoria Falls, which is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. After being there, you can certainly see how it got that designation! We went to the Zimbabwe side and stayed in the town called Victoria Falls but the falls and the Zambezi River that creates it are in both Zimbabwe and Zambia.<br />
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"Victoria Falls" was the name given to it by Europeans to honor Queen Victoria, but the natives call it Mosi-oa-Tunya which means the Smoke that Thunders which I think is a much more descriptive name. It is neither the widest or the tallest of waterfalls, but when all things are combined including the flow rate, it is the largest curtain of falling water in the world with a width of 5,604 feet and a height of 354 feet. To give you a little scale, that is about twice as high and about 30% wider as Niagra Falls.</div>
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We went a couple of days and one morning we were lucky enough to catch some of the rainbows that Victoria Falls is famous for.</div>
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Even the grassy areas had rainbows because there was so much water mist.</div>
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You can see how misty the falls looks here, but we were told that during the rainy season, you can hardly see the falls because it is so misty.</div>
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Maybe like this part of the falls, but even more misty they say.</div>
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This is the Lodge we stayed at which was very nice.</div>
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There was a watering hole that we could watch from our balcony</div>
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That is when the monkeys weren't on the balcony. They were aggressive little things. This one was baring his teeth at me and lunging at the window. Forget lions, I'm going to avoid monkeys!</div>
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They put out food a couple of times a day and hundreds of vultures would come to try to get some of it. It wasn't nearly enough to feed them all, but just enough to keep them in the national park where they were protected.</div>
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They came in every evening to put down the mosquito netting--it was a mosquito area (hence malaria), but not the mosquito time of year so we didn't see any at all.</div>
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Bargaining at the craft market which was no fun. There were about 50 vendors and each one was begging to be "supported." They really do need the money since the currency in the two countries collapsed a few years ago. Now what little cash they get are American dollars or South Africa rand.</div>
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We went on a nice sunset cruise down the Zambezi.</div>
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Frank took this sunset picture through a hole cut into the back of the deck chairs.</div>
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We also did a helicopter ride above the falls which was amazing. My first time in a helicopter and, since I was the smallest passenger, I got to ride in the front.</div>
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This picture gives you an idea of the width of the falls. I asked why the river didn't cut a deeper, narrower channel like other rivers and learned that the river flows across very hard basalt from an old volcano.</div>
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This one gives an idea of the height of the falls.</div>
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And here you can see the mist in some parts even during this dryer time of year. The pilot said that at some times, they can't fly because the visibility is too low, and anyway, I'm sure you couldn't see anything anyway.</div>
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For those thrill seekers, there are two pools in the rock at the very top of the falls where people are taken by power boat to swim (and no! this picture is not of us :) From our safe place at the bottom, we could see people walking on the rocks and just the sight of it looked crazy.</div>
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This is the video that we purchased that shows the helicopter flight. It's a little long and I'm not sure about the music, but you can experience the flight above the falls!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-81395523665691449272015-06-21T11:44:00.003-07:002015-06-27T05:55:23.091-07:00Support from Priesthood Leaders<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Family and Friends, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Sister Davie (Maxine) has been the only one to post on this missionary blog for the past 17 months of our wonderful mission. I thought before all this great experience comes to an end, that I would make an entry or two as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-In our work with the Church Education System (CES), Seminary & Institute (S&I), there are four important elements: 1) <b><u>Priesthood Leadership</u></b>, 2) the <b><u>Parents</u></b>, 3) the <b><u>Teachers</u></b> and of course, the 4) <u><b>Students</b></u> (approx. 250) themselves. This has been a great work to be involved with and we have certainly seen some growth and changes in the lives of those who we have been privileged to work with. I might add, our lives have been influenced for the better as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Of importance of which I wish to share is the support that we have received from our priesthood leaders. Our assignment is primarily with the Johannesburg Stake and recently with the Bedfordview Stake since another missionary couple has returned home. Without this priesthood support, we would not have accomplished all that was done. So we express our appreciation to them. Yes, the parents play a significant role and well as the teachers. Of course, if it were not for these amazing young people in the Church (ages 14-30), we wouldn't be doing this work at all. They are to be recognized as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stake President Andrew DeKock, Johannesburg Stake attending the Seminary Super Saturday Event</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bishop Molombo and his wife...dressed for Sunday sacrament meeting...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">President DeKock providing talk at the Annual Seminary Super Saturday Event for teachers and seminary students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, Bishop Makasi attending the annual 'Helping Hands' Service Project for the Johannesburg community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While not all Bishops and Branch Presidents are accounted for here that we have had the privilege to work with, there is such a wonderful spirit about all the many good things that are being accomplished under their leadership and direction. We have greatly appreciated their support throughout our mission!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432705675258259385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-45476701177456439982015-06-20T09:15:00.000-07:002015-06-20T09:15:18.315-07:00Traditional Clothing
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Since we arrived, I’ve been wanting to add a post about the
clothing in South Africa. For the most part, people wear what we would wear in
the United States, but they also have their traditional dress, which they often
wear. We have seen very specific traditional clothing in cultural events and
performances, like leather skirts or woven hair hats or leg ornaments made with
animal skins or seedpods, but there is also a more combined and westernized
dress that we see often. Most of these images come from an event that was held
last Saturday at the stake center. People from each ward brought foods from
their cultures, wore traditional clothing and did some fun performances that
they all understood. We just enjoyed them. Here are some pictures of clothing
you might see in South Africa. All of you young women might enjoy the one of
the woman lying down on the mat. That is the pose that a married woman must
take in some of the tribes when they have a visit from their mother-in-law.
Somehow I can’t picture my three daughter-in-laws lying down on a mat when I
come in the door. :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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What you would typically see on the street--it's a mixture</div>
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This lady was a tour guide and wore a western/traditional dress.</div>
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This is the mother-in-law pose; a sign of respect</div>
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We see lots of bright colors</div>
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This is Jessica, one of our cute institute students. In the bowl is pineapple with curry powder; not too adventurous (it was an Indian dish)</div>
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The face painting was once specific, but this lady told us that now you can just make up your own design.</div>
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Sisters from one of the wards.</div>
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Even the handbag is coordinated; I'd say that's a modern touch.</div>
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The head dresses are common and they tie them in all different ways.</div>
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This was part of their performance.</div>
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You can see that this is a pretty westernized dress</div>
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Sister Mukanga, one of our seminary teachers</div>
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Some ladies from the Alexandra Branch.</div>
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Joburg 1--the fellow on the right is Bishop Gqlbitole. Can you say a g, a q and an l in succession? Well neither can we!</div>
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Sister Radley, another of our seminary teachers.</div>
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A very pretty headdress. The picture doesn't do justice.</div>
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A cute seminary student; she has an identical twin sister.</div>
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We often see people dressed all in white on Sundays.</div>
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Lots of muslims here also</div>
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This past week, we spent a couple of days in a very small country called Swaziland that is almost entirely surrounded by the much bigger country of South Africa. It was once considered almost a part of South Africa and for a long time was a British protectorate, but it is now independent, ruled by a king. Since it is so close and so surrounded by South Africa, we thought that we would be seeing just more South Africa-like landscapes and conditions, but were quite surprised by the contrast. In the areas we traveled, everything was clean. Even areas that would have been considered small townships were kept neat and clean. We didn't see a single beggar on any corner and although there was still some security, it was much more relaxed than in South Africa, indicating that the country must be considerably safer. Even though we learned it has a very small economy, it seems that what they are earning must be being used for the good of the people. There was a good sized business district and a lot of craft areas and a large craft training center. We went to several really nice craft markets. I'll show you some of those and some of the area in pictures.</div>
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A map so you can see how surrounded little Swaziland is.</div>
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Cultural village--this is the grandmother's hut, which is the largest in the village because she is the wisest. Family members came to her hut to solve problems and whatever she counseled them to do they were to do. Also, if the parents were disciplining their children and they ran to the grandmother's hut, their parents couldn't follow. It was a safe zone where everyone knew they could find peace. I like those rules and think we should all build grandmother huts. </div>
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Cultural dances; I think this dance was for marriage celebrations...</div>
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This one I think was traditionally done by unmarried girls.</div>
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And then the guys of course always need to show how brave and strong they are :)</div>
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They apparently grow a lot of fruit. We saw truck loads of pineapple, and this plant was processing something, we couldn't quite tell--apples? grapefruit? It smelled delicious whatever it was.</div>
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One of the craft markets. We bought a few things there.</div>
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Our daughter Melanie wanted a Swazi candle (sold all over the world) Here is just one of the rooms in their sales shop.</div>
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One of the craftsman forming one of the sculpted candles.</div>
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Hand sculpted candles; Melanie will have to wait to see which we chose :)</div>
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One of the places we definitely wanted to visit was this silversmith shop. They let us go back into the workshop to see them work. Today they were working on copper--here they are making an alloy which they will pour into the mold near the bottom to make the copper bars from which the bracelet will begin.</div>
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I think she is bending a bracelet, but I can't remember for sure. I was amazed at some of the tiny, tiny work they could do without any kind of magnification (working on tiny chains, etc.)</div>
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The necklace I have on (and which I bought) is silver, but notice the black? That's giraffe hair. Interesting, hu?</div>
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This is another nice shop where we bought a few things.</div>
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The seeds on this tree were beautiful and as hard as any bead. I asked if they used them for jewelry and they said, yes they did, but I didn't find any. They just called it a Swazi tree so I'm not sure the real name.</div>
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Frank relaxing at Ngwenya Glass. That is also a workshop started to employ people and now they sell their hand blown glass all over the world as well. We got a few very small things since glass is difficult to transport.</div>
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He's heating the glass for forming. In another oven they kept it warm between steps, but the funny thing was that one of the workers was also using the oven to roast his corn for his lunch. Pretty effective from the look of his corn :)</div>
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These are just a few shots of the hotel where we stayed--the Mountain Inn.</div>
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It was an old style hotel--very spread out so everyone had plenty of space and view. We had a little hike to get to our room.</div>
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But our view was amazing!</div>
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And the not so fun part of traveling to another country, no matter how small--going through customs!</div>
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Some things
about living in big Johannesburg are challenging, but one thing that we’ve
really loved about being here is that there is a temple, which means we have
attended often. About six months ago, we were asked to serve as ordinance
workers and began to work in the temple every Friday morning. By morning, I
mean seriously morning. We get up at about 3:30 to be there at 5:00 for prayer
meeting and then patrons start coming at 6:00. It is a small temple, but there
it stays pretty busy and there is always a big variety of assignments depending
on what individuals or groups are coming that day. Because Johannesburg is the
only temple on this side of Africa, people will travel sometimes for days to
get here, usually by bus or taxi (mini bus.) For those with little means, it is
often the only time they will ever be able to come to a temple. Unlike in other
temples where there may be a few new endowments on any given day, here there
may be many because of the members who travel together to come for that
purpose. Another challenge is language--there are so many languages spoken in
Africa, and those from other African countries do not always speak English.
There are language cards and headsets that help them follow the ceremony, but
sometimes in addition to not understanding English, they don’t read, so you
just hope that the spirit of the ceremony will transfer somehow. Something that
is especially fun is seeing the little children come to be sealed to their
parents. The picture included show only part of the many children and families
that were sealed one day when we were working. We will definitely have fond
memories of the Johannesburg temple. For those of you who may not know about
temples, here’s a link to a page with a video that explains more. <a href="http://www.mormon.org/searchresults#?query=temple&filter=video">Why Mormons Build Temples</a></div>
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Everyone wears white inside the temple. Pictures aren't taken inside; this is in the foyer, just outside the temple.</div>
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The temple president's wife took this picture in the inside stairwell leading up to the foyer--a little bit of an odd angle, but you can see the angel Moroni on the spire through the glass ceiling.</div>
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This was part of a large group of families that were sealed one of the days we worked. They are waiting for everyone to gather so they can take some group shots. The little kids all look so cute dressed in white.</div>
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This is outside the temple. Just like in the states, ward primary programs bring their children to the temple so they can walk around the grounds and get to know the temple.</div>
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These little girls were waiting for the parents who were attending a sealing. I thought it was cute because Elder Davie wanted the big sister to put her arm on her little sister's shoulder. She thought he wanted her to touch her shoulders :) She probably thought, "white men are pretty crazy." :)</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-56111001281685116762015-05-15T07:49:00.000-07:002015-05-15T07:49:44.732-07:00Andrew and all of the Other Andrews<div class="MsoNormal">
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Only a few
weeks after we arrived in Johannesburg, we met a young man named Andrew. We
were giving him an orientation about the PEF program (Perpetual Education Fund,
which doesn't mean a person will be perpetually educated <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>
but that he/she will eventually repay the loan so that others can use the
returned funds for education) Anyway, Andrew is a nice young man who wanted
very much to get an education, a good job, and start a family, but he had been
home from his mission a couple of years and was still unemployed. The
employment rate here is high anyway (over 25%) but he had the added handicap of
being born in Malawi. I’m sure Malawi is a beautiful country so it isn’t the
country itself; it’s any country that’s not South Africa. Just like in the US,
there are strict laws against hiring foreign-born people unless they have the
correct documents and permissions from both countries. I have learned that
these are expensive and time consuming to obtain here in South Africa, and in
order to get the ones in Malawi, he would have to travel home and according to
him, have some money for bribes. Some of you may have been following the news
here in South Africa and understand that the attitude of South Africans to
immigrants is less than accepting. Even with those problems and with the high
unemployment, there are apparently more opportunities here than in other parts
of Africa, so they keep coming. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Andrew
hadn’t let his challenges stop him from trying, and all during this year, he
has been going to job interviews and placing applications. Because he has had no
income, he doesn’t have money for transportation, so it has been difficult for
him to make progress. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times he
walked miles to interviews, to part time jobs, or to schools to check on
programs and prices. Sometimes, we have given him rides to interviews and also
to the schools so that he can continue his goal of getting an education. The lack
of transportation not only presented a problem in getting to interviews, it was
also a barrier to the interview resulting in a job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some employers that would have hired him
would not because they knew that he wouldn’t be able to get to work regularly.
It’s a problem for many young people here. Few have cars or are educated for
more than entry-level jobs. Kentucky Fried Chicken, for example, has about a
hundred stores here in the city and is often advertising for employees, but the
wages they pay are not even enough cover the cost of the taxi to get to and
from work. The advice given is that they should take the job, even though they
won’t earn a dime, and then to work hard in hopes of being promoted to
management where they will earn enough to get to work and maybe buy groceries. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We were all
happy when Andrew finally got a job a couple of months ago. I’m not sure how
they got around the citizenship requirements, but he was hired at Game, which
is a store similar to Walmart, stocking shelves on the night shift. His starting
wage is the equivalent of about $1.50/hr. US, which will be enough for his taxi
fare and food but not a lot else. For the days before he got a paycheck to pay
taxi fair, Frank took him to work several times, but most of the days Andrew
walked to and from work. The distance between where he lives (in a little tin
structure in one of the townships) to the mall where he was hired is 25
kilometers or about 16 miles. It takes more than an hour to drive the distance;
it takes him five hours to walk one way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m sharing Andrew’s story is because it is so typical of most of the young
people in Africa, including many of the young people that we work with. Like Andrew,
their job search may take years before it pays off. I remember one of our
teachers saying that you can tell which of the people at a work place have had
to struggle to get hired like that. He said those people are always at work an
hour early, work really hard while they are there, and never leave on time.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He is still
working; and he looks so happy when we see him. He called a few weeks ago to
say that he has finally been able to finish the application process so he can
start a course in project management (studying while he continues working) and
just the other day, we received a text telling us that he wants us to meet his
girlfriend. We are very thankful for his progress even though it has been and
will continue to be challenging.<o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-52831488623720232512015-05-04T01:56:00.003-07:002015-05-04T02:04:49.630-07:00Pass Along Cards and Car Washes <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">Since we have been here, Elder Davie has always carried a number
of pass-along cards in his pocket. I have given a number of them away, but
Elder Davie has given out scores of them. He is very comfortable talking with
people, and because he is a convert to the Church and believes that the gospel has
made a huge positive impact on his life, he is always eager to give others the
chance to at least hear about it. It is actually pretty easy to share
information about the church here. Most people are Christian and not just
casually so. When they see the name of the church on the badge, they will often
begin a conversation themselves, telling us that they are also Christian. When
the pass-along cards are shared, especially ones with pictures of the Savior on
them, they gladly accept them, and if there are other people around at the same
time, (like at a checkout counter for example) those people will often ask for
a card also. A number of times, we haven’t had enough with us to give out to
those who ask for them. (I'm including a picture of this cute little boy who wanted pass along cards AND the badge :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">Elder Holland talked about this quality of the African people
when he said, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">“It is easy to love the people of Africa,</span><span style="font-family: Times;">…</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">The memory I always have is the spirituality
of the people. That is a little hard to convey, unless you have been here,
unless you have seen firsthand their goodness, their faith, and their spiritual
gifts.” He goes on to talk about Africa as being a place where, “you get to see
the glory of the Lord, the wonder and the miracle of the Restoration, quite
literally unfold before your eyes.”</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">Like Elder Holland, I would have a hard time describing the
sincerity, openness and spiritual sensitivity of the people here, but as a
result of those qualities, the church is growing all over the continent. Two of
our supervisors are area seventies who have already created three new stakes just
in their two areas this year and are preparing to create another two. The
branch that we attended Sunday began only six years ago as a “group” with two
families. It won’t be long until it can become a ward. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">After the meeting at Cosmo City Branch, four people were baptized in a
little cement font on the patio area of their “container” chapel (mobile homes put together). One of these
was Daniel, a young man who works at a car wash where we have our car washed. Elder Davie had talked to him several times as he has
waited for the car and had shared a pass-along card with him. When he seemed interested, he put him in contact with the missionaries who began to teach him. Daniel was
thrilled to find the Church and to become a member, and says that it has
already made a big difference for him. That would be another thing that would
take a while to explain, but you can see it so clearly here—the difference that
joining the church can make in the life of an individual or a family, most
importantly the spiritual benefit, but people are also blessed by the other
programs and supports the church has to offer that impact every part of a
person's life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica;">Because we seldom see the people again that we share pass-along
cards with, it’s hard to know if the impact of that sharing is ever more than a
chance to discuss the Savior for a moment, but we know that it was more than
that for Daniel. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-35890839772088989482015-04-26T03:35:00.001-07:002015-04-26T03:35:50.981-07:00We've Been Busy :)<div class="MsoNormal">
It has been a while since I have posted anything and that is
because we have had a busy month. The first ten days are always filled with record
collection and recording. This month it was especially important to get them
completed accurately on time because our records are combined with others from
all of the coordinators to create quarterly reports that go to the Johannesburg Area Presidency, etc. <o:p></o:p><br />
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We have also been visiting classes that we haven’t been able
to get to yet, and conducting teacher orientations. We have twelve new teachers
this year, of the twenty-seven total, and we meet with each of them to make sure they understand their
responsibilities and to supply them with any materials they need.<o:p></o:p><br />
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This past week the area supervisor for Seminary and
Institute was visiting from East London, so we had several meetings and spent one entire day with
him in training, then meeting with him and one of our stake leaders (so that he
can assess our working relationship with the stake we are responsible for) and
then visiting one of our institute classes in the evening. We’ve worked with great leaders in our
calling and have learned a lot in the fifteen months that we’ve been here. We
figure we will be thoroughly trained just about the time for us to go home :)<o:p></o:p><br />
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Because another S&I couple had to go home early, we have
been asked to take over the support of the stake they were overseeing as well,
so it will probably remain extra busy from now until the end of our mission.
That’s fine with us since that’s what we’re here for. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Records, records.</div>
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One of the classes we visit. We took this shot to show the institute class is in this teachers front room which is also the bedroom in the small city apartment. No walk in closet as you can see.</div>
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But look how many students come to the class! There were 24 on the night we were there. The teacher is an excellent teacher and the students participate with thoughtful, informed questions and answers. I don't know that you could find a better institute class anywhere.</div>
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We visited this seminary class which was also great. The apartment here (also one multi-purpose room plus a small kitchen) was on the 9th floor and the elevators don't work. Not only that, but they were experiencing "load shedding", i.e. no power, so the staircase was very, very dark. While I was huffing and puffing up the stairs, there were mothers with their babies on their backs and people older than me with groceries tripping up and down them like mountain goats :)</div>
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Another small seminary class. We have quite a few small classes because they put the classes where the kids are. Few families have cars and they can't afford many taxi rides so transportation is always a major consideration in any planning.</div>
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And this is the Institute class held at Wits University. These kids are from a number of places throughout South Africa, but attend the class there while they are in school. Also an excellent class.</div>
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A couple of weeks ago, our second son, Dan and his wife Robyn came to visit us here in South Africa. They had been talking about making the trip ever since we received our mission call and we are very glad that they came. We stuffed as much activity into the week as we could and had an amazing time. We were especially sad to see them go since they will be our last visitors to South Africa, but thanks for traveling 10,000 miles to see us Dan and Rob!</div>
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This was in Lesedi Village, a cultural village with re-enactments of the five main African tribes. There's a great dancing segment and we had dinner there afterwards where they could experience some of the game meats. We also went to Carnivores which is known for that, but somehow, I can't locate the pictures taken there.</div>
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The Bush Babies Monkey Sanctuary is about an hour out of Joburg. We've been there about five times and love it every time. Dan and Rob enjoyed getting to know the little pick pockets.</div>
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We attended church at the Johannesburg 1st Ward which is in what is now the very center of the city. The building is the oldest one in South Africa.</div>
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After church we had a real South African braai (BBQ) with the wonderful von Tonder family who we rent from. They gave Dan and Rob a little run down on South African history and its current status.</div>
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On the morning we had scheduled our "canopy tour" (zip line) it was raining pretty hard and we thought we might have to cancel, but it cleared just as we were gearing up to go.</div>
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We all went on a zip line near Tzaneen that was amazing. It followed a beautiful river with several dramatic waterfalls. Dan had been to one in Hawaii and said this one was even prettier.</div>
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Rob getting ready to go and Dan on his way (or maybe it was the other way around :)</div>
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You can see one of the smaller falls in this picture.</div>
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We went on a game drive in Kruger National Park. We stayed in "tents" but they were pretty luxurious tents, complete with climate control and spacious indoor bathrooms.</div>
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Dan and me in South Africa! Hard to believe!</div>
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These little friends were grooming each other. </div>
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Dan and Rob were lucky enough to see all of the Big Five on our game drives, including the beautiful leopard that is so illusive. He wasn't all that sociable for his picture, but we can definitely say we say him.</div>
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Wildebeest watching over his territory. </div>
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This zebra was making sure to scratch all that itched.</div>
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And the wart hog was busy being a wart hog. They have such short necks that they have to kneel like that to graze. (seems uncomfortable)</div>
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Like Syd, Robyn loved the giraffes. They are such elegant, graceful animals. </div>
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We've seen Cape Buffalo before, but not one lounging in the water by himself. He's a big guy!</div>
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There are lots of elephants here, but we never tire of seeing them. </div>
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Another gorgeous animal--the kudu. We are told that each twist of the horn represents about four years growth so this is a mature bull for sure.</div>
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The birds play an important role in freeing the animals from ticks and other parasites. </div>
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Can you see how the one bird is inside his ear, helping to groom him.</div>
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The regal rhino that is threatened because of their horns. Unbelievably, rhino horn is the more expensive substance on earth.</div>
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This was the closest we had ever been to a hyena. In that species, the females are the largest and the strongest.</div>
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A cool chameleon, that we saw in the headlights on a game drive.</div>
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And a beautiful African sunrise. </div>
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On the road leaving from the game drive, this innovative bunch of kids had created a little performance. They skillfully did a tribal dance in their skirts made of leaves then asked for contributions to assist their village :) The oldest one was very savvy, asking if we had American dollars instead of rand (he obviously knows the rand is falling compared to the dollar)</div>
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As a little sequel to the post on birds here in South
Africa, I wanted to post a few pictures of the birds that we have outside our
kitchen window. Since we have loved the beautiful, bright birds here, we
decided to get a bird feeder, which we adapted slightly so that only the
smaller birds could land. Our most frequent visitors lately have been the bishops
and the weavers. The males of the weavers are bright yellow, and the males of
the bishops are brilliant red. Females of both species are brown/grey. Both
birds build the cool woven nests that hang from branches of the trees. (I’ll
include a picture of their nests.) Even though they are very handsome, they can
also be very contentious. Sometimes, in order to stop their noisy squabbles, I’ll
purposes walk in front of the window to make them fly away and cool off for a
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Our favorite bird is a little handicapped weaver that I named
Captain Dan because he has only one leg. He can’t land of the perches and eat like
the other birds, so he has to do this little acrobatic one-legged-pull up
maneuver, but still, he manages very well as you can see.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-4958239620567276062015-03-27T07:19:00.005-07:002015-03-27T07:22:50.150-07:00Our Fine Feathered FriendsIn addition to all of the amazing animals that live in this part of Africa, there are some beautiful and interesting birds. (There are also a few that are pretty annoying like the "Go-Away" birds and Ibis that start squawking around our flat about an hour before sunrise :) Almost a thousand species of birds have been recorded just in South Africa, so if I posted pictures of all of them you'd have to keep scrolling for quite a while, but here's a few of the ones that we've taken pictures of. My favorite is the first--the Lilac-breasted roller. The colors, especially in flight are amazing. They are also difficult to catch in flight, and my flight shot isn't that great, but you can get idea of the colors. Click to enlarge the fourth one, just to see the detail of his feathers.<br />
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We are blessed to have such beautiful creatures living on this planet!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-4542754765923499862015-03-23T23:29:00.002-07:002015-03-23T23:31:54.478-07:00Tim and Syd Visit Us in AfricaOur son Tim and his wife, Sydney visited us in South Africa this past week. The pictures will illustrate the great time we had together. We visited a cultural village (Lesedi); laughed at all "the little pick pockets" at the monkey sanctuary; sampled game meats at a famous restaurant aptly named Carnivores; spent three wonderful days at the Madikwe Bush Lodge; went on four game drives where we saw many African animals; went to the Johannesburg Temple (unfortunately it was closed for a public holiday that we weren't aware of); and had a hot air balloon flight. On Sunday we attended church at one of the little branches that we work with that meets in a "container chapel" and then before Tim & Sydney flew away, they enjoyed a real South African braai with the VanTonder family that we rent from. The activities were all great, but the best part of the week was having family here and being able to introduce them to some of the people and places in our mission where we have spent the past fourteen months.<br />
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Lesedi Village where we learn a little about the five most prominent South African tribes and see performances of their traditional dances.</div>
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Monkey sanctuary where some of the residents will check out pockets and unzip purses. Frank's handkerchief is now somewhere in the monkey sanctuary.</div>
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This one lounged on his head for a while and checked his hair carefully for any tasty bugs. </div>
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Carnivores where they sampled lots of wild meats including kudu and crocodile.</div>
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The temple was closed, but we got to walk around the grounds.</div>
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Cool "Balloon Safari"</div>
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The Bush Lodge and game drive.</div>
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Syd was pretty much this excited the whole time, especially when any baby animals were involved. She was more fun to watch that the animals!</div>
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There was an amazing water hole and hike on the property where we could see the animals coming for water. (baby wart hogs)</div>
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It's a dry year so the animals were continually coming because they knew they could find water there.</div>
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Little baby got tired of trying to use his trunk like the big guys, and just decided to suck the water up into his mouth instead.</div>
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Lazy cheetah</div>
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White rhino--they are all gray, the term "white" came from "wide." They are "wide mouth" rhinos as opposed to the more pointed mouth in the "black" rhino.</div>
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There are always lots of zebra and impala, but they are still beautiful.</div>
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This was the old patriarch lion--you can see that he is a little scared and tattered, but still the king.</div>
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One of our favorite animals was this little chameleon that we all held for a minute.</div>
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Beautiful kudu--the guide said the curving horns become a liability when they are being chased by lions because they get caught in the bush.</div>
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She lion looking for breakfast. She was big and powerful; I wouldn't have wanted to be strolling past.</div>
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giraffe trying hard not to be lion's breakfast--they drink very briefly in between checking the landscape because they are so vulnerable in that spread leg position.</div>
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Wildebeest which looks like he is an animals made from the parts of other animals.</div>
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Even the insects are beautiful. This one wanted to have dinner with us.</div>
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And for the last picture, a gorgeous African sunrise.</div>
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Anyone who has served a mission knows that one of the blessings is the associations you have with the people that you work with. When we arrived in South Africa fourteen months ago, the couple that picked us up at the airport was Elder & Sister Cloward. Since that day, we have spend many hours together. Both of us couples are CES missionaries (Church Education System) working with the seminary and institute for the youth so we've gone to many of the same meetings and been involved in the same work. We also worked at the temple on the same days so we've shared rides there and always had a nice lunch together somewhere afterwards. In addition to all of those connections, just by chance we ended up living across the street from each other so there have been a lot of dinners together and sometimes played games in the evenings. And we've walked together almost every morning so there are few days that have gone by without seeing them.<br />
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Even though we worked in different stakes, there would not have been two CES missionary couples in Johannesburg except for the fact that the Clowards were sent out of Botswana with a lot of other missionaries when their temporary visas expired. (Botswana is still being very restrictive about who they allow in because we were supposed to switch with the Clowards but the missionary department gave up on the idea.) Having two couples here presented some challenges for the CES department but it has been a blessing for us as we got to know this special couple, Elder & Sister Cloward!<br />
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They were scheduled to go home a little before us, but this past little while, a medical situation became evident that required them to go home early. So goodbye Clowards! We miss you already and will be praying that all works out well at home so you can resume your life plans that you were always so busy thinking about :) Thanks for all of the walks and talks; the meals shared, ESPECIALLY those you created; the laughs and adventures; the crazy Garmin experiences; the Scripture Mastery, Boggle, and Mexican train games; the projects and work we accomplished together; and especially your friendship!<br />
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I recently bought a small bottle of liquid makeup here in
South Africa that costs the equivalent of about $29 US. My son will be visiting
with his wife soon and will be bringing a bottle of the same makeup that cost
$8.09 on Amazon. Most items here are comparable in price if they are
manufactured in South Africa, but buying American products here is very expensive.
Of course, we try to find similar products that are not American made, but
there are a few familiar products that we end up paying the cost for.</div>
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There are 8! small flour tortillas in this package</div>
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Mexican food at the grocery store is an example. It’s a new
phenomenon here it seems. There are no Mexican restaurants (we found two small
places that claimed to be, but serve things like stir fry along with "nachos" that had something like sweet chili sauce on them.) We are, however, starting
to find a few Mexican food products in the store. That would be great (since we
really, really miss Mexican food) except that they are made in the US. Thus the
prices are high and the quantities are small. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are probably a few reasons for the high price of
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course, but the other thing is that the dollar is becoming stronger in
comparison to the rand. When we came here, the exchange rate was just below11
rand to the dollar. Now it costs 12.24 rand for a dollar. That would be good
for us if we were buying a car and flying it home, but because most of our
costs are pretty fixed while we are here, we feel the results mostly when we
purchase anything from home. It seems that the rand might
slide even further from the dollar as the US economy strengthens and the
unemployment rate decreases there. I am told that the US jobless data links to their decision to stop stimulus dollars, which will mean fewer US dollars to South Africa
and therefore a weaker rand. The economy in South Africa is already suffering
as the productivity has dropped. I have heard reports that the “load shedding”
that happens regularly (power being turned off for indeterminate amounts of time)
contributes to this, but South Africans also say that an inefficient government (not the description they use) is the major cause. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s all very interesting, and I will hope for South Africa
that their economy strengthens to compares more favorably to the dollar especially
next time I need to go buy another bottle of makeup <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-87285801287513815842015-03-01T06:00:00.002-08:002015-03-01T06:02:04.985-08:00For Those Who Are On Their Way<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In the United States or probably most places where you
listen to an opening prayer in church, you will hear thanks for being there and
for other blessings, and maybe a prayer for those who are sick or for the
speakers who will be addressing the meeting, but here in South Africa, something
we almost always here is a prayer for “those who are on their way.” People
often live miles from the chapel and most don’t have cars. They either rely on
public transportation (mini-vans that squeeze as many people in as possible) or
they walk. Sometimes you’ll be driving between the city and its suburbs and see
people miles and miles away from either, walking along the highway. Because getting
to church is a challenge (and also partly because of the culture) people are
often late. Meetings will start with a scatter of people and end up with the
chapel overflowing. Anyway, it’s nice to know as the meeting begins that they are concerned about all of those who are on their way.<br />
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and on their way home again. The girl with the crutch has only one leg and even she was walking. (Someone offered her a ride, but she said she lived not far away which for us could be quite a ways away.)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-30328183527212653922015-02-12T09:05:00.005-08:002015-02-12T09:07:58.714-08:00The Joys of GPS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since we arrived in South Africa, we have been almost entirely dependent on our Garmin to get us from point A to point B. And we have found that neither point A nor point B are ever entirely clear. South Africa is a developing country with a huge mixture of dense city, towns in progress, townships that have just sprung up all over without a hint of planning, and then a lot of open country where nothing is named. We have classes and responsibilities in all of these to which we have to arrive somehow.</div>
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One of the seminaries and one of the institutes we visit is in this township, just a block or so from here--it's really important in those areas to know just where you are going.</div>
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Because Johannesburg grew out of a bunch of smaller cities, a "navigator" often has to know in which small city the address used to be. The
city all looks like Johannesburg to us, but the Garmin wants to know if it is
really in Little Falls, Randburg, Roodepoort, Santon or Sandton (no they are
not the same) and the list goes on. Looking for a place in a city does have an advantage
though, because there are actual streets with actual names and with numbered
addresses. BUT beware, sometimes there are several of the same street names
that have the same addresses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
when Johannesburg merged into a big city, no one wanted to give up their
Phillips Avenues or Protea Circles or Zimbabwe Drives. In our first week here,
with our new Garmin programmed for the CES office, we headed off with at least a
little big of confidence, turning this way and that to get to Phillips Drive.
Instead of arriving at Mission Training Center though, we ended up in the heart
of downtown, next door to the Mandela Bridge, at least 30km from our
destination (notice how I’m becoming South African and using the metric system
of measurement.)<br />
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This is our Garmin's version of the Mission Training Center </div>
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We eventually found that there is a way to overcome the
multiple address problem though—each area has a postal code so if when you put
the address into the Garmin you include the postal code you will get to the
right Phillips Avenue. But speaking of postal codes, remember this is the
country that just lived through a five-month mail strike and didn’t even seem
to notice. I think the only people I heard complain were the American
missionaries who were naïve enough to expect the postal system to work. So if
these people with addresses apparently don’t use their postal system, how many
do you guess know their postal code? If you guessed almost 0, then you would be
correct.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">You might also guess that when we get out of the city
addresses it should be easier to find since there is only one of any given
addresses. But if you guessed that, you would be wrong. The maps that have been
loaded into the GPS database must be more dreams in the minds of city planners
than they are actual roads. Speaking with authority, our Garmin efficiently
directs us to some unnamed road and then insists that you turn right into a
field of goats. If you don’t turn, then fine. She gets a little irritated, but
will oblige by guiding us another way in a 10km loop until she suggests that we
now try turning left into the goat pasture from the other side.</span></div>
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I can’t deny though that the Garmin has provided a lot of
scenic adventures. One beautiful morning we traveled outside of Tzaneen to find
a business for which we clearly had the correct address. They sell products
worldwide and even have a web site for crying out loud (http://www.kaross.co.za) But because the craftsmen in the business are native men and women, the
facility is where their workers are—far out of town in the middle of a lot of
orange groves and chicken farms. The Garmin knew exactly where the business
was, but alas could not determine how a vehicle might get to said address. We traveled
through some beautiful bush country and were not deterred when the Garmin
assured us that the business was on our right (maybe hidden behind the dense
brush?) Several hours later, after inventing our own alternative route, we
finally reached Kaross, the manufacturer of the gorgeous hand embroidery. Sadly it was closed but the drive had been beautiful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On occasion our difficulty is multiplied by human error. This
morning we left our flat at 6:30a to inspect the apartments of eight sets of
elders. The furthest were about two and a half hours away, but they were all to
be in their apartments until 1:00p and we had carefully plotted out the
coordinates so we knew the path we should follow for efficiency. At 11:30, five
hours later, we finally found the first flat. We had approached the incorrect
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we began to suspect that it wasn’t our approach but the coordinates that we
were given that were causing our difficulty. But before that was confirmed by
several calls to the elders, I turned on the carefully budgeted cellular data
on the iPhone and found the address with Google Maps. Yippeeee! Google Maps was
somehow sorting through satellite data to direct us onto actual roads to the
given address and after another half hour or so, we heard the welcome words
“your destination on your left.” Except this was the destination that was on
our left! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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This is 84 Park Crescent Drive, where our Garmin claims that two fine</div>
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And below are some of the places we have visited unexpectedly, compliments of our GPS system.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375160804101923050.post-29749438117051524962015-02-01T05:00:00.001-08:002015-02-01T05:03:41.628-08:00"I Am an African"Recently, our friend Lynette, who was raised in South Africa, sent us a link to a blog post that included this video. From our experience, it expresses the feelings of a lot of people who live here in South Africa. Even though they recognize that the country has some issues that make living here difficult at times, they love their country and they love being African. Although we would never trade our own country, after living here, we can understand their attachment.
The video is of Thabo Mbeki speaking on the occasion of the new Constitute of South Africa being ratified. Mbeki was then vise president serving with Nelson Mandela. He succeeded Mandela as president and served from 1999 to 2008.<br />
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