Though the temple is closed, we are invited to come and put the luxury of extra time to good use: We helped Sister Patricia complete the inventory of all items in the temple laundry. We learned all about the TIS (Temple Information System), so we are more fully qualified to prepare schedules etc and serve […]
Our first excursion outside of Durban, the LoveLayNels headed off to explore South Africa. Two and a half hours drive north along the Indian Ocean from Umhlanga is St Lucia, a smaill , safe surf town on the Eastern coast of Kwa Zulu Natal. Hluhluwe is the oldest of South Africa’s game parks and we […]
Our new friends, the Meyer’s, from Wuhan, China have been members for 20 years. They live right near where the Covid virus got loose and Esmeralda was in lock down for 3 months away from her children before she was allowed to go home. They come to Durban for a week each year to do […]
Our new friends, Jim and Kim Habercorn, are here for three months out of the year from Switzerland. Jim works in the temple with us and Kim tends to her 90 year old mother who lives here in Umhlanga. We bring Jim home from church each week, as Kim needs to get home to her […]
We love our little apartment. Bought a few cushions, plants and such to make it our own. So easy to keep clean and tidy. We don’t need much. Even had a dinner party for 12 last Sunday. Invited the missionaries from the mission home and the Jenkins who work with us all in the temple […]
After a month here in the Durban temple, we have gotten to see some of the same faces return regularly and have realized there is nothing regular (other than their attendance) about these amazing people. They are a temple-attending people and we love them! Meet the Slabberts, Vanessa and Andre. After a few times seeing […]
We all got together with Elder Durfey, from Highland, Utah, my sister’s next door neighbor, and his companion, Elder Fenn. They are assigned the branch nearby where we live here in Umhlanga. The Elders dazzled us with their ability to speak Zulu, clicking and all! It’s really a beautiful language and a tough one to […]
The Layton’s arrived Thursday, so all three couples are here at last: the Loveridge’s, the Nelson’s and the Layton’s!! We’re heading off to church in the van. It’s a 30 minute drive from Umhlanga to the ward house in Durban—a little longer if you make a wrong turn. Or in our case a little shorter […]