Tuesday, April 2, 2024 6 weeks is a very long time and we couldn’t be more excited to be back in the temple! Kirk and Sue stayed an extra week after the closure so that they could spend some time with us in the exquisite Durban temple. We were able to fully complete Sue’s father’s […]
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 […]
Humor is very much a part of South African culture. While we like to think of these animals as not ugly, but more ‘cabbage patch”, the Ugly 5 is a thing: hyena, vulture, wildebeest, wart hog and marabou stork. We only saw 2 of the 5 on this game drive. A grand daddy wart hog […]
Cheetah sighting-There are two cheetahs in this picture, just chilling in the shade and not worried about us at all. We got lucky to see them. The success of every safari ride depends on your safari driver. Jabuloni was a good one! He said we got very lucky today seeing 8 white rhino, 2 cheetahs […]
Talk about every detail of the perfect place to live— Every Wednesday, just across the field from our apartment complex, there is a fabulous farmers’ market!! Here’s my favorite finds— artisan sour dough bread, cinnamon rolls, focaccia, South African biltong aged beef, homemade blackberry jam, South African madumbe (russet) potatoes, fresh produce, and more! Can’t […]
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 […]
We were not required to learn a language to come on our mission to Durban. “They speak English in Durban!” Well, technically, yes.. This trolley is late Translation: This shopping cart is dead. It’s similar to when we say, “the late Mr. So and So” in an obituary, but the South Africans will say, “My […]