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| While in Johannesburg the Blakes (Richard Blake's brother and our Welfare Specialist) took us to their favorite restaurant... Mikes. Quite fancy and good food! We stayed at the courtyard, very nice with a wonderful breakfast every morning! And had NO water the whole first day! We have come from brown water to no water!! Maybe this is only a test!? |
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| The entry to the mission offices and temple. Everything is gated with guards and electric wire. All shops close at 6:00pm in town and they said it isn't safe to be out. |
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| This reminds me of the Dallas Temple. Lots of beautiful flowers. This is Sis Blake in front of the temple gate. |
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| Lovely flowers and courtyards with walkways everywhere. |
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| I don't know the name of these flowers, but they were my favorite there at the temple. We will be in Johannesburg again in January. We found a water pump to take back to Uganda to fix a water problem and a ham for thanksgiving dinner. Yeah! |
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| On Saturday we went to check on a water project at the Home of Hope. We got stuck in a parade and couldn't resist a picture of these cute kids. We threw them a package of cookies out the car window and the big brother caught them and never dropped his little brother! Little sister has quite fancy hair for a village. |
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| This is a school marching with sticks instead of rifles. Also, full band and lots of admires watching along the dirt road. |
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| Sweet potatoes planted along the road. |
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| The 2nd stake in Uganda was organized today. A huge tent was set up to accommodate the 750+ members there. This is before meeting started. It was wonderful, with lots of young missionaries and a few senior couples. They had a hard time finding a tent. The Pope is in town and we have had lots of traffic problems since his arrival on Friday. Our traffic is pretty hectic without anything extra! |
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| Pres Chatfield, our Mission Pres, pointed out that the young men at 12 years of age in our church have more authority then the Pope. And usually don't cause as much confusion. |
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| The meeting at Walukaba Branch was historic. They have a very lovely chapel and nice grounds. Everyone was excited to be there. |
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| Had to add the bike transport. This guy had 4 bags of cement! Probably close to 200 lbs!! |
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| I handed him a package of cookies as we went past! We always keep them in the car for kids and guards! They call them biscuits. It's always a tight squeeze! He is trying to keep his bike on the pavement, so it is easier to push!! |
