Leaving Cape Town

Elder and Sister Henderson were the Mission Couple in the office.  They are from Hooper, Utah
and were a great help to us.   

President and Sister Wood of the Cape Town Mission.  Wonderful, intelligent, caring
couple.  They were a great inspiration to us.  They were from Alaska.

A desire of Elder Robert's from day-one.  He had to at least get behind the wheel of
a local taxi.  They drove crazy and were definitely one of the great obstacles on
the road in Africa.  The vans were packed to the hilt and it was not uncommon to
hear of a terrible accident where there were many fatalities.

The night before we left had one of the most spectacular sunsets of all.  We went for one last
walk on the beach and the views were amazing.

A long, long drive to Johannesburg.  Africa is a HUGE place.

We have arrived in the country of Lesotho.  It is located in the middle of South Africa and is
an independent country.  It used to be the headquarters for the Zulu Tribal Leaders.  They were
the Africans that would run for miles barefoot.  They were ferocious warriors and dominated
for many, many years.

Just a sampling of small town life in Lesotho.

Horse and wagon is a very common mode of transportation in Lesotho.

We made it to Johannesburg.  These are two of our very favorite sisters that
we worked with in the Area Office.  Lee Herbert and Thoba Karl Halla.

We just stopped by to say a fond farewell.

One last shot of Johannesburg.  The streets are all cleaned daily by women using brooms and
dust pans.  If they modernize to a street sweeper, then imagine the large amount of jobs that
would be lost.  That is African thinking.  Maybe they are more right than we are.  But I wonder
who in America would have enough humility to accept a job as a street sweeper?

Halleluja!  A finished example of many hours of hard work.  Elder Roberts estimates that
there should be over 200 signs pointing the way to the LDS Church across South Africa
when the project is completed.  The greatest example of "Persistence Overcomes Resistance!"