Area Office Senior Missionaries--Aug 2013

1 row--E & S Jones, S Lee, S Curtis, S Murdock, S Nielsen, S Belliston
2 row--E Lee, E Curtis, S DaBell, S Hoffman, S Knudsen, S & E King
3 row--E &S Peterson, E Knudsen, S Rose, E & S Van Gass
4 row--E & S Larsen, E DaBell, S. Basso, E Hoffman, S. Eggett, E Rose, S Eppel
5 row--E. Clayton, E Basso, E. Eggett, E. Eppel 

Wheelchair donation in Durban and benefit David Glen Hatch classical pianist concert

Some of the PH leaders and Elders  helping distribute wheelchairs.

The church received a lot of favorable publicity from this donation of 40 wheelchairs

Some of the recipients and caregivers who came for the chairs.

Sean Donnelly, our PA manager introducing the classical pianists from USA

David Glen Hatch plays with his whole body and heart. He has won many grammy awards.  The pianists traveled from Utah and other states at their own expense to perform for church recognition and for their own experience.

The beach in Durban

Walking along the beach front in Durban.

Connie Eggett and Connie Rose wading in the Indian Ocean

Tanker in the distance coming into port.

Connies on the boardwalk in Durban

Bob enjoying the sunshine but cool weather in Durban

Traveling through Lesotho high plains.

Kids in school yard doing exercises for PE

Mary and Joseph returning home with their bags of mealie

They travel distances to market

Kind of like the middle East

Southern Utah-like formations

One lonely road for miles with open plains, shepherds, cattle and sheep.

Outcropping of sandstone

Hospital near Maseru, Lesotho that the Humanitarian missionaries are helping with equipment.

Woman's Ward.  They need blankets

They or their family has to furnish their own food.

Monte and Connie Eggett--Humanitarian Missionaries.  NICUs in the background.

Maternity ward.  They are happy and excited.

Moving a child to the children's ward.

Sister Eggett, Bob and Connie Rose, Local administrator, Sister Olsen

Trip to Lesotho and Durban Aug 8-11 2013

A typical township in Africa

Note the outhouses all in a neat row beside each house/shack

Women carry so much on their heads.  She is selling fruit and suckers along the road.

Carrying their babies on their backs usually with hands full as well as things on their heads.

This woman is carrying firewood.

Sister's enrichment

Thoba taught us how to wear Dukas on our heads.  But white peoples hair is too slippery to hold them on.  Mine gave me a headache.  The blacks' hair is like Velcro and they wear all kinds of head scarves.
First row L-R-Thoba, Karen Belliston, Sister Reynolds, Marie, Leigh Ann Bowman, Pam Larsen
Back L-R-Eilene Kraczek, Midge Nielsen, Connie Rose, Barbara Knudsen, Debra King, Leslie Peterson

THINGS THAT MAKE US HAPPY.

Our Orange Farm trio who sang at the MTC open house.  Sister Basso taking the photo, Brenda's daughter in front.

Our chapel newly painted and cleaned during 2 week school holiday

The nice note left to the branch by the teacher

Amy, CeCe, Tam, Lolly, Erin, Kate and Reeve at the fireside where the golfers spoke.

Lunch with the Bellistons, our former neighbors who now serve in the Area Office

The bridge that Bob wouldn't cross, but I did.

Victoria Falls in the mist.  So beautiful.

Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia

The falls on the right fall into a deep gorge and create mist that soaks you to the bone.

Double rainbow created by the mist when the water crashes to the bottom of the deep gorge.

The falls is so wide, I couldn't get it in one picture.

Victoria Falls is one of the seven wonders of the world and is magnificent.

They refer to it as the "smoke that thunders"

This is below the falls looking down to the river below.  The guy with his arms spread just bungee jumped.

Here goes another guy just below the cage.  They go head first with their feet connected to the cord.

The helper sometimes has to give them a slight push, so he is connected to the cage.

This is the view from the bridge that separates Zambia from Zimbabwe.

This is a giant baobab tree that has a view point on it.

You can see the mist from the falls behind us.  We are on the lookout deck in the tree.

We took a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River.  It was so wide and peaceful.

We saw elephants along the banks as we sailed along.

We got a more up close and personal view of the hippos than we have ever had before.

We really enjoyed it so much.  A wonderful evening with a beautiful view.

This is the David Livingstone hotel from which we cruised, but we didn't stay there.

We slept under mosquito net the first night, but this is dry season and so no mosquitoes were out.

This is why it is called the Sunset cruise.  It was beautiful!!

We had such a wonderful time at Victoria Falls.  We gave the lodge owner a Book of Mormon and met lovely people.