I guess we have joined the 21st century or at least the early part of it. On our p-day Mary signed up for Facebook and we have been surprised at how many family and friends we have found there.

I am going to keep up the blog and she will keep up Facebook – or at least once she has mastered how to post pictures, etc. she will. So if you read this and are on Facebook, be sure to let Mary know.

For the first time in four months, we have an internet connection. Hopefully this will mean we will be better able to share the great experiences we have with all our friends and family.

We just got home from going out to teach with the elders. It is wonderful to sit and hear the elders teach and testify of the things they know are true and then to add our testimonies to theirs. We find that most people are surprised when we tell them that we are not here in South Africa to convince them that the Church is true but to help them find out through prayer and the Holy Ghost for themselves that it is true.

Tonight is the end of a 6 week cycle so some of the missionaries will learn that they will start serving in another area on Thursday. There is always a lot of discussion about who they think will be transferred and to where. But not until they are in their boardings will the Zone or District leaders let them know. When we find out a missionary who we have been working with for awhile is going to be transferred we are a little sad, but then we get to know the new missionaries assigned to our area and find out their special qualities and we see the Lord’s hand in their serving here at the time they serve.