Saying farewell to your missionary is always hard and you can see the love that the family has for Nkule – second from left in the picture. The second picture is a view from the window of the revolving restaurant. Note the ‘angels’ looking over the city of Durban an interesting effect from the reflection off the window. The Knudsens are the newest couple in the mission and are serving in Newcastle with the Klinglers.

Some of the couples we serve with and of course our Mission Mom. On the left are the Klinglers who stayed at the same B&B with us. The Sessions are the office couple who are probably the hardest working of all the couples. Elder Sessions is in charge of the fleet and he keeps very busy trying to clean up the messes the rest of us make. Sister Mann is alone because the president just had too much to do to eat with us. Besides watching over the health of some 100 elders, she is also a rugby mom for their two sons and all their friends. She is one of the most positive persons I have ever known and her level of energy is amazing.

The first two pictures from left to right – Elders Wells and Markum, Sisters Markum and Wells. The Wells are from the area office and the Markums are S&I (CES) missionaries. The Johnsons are serving in Durban as proselyting missionaries. They were the ones who drove us to Swaziland a few days after we arrived in South Africa.

It is always wonderful to get together with the other couples in the mission so we can share experiences. Each area is different but many of our experiences are the same. The one thing that we find we all have in common is the love that we develop for the people of South Africa. Not just the members but those non-LDS we meet throughout our service. They are a wonderful people who are full of love for family and others. They remind us a lot of the people of Indonesia who no matter how little they had were clean and were always open to a smile.