I had to chuckle when an elder told me his mother told him to stop sending pictures of clouds and send her pictures of himself and his companion. I take lots of pictures and a goodly number are of clouds. Thursday as we drove two of Mary’s seminary students home, I had to stop and take a picture of the sun setting over a small lake. Later that night I noticed how the full moon – or close to a full moon and the clouds made a great looking picture.
This is the home of the students we took home. It has been in the family for a couple of generations and will probably stay in the family for years to come. Just inside the fence was these beautiful flowers. With the sun and now the rain, the NorthWest is becoming filled with flowers and blooming trees.
Friday we went to Klerksdorp for District Meeting where the only picture I took was of this mime. There is a crew of them that stand in the middle of the street and perform. They have a can for the motorists to made donations. I have yet to hit it – even when we are stopped. In the afternoon we needed to take one of the missionaries into the emergency room – a mistake on our part because we could have taken him to our doctor – where we spent 4 1/2 hours waiting for him to finish being treated. But it was worth the wait because today he says that he feels great. This is our third trip to the clinic in 3 months or so. Hopefully we will make it through the rest of our mission without having to do it again.
I accidentally took this picture of my keyboard. I was about to trash it when I realized how dirty it is so I decided I should post the picture and shame myself into cleaning it.
Keep the cloud pictures coming – we loved them also, but most of ours are in our minds. The bright blue sky here is many times filled with cotton ball clouds that are just wonderful. The lightning is what I wish we could capture because it is just amazing. With no mountains to break up the sky, you see very vividly the lightning causing a white sky with the lightning bolts!
Love your new nativity from Kimberly. I have a nativity that we brought home from Durban that is made from banana leaves. The pieces look the same, but mine goes into a little woven box. I have a new one from Australia and it is waiting for me in Brisbane. It is made from the many types of native woods in the country. Will take a picture when we get it all put together.
How was your trip with the Taylor’s? Have been wondering if you saw animals and such. I was looking for a picture the other day and went through our trip pictures when we came upon the huge herd of elephants and then saw our lion out the side window. Can remember throwing cameras around the car trying to capture pictures!! Finally last night, we found a mob of kangaroos – yahoo!!