As the next transfer date draws close and the Thursdays before it are Christmas and New Years, we took this Thursday to do flat inspections at the Vereeniging and Ennerdale boardings. We are very fortunate that there are four sets of elders living in one complex and two in the other. So although we do 300K of driving to get there and back, we only have to make two stops.   

The Zone Leaders get inspected first because they must leave for Jakarta to pick up mail, supplies, etc and get them back to the zone. Elders Reese and Togiatomai have a very neat and clean flat. Elder Reese must have the most organized closet in the mission – he even rolls his ties and puts them in rows. He explains that it makes choosing much quicker.

Our friend elder Rogers and his companion elder Whitesides serve in the Sharpeville area. Elder Rogers informed me that he was wearing his contacts. They had recently been robbed while walking home but were unharmed and the thieves even left them their watches. I liked their Christmas tree poster with pictures of family and friends as ornaments. The Finnish duo of elders Kankunen and Hentunen are currently serving in the Sebokeng 2 area. They carefully checked the supply list to see if they were missing anything.   Sebokeng 2 has elders Sipri and Kalani while the Orange Farm district has elders Thompson and Dutson. Elder Thompson won our heart when he gave us fresh baked banana bread that was so delicious we rated it up with the best we have ever eaten.

Elder Stilgoe stands next to the Ennerdale missionary activity board that shows all investigators, progressing investigators, less actives they are working with and recent converts.  Elder Gray is in his second transfer of being trained by elder Stilgoe. As I talked to elder Stilgoe he feels he will be transferred in January.

We thought this mission car would win the dirtiest award until we saw the Orange Farm car on Friday.

After we got back to Potch from our housing inspections, I went to Jouberton to help elder Dummer give a sister a blessing. While I was doing that Mary taught a piano lesson and started Seminary and Activity night. When we passed through Klerksdorp I took a picture of one of the bronzes that are along the N-12 and shows two people with picks either dancing or trying to kill each other.

I also took this picture of a sign near the police station. We have always thought it was funny because it appears to keep Ikageng clean you need to use a funeral service. Although there are lots of funerals on most Saturdays, we have never seen any stray bodies lying around Ikageng. So we guess they are efficient in keeping the city clean.