This post took about a dozen tries to get into the blog but it was worth it because of the great missionaries that are shown here. The ‘Best Zone in the Mission’ we were told is true – that the Vaal Zone leads the mission as far as reaching the mission goals for the year!

The chapel was surrounded by beautiful beds of purple agapanthus and I found this single white one hiding among them.

 

Elder Reese greeted the zone and mentioned that it truly was the leading zone in the mission! Way to go elders!

 

There are a number of elders in the zone who can play the piano. Elder McAllister played some of the prelude music but when it came time to sing elder Dutson took over while elder Gray led the music.

 

Elder Togiatomai is the other Zone Leader. He is a Samoan who lives in New Zealand. Elder Rami and elder Mukasa before the meeting.

  More singing elders – in this picture you can just make out elder Dutson at the piano. Elder Whitesides with elder Rodgers.

   After the meeting we gathered in the parking lot for brownies and apples. It was our and the Dummer’s way of saying thank you to the elders for sharing their experiences and love.

I thought we had seen the dirtiest car in the zone yesterday but Elders Thompson and Dutson managed to find a very deep mud puddle and was lucky to get the car through it with only a coat of the mud to show for it.