Wednesday  started with a really heavy rain. As I sat eating my breakfast i took this picture of our wet backyard. The richness of the greens was enhanced by the moisture. Since I was dry it was beautiful to see, smell and hear. However those who had to be out in it must have been less enchanted. We finished our puzzle a few days ago and we were a little bummed because two pieces were missing. We looked everywhere for them but somehow they disappeared. It is the first time in ages that we did a puzzle that was not complete.

Mary taught piano, seminary and we had activity with the youth on Thursday. Friday we went over to Klerksdorp for district meeting. When we got there the gate would not open because the power had gone off and the battery back up was used up. So elder McAllister jumped the fence and turned the power back on. In about 10-15 minutes the batter was recharged enough so that the gate worked.

After district meeting – for some reason i did not take any pictures – we went to lunch with the Dummers at a nice little restaurant they had recently found. The food was delicious – I ate way too much for my diet – and there was some interesting art work. The two collages of the ladies were in the men’s toilet – I wondered if there were two gentlemen collages in the women’s. 

Papa Thulo, one of our young men, finally had his operation and they removed a kidney. It seems sometime when he was young it was damaged and was not functioning. For someone who had recently undergone such a serious operation he was very awake. He wanted me to take his picture and post it on Facebook so I did. I checked in at Tembe and found these elephants. Hopefully some day we will be able to take a game drive where we can see them up close and personal.