We took the elders up to Parys and spent a couple of lovely and interesting hours with sister Bobbi and of course Louis.  It was elder Alvial’s first time and elder Liera’s  4th or 5th. As usual Louis got lots of attention and responded with a madly wagging tail, lots of kisses and in general just being Louis. We were able to bring back her CPU so she can resume playing her computer games – Louis is very happy that her attention will be directed elsewhere for at least part of the day.

Later in the day while I was out running errands Mary had piano lessons with Lorato Kujane. It looks like she has a real student with Lorato who walks about 1/4 of a mile lugging a good size keyboard to have her lesson. Arlo and Sandy Mickelsen – our friends who are serving in the Brisbane mission – sent us a picture of the Mandela statue in front the the Washington DC South Africa Embassy. Notice that during the winter they put a scarf around his neck to keep him warm – there is seldom any snow in South Africa but DC gets plenty – especially this year. The picture came from one of their sons who works in DC.