Because the errands we needed to run went quickly we arrived at the Klerksdorp chapel 45 minutes early. I took a photo of elders McCartney and Peterson. Elder Peterson is the only missionary in the district besides ourselves who is from the US. Elder McCartney is from Scotland. We have a very diverse group of missionaries – but all are here because they love the Lord and want to share the gospel with others.

We took pictures with the district. In the one on the right elder Peterson was missing so we took another one with him and his green tie. In that photo from left to right behind us is elders Hentunen – Finland, McCartney – Scotland, Wild – England, Tukia – ZL – Samoa, Peterson – US, Khwela – South Africa, Turauskis – Lithuania. From the photos below you can see that we brought apples as treats…The zone leaders, elders Tukia and Masoka are showing the district how to pose with an apple in their mouths – true leaders in every way.

 

Along the N12 in Klerksdorp there is a group of mimes that are often preforming at the robots. They put out a box or something that folks can toss money into. Mary’s job is to try to get the coins into the box – she is getting better. It helped that this time we were the first in line so she had lots of time to make the toss.

While district meeting was going on, I was working with brother Andrews to finish the year end audit for Klerksdorp so I missed the training. I am just glad this is the last time I will have to do any audits – it is not a fun job no matter how well organized the branch financial records.