{"id":7140,"date":"2014-06-13T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pierfamily.com\/wordpress\/?p=7140"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T21:27:41","slug":"mary-and-mary-ikageng-district-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pierfamily.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/13\/mary-and-mary-ikageng-district-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary and Mary – Ikageng District Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have had a good couple of days since Transfer Meeting. One of our visits was to Mary Mothobi a sister who lives out in an extension. We had met her when the Knowles took us out to where she lives but this is the first time we had actually been in her home. Unfortunately she lives a long way from church and can not afford the cost of traveling in each Sunday. But she has a strong testimony.<\/p>\n

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Mary is at the gate of the other Mary’s humble home. Mary takes care of her granddaughter while her daughter-in-law goes to school to learn computers.<\/p>\n

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When I told Mary that sister Pier’s name was Mary she was very happy and so I took a picture of the two Marys and will have it printed for her. I never was able to get the little one to smile.<\/p>\n

Another one of the blessings of being a senior couple is to attend district meeting with the young missionaries. Today was the first meeting of the new Ikageng district.<\/p>\n

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Elder Otieno is from Kenya and is the new district leader. Elder Msangi is elder Kelem’s new companion.<\/p>\n

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This is the new Ikageng companionship. Elder Larsen is from California’s Clear Lake area. Clear lake is the largest natural lake in the US. He is elder Perkin’s new companion serving in the Klerksdorp area.<\/p>\n

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The first Ikageng District picture\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u00a6elders Kelem, Perkins, Larsen, Mdletshe, Otieno, and Msangi. After district meeting we went to the Pancake Den for lunch. Pancakes in South Africa are not like pancakes in the US. Basically they are what we would call crepes. The Pancake Den has been in business for 19 years and they make truly delicious crepes of all kinds.<\/p>\n