By assignment, on Sunday we drove to Rustenburg to visit the ward there. It was about a 2 1/2 hour drive. We spoke with the bishop and checked to make sure they had the proper equipment for the family history centre. They do not have a family history consultant right now but will have one soon. When they call one we will go again to train.
After church we drove about an hour to Sun City. This is the Las Vegas of South Africa. They have nicked named it "Sin City". We stayed at The Kingdom Resort Sunday night and then drove into the Pilanesburg Wildlife Reserve early the next morning. The pictures tell the story. Didn't get pictures of the lions but we saw them. One thing I am in awe of here is the land - I never pictured Africa with beautiful hills and valleys and everything right now is very green.
The first eight pictures of the elephant shows us watching this old bull elephant with a broken trunk decimate the tree he is standing by. We watched him for quite a long time. If he had come down the shallow embankment just below him he would have run into our car! What fun to watch him and be so close.
A beautiful shot of a giraffe.
Then there is the face "only a mother could love"! What ugly fellows these warthogs are :)
There are at least 11 hippos right together in this pool of water.
Finally got to see rhinos. These guys are still being heavily poached.
Baboon family
More blue wildebeest We also saw a red wildebeest but no pics!
Two zebras!
The baby was interested in some milk!
Anyone up for a "monkey ride"? This little guy was loving it!!!
The work here is very satisfying! We had a group in the centre today from Zimbabwe. We got their paperwork in order for them to go to the Temple to have their ordinances done. They will come back to the centre tomorrow and we will prepare more names to take to the temple. The nice thing about this group is that they all spoke English!!
What a GREAT experience you two are having!!!
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