Our New Missionaries

We received four new missionaries!
Two from the United States and two from Africa!

 Elder Hyer

 Elder Kabisa

 Elder Mabiala

 Elder McCoy

 Waiting for the new missionaries to arrive at the airport!

Elders Homer (AP), Simayile (AP), Wilson (departing), Fullmer (AP)

 Elder Homer (AP)

 Our new missionaries meeting President Thompson

 Gathered around the airport piano - the missionaries sang a song, and when they do, the people generally take video's and want their photos taken with the missionaries. It's a great place to contact!

 Elder Simayile (AP)

 Elders McCoy and Hyer

 Elders Fullmer (AP), Homer (AP), McCoy, Hyer, Kabisa, President Thompson

and Elder Mabiala at the piano

 Elders Mabiala, Hyer, McCoy, Kabisa

 Elders Homer (AP), Simayile (AP), Mabiala, Hyer, President Thompson, McCoy, Kabisa, and Fullmer (AP)

 A first stop at the Durban Temple site

Elders Kabisa, McCoy, Mabiala, Hyer

 Elder McCoy

 Elder Mabiala

 Elder Hyer

 Elder Kabisa

 Elders Wilson, Homer (AP), Mabiala, McCoy, Hyer, Kabisa, Simayile (AP), Fullmer (AP)

Elders McCoy, Kabisa, Hyer, and Mabiala with President Thompson at the Durban Temple site

Mission President Seminar

We are blessed to serve with so many wonderful Mission Presidents and their wives who serve throughout Africa.  We have come to know and love them tremendously! We have the opportunity of getting together twice a year for instruction and edification by our Area Presidency - so grateful to them! This meeting we were blessed to have Elder Brent Nielsen and his wife instruct us, head of the Missionary Department.

Osizweni And Waterloo Clusters First Meetings

Before a group becomes a Branch in the church, a Cluster can be formed under the direction of a member of the Branch Presidency. It needs to meet certain criteria before it can become a Branch, and then a Ward.

A Cluster was just formed in Osizweni and met in the building below on Sunday. 

There were seventeen in attendance with seven investigators!

Another Cluster was formed in our mission in Waterloo.

 An amazing 35 were in attendance at that first meeting!

Wow! So exciting to see that the church is growing thanks to our fabulous missionaries!

Osizweni Cluster meets here! 

The Assistants

Our Four Assistants

Standing in front of a building we may turn into a new meeting place!

(Of course the signs will all be taken down!)

Elders Fullmer, Jantjies, Simayile, and Homer

Durban Stake Conference

Durban Stake Conference May 2018

 City Hall Building where the conference was held

 Stage for the speakers and leadership

 This building is magnificent!

President Thompson and I waiting for the meeting to start. 

We were two of the speakers. 

Someone said there were about 700 people in attendance. 

A Few Scenes

Here are a few scenes from within our mission borders!

South Africa is very diverse and beautiful! From mountains, to farmlands, to tropical!

It's every bit as beautiful as Hawaii!

 Drakensbergs

 The clouds across the beautiful farmlands are beautiful and seem to never end!

 Drakensberg Mountains

Street in Durban

A Few Photos from President's iPad

A few Elders from Bloemfontein Zone

 Elders Walker and Walker!

 Elders Thompson, Pantoe

Elder Whiting