Six Months in South Africa

Today marks the 6-month anniversary of our mission in South Africa, so our 18-month commitment is 1/3 complete! We started on February 2, 2015 and are scheduled to finish on or about August 2, 2016. It has gone by so fast, and we are sure the next year will whizz by even faster!

We have lived in 3 flats, visited 3 other countries, made 3 trips to Cape Town, and have been in a position to bless many lives with our service, most notably our own! We have been blessed with many wonderful lifelong friends in our Killarney neighborhood and in Protea Glen, Soweto.

Some of our Protea Glen friends at church getting ready for sacrament meeting today

Martha with our mission car, a 2013 Nissan (rhymes with listen) Tiida (Tee-EE-duh) 4-door
sedan with steering wheel on the right and shifted with the left hand, which has served us
very well for our 6 months in Johannesburg, though driving on the opposite side of the road!

Here are some scenes taken on our way to and from Church in Soweto  today:



Freeway exit signs in Johannesburg where the M1 and M2 freeways split



Several photos of one informal settlement on our way to Church today



The Protea Glen shopping center with a McDonlads and KFC,
where we turn right into the neighborhood of our PG chapel.



One of the nicer township homes in Protea Glen, a block from our chapel

Curious ad for "Fancy Flush Executive Toilet Hire" next to "Keep Gauteng Clean" sign on the way to Church.
Gauteng is the South African province (state) where the city of Johannesburg and township of Soweto are.

We are looking forward to the next twelve months here!