35 Years Together

Ron and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary this week. A year ago we contemplated what we might do for this benchmark date, but neither of us dreamed we would travel to Africa and be serving a mission on this remarkable continent! Our anniversary dinner was at a
restaurant of African cuisine, decor and musical entertainment. This two hour eating experience included buffet style samplings of salads, soups and vegetables including curried lamb stew and squash, breads, fish, meats grilled to our preferences (impala, kudu, ostrich and sirloin steaks were our choice), and tasty desserts. All this (including tip) cost 185 Rand, about $24.00 US per couple.
We have found eating out is quite affordable, as are bounteous fruits and vegetables available in grocery stores. All fruits and vegetables we eat raw Ron sanitizes for a minute in a mild bleach solution in our kitchen sink. This includes all our produce including avacados and bananas; even our eggs. Eggs are not refrigerated here so we purchase them in cartons of six each as they have early expiration dates.

This week we surveyed security needs in the Africa Southeast Area and compiled a draft of security standards for various types of housing, mission offices and meetinghouses throughout the continent.

We have been intrigued by the various types of cell phone towers we see around the Johannesburg area. In addition to the designer pine trees we see in the western states, here we also find simulated palm trees and deciduous trees with limbs.