After church we visited with members of the ward originally from Malawi, Uganda and Congo who shared their conversion stories. A young man from the Congo speaks French, English flawlessly and three African languages. Another young man began his hospital internship this week to become an OB/Gyn. Many young men and women serve missions within the continent just a couple of years after joining the church as students, as represented by these members in their mid20s.
A little boy claimed Ron for holding him until a full-time elder took responsibility to locate his parents.
This is a young mother from Uganda and her 8 month old daughter.
Saturday (6 March) we drove two hours north with our SLC Africa manager and a recently-arrived senior missionary couple to view Pilanesberg Game Reserve. This reserve was established in 1979 in an ancient volcano that is the best-defined of only three alkaline ring complexes in the world.
With over 7000 animals in the park, we saw kudu, common duiker, springbok, tsessebe, blue wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, warthogs, a slender mongoose and numerous birds. Impala leaped across the road, Vervet monkeys played alongside our car and a white rhino walked from the brush directly in front of us. Eating from the treetops were a giraffe mother and her twins as the father stood sentry observing us.
A baby elephant lagged behind as its herd moved quickly through the water along a lake's shoreline. A teenage elephant ran behind the baby pushing it forward, with the youngster vocally protesting all the way along the water's edge.
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