Disappointed - not in the least, this is where Jenee and I had hoped to be assigned and our dreams come true. The pictures are worth a thousand words but you cannot get the sweet feeling that we felt being with the saints and experiencing their Sabbath with them. We will be attending church there until such time as we are reassigned. It takes us about 45 minutes to get there but the drive is beautiful and peaceful - and we are with friends.
We were asked to bear our testimonies during Fast & Testimony Meeting which is always a delight to do.
The bldg (a little elementary school) has no decent piano, nor does the ward have any pianists, but the singing was out of this world. They sang as angels with an African harmony that would bring tears to your eyes. Hopefully I can talk to the Stake President about getting a Casio Recorder for this ward. Jenee would like to teach piano and conducting for an hour after meetings if at all possible. As for me, I am just soaking it all in and enjoying my associations with these African saints.
To see them conduct their meetings, teach classes and express their testimonies of the Savior, the Church, the Book of Mormon and past and present prophets is a miracle in the making that has been going on ever since the revelation on the Priesthood was announced in 1978.
There certainly has been a social transformation in South Africa since I was here 47 years ago but the most remarkable transformation has to be the spiritual development among the African Saints, their growth and development to where they are today. Miracles certainly have and are happening and Jenee and I are blessed to be playing a small part in that while here.
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