Hello family and friends,
It has been one month since I last posted. Many of you have asked about our apartment (flat).
I will try to attach some photos and tell you a little about our home here in Port Alfred. I can't seem to figure out how to place the photos where I want them, so I hope you can tell which photo I am describing.
Our flat has two floors with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the top floor and a combined living room (lounge) and kitchen on the first floor. (see photo with Lyman at the kitchen door and me upstairs in the spare bedroom window)
Photo of the balcony off our bedroom facing the ocean.
Dad, Grandpa, Elder Godfrey, etc., standing by our bright blue mission car before walking on the beach for our morning exercise. (He would rather exercise by riding his horse!)
Mom, Grandma, Sister Godfrey - rinsing the sand off from beach walk by the rain collection tank. The water from the tank is used for drinking and cooking since the tap water has a brackish taste. We have decided to purchase bottled water - about 40 cents for a 5-liter bottle - for drinking after thinking about the dirt, dust and bird droppings on the roof tops. I have included a picture of big birds called Haw Dee Dahs. They are larger than our pheasants and make a very loud, screeching sound at 4:30 am most mornings. Very effective alarm clock. I think I prefer a crowing rooster.
We keep busy working with the four young elders and going with them on teaching appointments. It is also quite a challenge to find enough speakers for sacrament meeting from among the small membership of the branch. Home and visiting teaching assignments often involve driving some distances. We miss all of you and look forward to returning home, but we know we are needed here. In the next few months five of the senior couples will finish their missions, and currently there is only one new senior couple assigned to Cape Town. That will leave five senior couples, and three of those work with seminaries and institute, perpetual education fund and employment.
A final photo description - a picture of Elder Godfrey as he waited for the bus in Smithfield in October 1955 to depart on his first mission to Japan. This photo was emailed to us recently by one of his former companions. I think it is a great photo, but if he finds that I posted it and the picture of him in his beach shorts, my blogging days may be over!! (not really)
We welcome email from you - katherinesgodfrey@gmail.com
the Godfreys
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