Gunderson Durban South Africa Mission

 We have had a pretty busy week.  We made contact with a number of students that were in various stages of the PEF loan process and feel that we made some headway.  Coming into the program just as there have been major changes is good in some ways and difficult in others.
Saturday Gaye went to the Kwadabeka Ward and taught piano lessons.  Hopefully our schedule will allow that to happen on a regular basis.
Here are a couple of students Patrick in the shiny red shirt, the sister Themi and Njabulo in the Grey t-shirt.
The others are some of the Elder's quorum there for their cleaning assignment.

 Sunday we went to the Bluff Ward near downtown Durban and right on the Indian Ocean.  We met with two PEF students who are finishing their paperwork and close to enrolling in school.  There were two convert baptisms after the block meetings so we stayed and Gaye played the piano.  The two Elders here are assigned to the Ward.  They one is from Johannesburg the other (the Polynesian) is from California--very sharp young men.  Gaye is holding one that made her sit by him in sacrament meeting.  He loved her Smarties.

Of course because the beach was right there by the Bluff Ward, we had to have a picture.  This particular part has pretty big waves but we have heard that other places are very calm.

For the grandchildren.  This was the first insect of any interest that I have seen.  We had a meeting today, Monday, at the Mission home and he was on the wall.  A really big Katydid with blue legs!

We are enjoying South Africa.  Next Friday we go to the Kingdom of Swaziland for a whole new adventure.  It is about a 7 1/2 hr drive north and in many places quite primitive.