New cars, new apartments -- week 88

Another busy week.  And it's after 9pm on Sunday and Sue is just starting the blog.  Ken is snoring in the other room.  This week will be more photos and less commentary.

Tuesday was Zone Conference in Pinetown.  It was combined Hillcrest and Richards Bay Zones.  What a fabulous group of young men!

 

After meetings and photo there is always a yummy lunch.  This time, beef stroganoff.

Wednesday we got three new bakkies!  (pickup trucks).  These are for the senior couples in Lesotho, Ladysmith, and the Humanitarian couple.  They are very nice!  Backup cameras, cruise control, etc.

Friday was moving day in Amanzimtoti.  And everything seemed to go wrong.  But in the end the furniture all got moved.  We had six strong young Elders to help--and that was needed.  The old flat was on the 4th floor.  The new flat is on the 3rd floor.  And neither building has an elevator.  And we lost the Mission hand-truck (dolly).

The Elders had to be careful not to kill the neighbors plants on the narrow walkway.

Elder Phipps and Elder H. Evans got the two fridges and washer into the bakkie.  Elder Mere helped from below.

The new flat is only 1.3 km (1 mile) from the old one.  We had to move because the owners want to move into it themselves.

Saturday we went back with the Hubrichs to clean the old boarding.  There was something stuck in the vacuum cleaner hose.  We never did get it out -- but it wasn't for lack of trying with curtain rod, long palm frond, and wire coat hanger. 

Elders Barnes and Jensen lived here.  They had a funeral to attend in the morning, but then came back to help with the final mopping.

And also cleaning out of the garage.  They even found their old muffler.  It randomly fell off one day when they were driving down the freeway!  They picked it up, but it was missing some bracket, so they had to get a new one. (It cost $200 to replace.)  Now it went into the trash.

Elder Hubrich was in charge of cleaning the kitchen.  Sister Hubrich did one bathroom and floors.  Sue did the other bathroom and closets.  Ken washed windows.  

Shortly after we arrive we realized we had forgotten to bring a step stool.  Sue needed to get into the cupboards above the wardrobes.  She noticed the neighbor had two plastic chairs outside her door next to the plants, so she asked to borrow one.  The woman kindly said yes.  Then later she and her husband came over and brought us herb tea and ginger biscuits (cookies).  It was so thoughtful!

When we finally finished--about 2:30--we were starving because the tea and biscuits were good, but not much of a lunch.  

This amazing lily was growing next to the driveway across the street.  We have never seen a plant with so many blossoms on all at once.  We counted 18.  And there were at least three other stalks where we could see equal numbers of blossoms that had already died.  

We decided to find someplace to eat nearby.  We had a good "linner" about 3pm at the Lagoon Bar & Grill.  Amanzimtoti is very much a beach resort town.  The old boarding had a great view of the beach and ocean.  The new one has a small view if you look carefully between the trees out the bedroom window.  But the Elders like the new location better because it is across the street from the city park and rugby field.

View from the restaurant.

Saturday night we stayed up late with Hubrichs to watch the BYU vs. Baylor football game.  Not a good time.  BYU lost 38-24.  They did not play well.

Sunday afternoon Sister Hubrich came up and wanted to borrow some cocoa powder.  Then she came back an hour or so later to say they had warm brownies if we had milk to go with them.  Did we ever!  It was about 6pm and Sue was just starting to cook dinner.  Why not eat dessert first?

Elder Hubrich and Ken are such a cute pair--like two peas from the same pod.