Our trip with the Elders to the Local Game Park

We went with all the Elders in Queenstown to the local Game Park this morning.  It is 35 Rand per car so we loaded up in three cars and drove up to the park.  I had made prior arrangements to have a guide join us so we could walk up and see some bushman drawings.

While we were driving to the site where we would see the bushman drawings, we came upon some zebras and giraffes.  We were very close to them.  From the car behind us Elder Lawson broke out singing the theme song from the Lion King.  The local guide, who was in our car, thought something was wrong until we explained that we had someone from the UK in the car behind us who was very excited to see African wild life .  That gave our guide a grin, however, Elder Lawson's rendition of the song scared the wild life away from the car.

We were able to see some bushman drawings and plenty of wildlife.  We also stopped at a picnic spot and Sister Thomas broke out some Cinnamon Rolls which she baked that morning along with some juice.  The Elders thought this was awesome surprise.

We were done around 10:00 and all the Elders went to complete the rest of their Monday activities.  I went to check on the missionary car we have in getting repaired in the body shop and to check on the bicycle we have in the repair shop.  Elder Pennington and Elder Madsen came over at the end of the day to get hair cuts and Elder Lawson brought over his new friend that he brought back from the game park. (A tick, which was properly removed)

Other than the game drive and perhaps the removal of a tick it was a typical Monday in the mission field.