I may have mentioned that when I leave South Africa, I'll drink a coke with every meal. I figure the coke will kill anything I'm eating. So far it's working. I haven't gotten any stomach parasites yet.

Sometimes the biggest problem is reading the labels. Coke on the left, Pepsi on the right. Those are glass bottles but if you look close you'll be able to tell that the Pepsi bottle has seen a lot of miles.

Out in front of the Africa Southeast Area office is a Koi pond.  It is a great attraction for the children who come to visit the temple which is right next door.  These guys must have watched those fish for nearly an hour.

Jeff and Marge Clayton will be returning home next week. He has served as Area Legal Counsel for nearly 3 years. We had a little luncheon at Olives and Plates a local restaurant. Jeff is at head of table, Marge to the left and on the right is their granddaughter who came out for a visit. Bryan Jackson (red head on right) will be taking Jeff's place. Also working in the office is Bruce Wilson as Associate Area Legal Counsel with his wife on right.  Next to Mom on left is my secretary Dorcus. She has recently been called to be the new Primary President for the Pretoria, South African Stake for the Church.

Mom loves Olives and Plates for the deserts.

So does Marge Clayton. They are both very happy at the moment.  The restaurant is in an old Dutch Farm House. Notice the wooden ceiling beams. Olives and Plates is located on the campus of Witswaaterrand University here in Johannesburg and is used as part of their culinary school.

On June 3, 2014, Mom and I flew from Johannesburg through Lasaka, Zambia to Blandtyre, Malawi. This is photograph of landing at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, Lasaka.  Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia as it became independent from England in 1964.

From Lasaka, we followed the Zambezi River east towards the Indian Ocean. The Zambezi is the largest river in Africa, which flows into the Indian Ocean. It's about half the length of the Nile.

Coming into Blandtyre, Malawi. The rainy season will not start until September so things were dry.

Lots of interesting places to eat in Blandtyre but I passed on the Ku Station Restaurant.

As in other places, I've traveled to in Africa, people are always selling coal. They use it for cooking and keeping warm.

This is a furniture manufacturing operation. These men are sewing couch covers.

I had come to Blandtyre to settle a lawsuit. This is John Blanda one of the attorneys I was dealing with. Initially he wouldn't smile but....

When we started to talk about golf, John Blanda was all smiles. It seems he's a pretty good golfer.  All advocates in Malawi will, when attending court, wear the hair piece, black suit and black robes. During the summer it's an incredibly hot outfit to keep on and there's no air conditioning in Malawi.

This is the original Town Hall of Blandtyre, Malawi. Blandtyre was started by missionaries of the Church of Scotland in 1876. It was named after the small village of Blandtyre, Scotland, the birthplace of missionary explorer David Livingstone. 

Anyone want to invest in this place?

During the winter months of Africa, everyone is burning their fields.  It creates a lot of pollution; and when you're driving, sometimes it's difficult to see the road.

Women selling beans on the roadside as we drove to Lake Malawi.

We had lunch at Club Makokola, which is located on the western shore of the southern end of Lake Malawi. From Blandtyre it was a 3 1/2 hour drive.

Lake Malawi was originally named Lake Nyasa by David Livingstone. It is the 3rd largest and 2nd deepest lake in Africa. It's the most southern lake in the eastern African rift.  The rift is where two teutonic plates are separating and pulling Africa apart.

Mom found some shells as we walked the shoreline.

To my amazement, along came two fellows on standup surfboards.

The boards were actually old sailboards which no longer had sails.

These are my new friends, Friday and Patrick. You'll notice Patrick's board on the right has been broken in half and only the top lamination is keeping it together.  Friday made his paddle from a long stick and a piece of wood. 

This was a beautiful place to have lunch.

You can just barely make out the fellow on the roof. He's re-thatching the roof.

The seasonally dry countryside of Malawi.  Sometimes they refer to Malawi as "The Warm Heart of Africa."

Lots of bicycle traffic on the roads of Malawi.

This is a bicycle taxi, Malawi style. The backseat cushion is not as comfortable as it looks.

Selling dried fish from Lake Malawi.

To my surprise, we found The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints out in the countryside. 

We also found the Mormon Missionaries teaching. This young Elder is from Temecula, California.

A welcome sign along the road between Blandtyre and Lake Malawi.

The face of Africa. There is faith and hope and so much love in this place.

On May 25, 2014 Kamryn and Roger boarded a flight back to Los Angeles while Mom and I boarded a flight to Cape Town, South Africa. From the 26th to 28th we attended the 2nd Annual Law & Religion Symposium Africa sponsored by Brigham Young University and held at Stellenbosch, a university town just outside of Cape Town. There were numerous religious ministers, university professors and Church authorities present. After the Symposium ended, Mom and I drove into Cape Town. I got Mom to ride a ferris wheel. This is picture taken in the ferris wheel cab looking toward the Table Bay Hotel and a part of Table Bay.

Picture from the ferris wheel looking toward Table Mountain and the main downtown area. On left is Devil's Peak. Notice the table cloth on Table Mountain.

Cape Town is the 2nd largest city in South Africa. Originally started by the Dutch East India Company on April 6, 1652 as a supply station for its trading ships heading to and from East Africa, India and the Far East.

We met up with Collette Lowe Burgoyne and her daughter in law, Sasha for dinner. I first met Collette and her parents Rex and Pat Lowe when I was a young missionary serving in Cape Town in 1968.

I was able to find the first surf shop in South Africa. It is located in Muizenberg a small city located down toward Cape Point. Yes, this is a "selfie".

The Corner Surf Shop was established in 1972.

Muizenberg sits on the west end of False Bay. The Bay is well known as a home for great white sharks. You're looking at approximately 15 miles of a sandy beach called the birthplace of surfing in South Africa.

You can find the music of Africa everywhere. These fellows were singing near Simons Town on the Cape Point.

This is a picture of the granite slab located in the center of the Voortrekker Monument. The sun shines through a hole in the top of the monument every December 16th directly on to the words, "Ons Vir Jou Suid Afrika", the Dutch pioneers of South Africa believed these were the words of God saying, "We are for you South Africa."