We know where we'll be living. It's in the same building as the first 9 months of our last mission. The apartment complex is called Dukes Court and was built in the 50's. There are just over one hundred "flats" in this complex and the Church owns about 25% of them. We understand that the church's demand for flats in this building is so great that they have had to lease some additional flats and that we will be assigned to one of the leased units.
Last time we lived in flat number 313. This time we will be one floor lower in flat 219. As a point of interest floors in South Africa are counted like they are in Europe. So by U.S. measuring we will actually be on the 3rd floor of the building. This building is a secure builing in that the doors on both ends of the building are locked and are manned by security guards 24x7. Parking is below ground and is also security controlled with electric gates.
Across the street from our building is a very nice small indoor mall, where one can do their primary shopping for for all the basics. The Killarney Mall has a very nice PickNPay supermarket. It also has some fast food restaurants and some nicer restaurants. There is a drug store, a stationery store, a hardware store, electronics store, clothing stores, and typical shops that one would find in a mall in the U.S.
Going back to an area that we know will be nice in that we know what to expect and know how to take care of our basic needs right away. The bad thing is that this area is very close to downtown and as such is more dangerous than the suburbs where we spent the last 9 months of our previous mission.
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