Our Previous Second Assignment

This was the office building of our second assignment. It was located in a suburb of Johannesburg called Roodepoort. This location is probably about 15 miles from the Temple in a westerly direction.

We occupied small offices in this building. A good part of the building is not shown in this photo. The rest of the building was occupied by the South Africa Missionary Training Center which includes dormitories, cafeteria, kitchen and classrooms. Included in this large estate was a full size chapel and another office building which housed the Church Education System offices and the area facilities management offices. This area is large enough that many more buildings can be constructed on the grounds.

We worked in our office with two other American couples and the mission president and his wife along with the mission president's two assistants. While working in this office we had the opportunity to attend a Black ward in the townships. Here we made many friends among the non-white population and got an even greater appreciation for the kindness and humility of these wonderful people.

Because of these two assignments of our previous mission we wanted to return to Africa. We look forward to furthering our knowledge of South Africa and meeting and loving the people of the African countries within our assignment.