Dear All,
After a wonderful week at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, and 36 hours of travel, we enjoyed 3 amazing days in beautiful Cape Town. We were treated royally while there by the President and Sister Merrill and the two office couples, Elders and Sisters Andrews and Hansen.
On Saturday morning we flew to our assignment area of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape Province. We were warmly welcomed at the airport by our dear and longtime friends, Van and Vicki (President and Sister) Pershing. Van was my close friend in high school and we left for our missions at the same time...52 years ago. (First major miracle, we were able to fit all 5 large suitcases and ourselves into a small Chevy compact!) It is marvelous that we are now able to serve missions together with our wives. Van is the 1st Counselor in the Mission Presidency so he will be directing us...and how great that will be to have him and Vicki assist us!
We attended General Conference broadcasts at the Port Elizabeth Stake Center yesterday and were able to meet quite a few of the members and missionaries here. Each one was extremely friendly, warm and welcoming. Today we will be traveling just outside Port Elizabeth to the Bluewater area were we will be living. Tomorrow we will enter the Motherwell Township, our field of labor, for the first time to meet some of the people there. Motherwell has a population of more than 140,000 very poor but wonderful people. We look forward to meeting the church members and others there and to assist and instruct as those opportunities are found.
South Africa is amazingly beautiful, the people are kind and loving, and we are blessed to be here!
Our love to all!
Elder & Sister Watson
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