October 17, 2012

 We headed to East London today for Zone Conference.  We brought with us some of the fixings for a burrito lunch.   We actually arrived before anyone else and didn’t know the gate code, so we just waited outside the gate till others arrived.  Sister Wood knows I am always looking for Karo syrup, so in her travels she had found some and purchased one for me.  How Great!!  Karo syrup is a VERY rare commodity over here.  Sister Fowers in her hurry this morning forgot the frying pan she needed for some of the lunch, so I went with her back to her boarding for this item.  On the way, as we were talking, she missed her exit and ended up in a long line back up in a construction zone.  It took about 30 minutes longer to get to their home.  I figure just another adventure.  Anyway, we got back, finished some preparations, and Rick and I were able to go to President Woods’s presentation.  As always, it was good.  This one was on honesty where he used a clip from Les Miserable to emphasize his point.  After his training, lunch was served, where we finally got a chance to try samp and beans, a traditional staple here.  If it had been spiced up a bit it would have been better but today it was fairly bland.  It rained during our journey to East London and for a while after we got there, but by the time we left zone conference for home, the weather was pretty nice. It wasn’t until we were about 20K from Port Alfred that it started to rain again and it didn’t stop all night.  Actually, it wasn’t raining it was pouring all night.