2019 July 18-Aug 9 Interviews

18 July 2019, Thursday

At Pimville Flat with Glen Ridge and Protea Glen area:

l-r: Elder Gaigulo, Elder Garcia, Elder Previatti, Elder Mwiyawanoka, Elder Taylor, Elder Dupaix 

Sister Leavitt, Elder Gaigulo, Elder Garcia, Elder Previatti, Elder Mwiyawanoka, Elder Taylor, Elder Dupaix 

We drove to Kagiso 2 flat with Kagiso 1 area:

Elder Campos, Elder Mills, Elder Chifarimba, Elder Sande, Sister Leavitt 

We drove to Munsieville flat with Krugersdorp area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Muh, Elder Yasa, Elder Hamilton,

Elder Dos Santos 

Sister Leavitt, Elder Muh, Elder Yasa, Elder Hamilton,

Elder Dos Santos 

19 July 2019, Friday

We drove to Roodepoort flat with Welteverden/Rumsig area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Romney, Elder Leavitt, Elder Williams, Elder Baldiviezo 

We drove to Randfontein flat with Rustenburg and Phokeng areas:

Elder Briggs, Elder King, Elder Kunjuzwa, Elder Nielsen, Elder Manzini, Elder Flynn 

Drove to mission office for staff meeting at 4 pm.


20 July 2019, Saturday

We drove to Nelspruit (4 hrs) to Elder and Sister Groesbeck's flat for a visit.

We drove over to the Nelspruit flat with KaNyamazane area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Blaauw, Elder Silva, Elder Cressler, Elder Neeley 

23 July 2019, Tuesday

We drove to Kwa-Thema 1 flat with Kwa-Thema 2 area:

Elder High, Elder Bete, Elder N. Rocha, Elder Mathenjwa, Sister Leavitt

We drove around to the Tskane 1 flat with Tskane 2 area: 

Sister Leavitt, Elder Newell, Elder Mendes, Elder Papenfuss, Elder Reeves, Elder Burlaka, Elder Rea

We drove to the Springs flat:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Robison, Elder Lubelwana 

24 July 2019, Wednesday

We drove to Secunda 1 flat with Secunda 2 (Embalenhle) area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Bishop, Elder Bird, Elder Randrianary, Elder Julander

We drove to Ezulwini, Eswatini (crossing the border pretty quick--20 minutes) to the Sr. Missionary flat next to Ezulwini area complex and flat:

Elder Bogosavac, Elder Boshoff and Sister Leavitt

25 July 2019, Thursday

We went back to the senior missionary flat after zone conference and meeting with our assistants before they returned to Joburg and cleaning up.

We did interviews and training with Nhlangano area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Kisembo, Elder C. Lee 

26 July 2019, Friday

We drove to Manzini to the Ngwane Park flat with Fairview area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Barnum, Elder Santos, Elder Matayaunga, Elder Delvaux

We drove to Mbabane to the Sidwashine flat with Mbabane area. Elder Lopuliak made delicious Borscht for us as he departing gift:

Sister Leavitt, Elder van Thiel Berghuys, Elder James, Elder Walker, Elder Lopuliak 

30 July 2019, Tuesday at the mission home:

After our departing Elders Papenfuss, Bowen and Burlaka ate breakfast and left, Joburg 1 and Joburg 2 areas came:

Elder Hess, Elder Molteno, Elder Odro, Elder Daniels 

Germinston and Katlehong areas:

Elder McAllister, Elder Shaffer, Elder Andrews, Elder Baldiviezo, Sister Leavitt

Eastfield and Vosloorus areas:

Elder Steiner, Elder Austen (pulled a back muscle so heating it), Elder San Pascual, Elder Neuenschwander, Sister Leavitt 

31 July 2019, Thursday

After breakfast with departing Elder and Sister Fugal and Elder Lopuliak and they had left, Cosmo City, Fourways and Randburg  areas came first:

Elder Witts, Elder J. Smith, Elder Kani, Elder Carlson, Elder Mercado, Elder Clawson 

Cosmo City, Fourways and Sandton areas came:

Elder Mtyobile, Elder Rodrigues, Elder Sol, Elder Andrus, Elder Hlatshwayo, Elder Steiner 

2 August 2019, Friday

We drove to Daveyton 3 flat with Daveyton 1 & Daveyton 2 areas:

Elder Wailagala, Elder Bonfim, Elder Leterme, Elder Nelson, Elder Daybell, Elder Ricks, Sister Leavitt

Went to Etwatwa 1 flat with Etwatwa 2 area:

Elder Bah, Elder Mumford, Elder Nganda, Elder A. Smith, Sister Leavitt 

We went to Mayfield flat with Rynfield area:

Elder Thornton, Elder Mlenze, Elder Eldredge, Elder Stoddard, Elder Osmond, Sister Leavitt

5 August 2019, Monday

Discovery and Florida 1 areas came to the mission home:

Elder Willison, Elder Flood, Elder Jolley, Elder Mpapa, Sister Leavitt

After their interviews and training, Elder and Sister Rees and Elder and Sister Truman came. We all ate dinner and had a mission staff meeting. Our office elders and assistants and Elder and Sister Truman did the dishes while President Leavitt interviewed Elder and Sister Rees and then Elder and Sister Truman. We finished late. I didn't take any pictures--and no one reminded me.

6 August 2019, Tuesday

We drove to Orange Grove flat with Bedfordview and Alexandra areas.

Sister Leavitt, Elder Ndlelo, Elder Ncwadi, Elder B. Rocha,

Elder Bindrup, Elder East, Elder Harr

We drove to Centurion 1&2 flat with Rabie Ridge and Midrand areas: 

 Sister Leavitt, Elder Rash, Elder Nocanda, Elder Rodgers,
Elder Pickford, Elder Ellaso, Elder Gabriel

We had a few extra interviews and a baptismal interview squeezed into the day so we arrived home at 9 pm. Just after arriving, we had two of our favorite Eswatini leaders, Nathi Dlamini and Xolani Sithole arrive and eat dinner with us and sleep at the mission home. I am thankful for freezer left-overs!


7 August 2019

After breakfast with our guests and packing for three days, we drove to Ennerdale flat with Orange Farm area.

Sister Leavitt, Elder Kirby, Elder Pereira, Elder Ondrecek,

Elder Reidhead

We drove to Sebokeng flat with Sharpeville area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Vaughan, Elder Jente, Elder Kireta, Elder Maylett

We drove to the Vanderbijlpark flat with Vereeniging area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Almeida, Elder Durrant, Elder Gcwabe, Elder Foward 

We had dinner and a great visit with Elder and Sister Oliver. We slept in Vereeniging.


8 August 2019, Thursday

We drove to Carletonville flat with Khutsong area:

Elder Banda, Elder Davis, Elder Green, Elder Rattana, Sister Leavitt

We drove to Potchestroom 1 flat with Potch 2 area:

Elder Earl, Elder Austin, Elder Dakuiyau, Elder Truman, Sister Leavitt 

We drove to Klerksdorp flat with Jouberton area:

Elder Pueblo, Elder Harris, Elder Nalesoni, Elder Thompson, Sister Leavitt

We stayed the night in Klerksdorp at the senior missionary flat from which the Fugals recently departed. WE ARE WISHING FOR MORE SENIOR COUPLES TO COME HELP IN SOUTH AFRICA--hint, hint!!!

9 August 2019, Friday

We drove to Kempton Park flat:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Egay, Elder Atkinson

We drove to Tembisa 2 flat with Tembisa 1 area:

Sister Leavitt, Elder Tobiasson, Elder Jangard, Elder Souza, Elder Esele

We went over to Birch Acres flat with Hospital View area:

Elder C. Smith, Elder Diniz, Elder Sommer, Elder Mthembu, Sister Leavitt

Because of a few interruptions, we finished at 7 pm and drove the 40 minutes home. Last day of interviews and training this transfer! We have enjoyed our time with our elders and sisters!