This is the ABSA stadium. Behind it you can sort of see part of the new stadium they are building, which is one of the locations where the World Cup will be played in 2010.

Today, Friday, was mild in the morning, but turned to rain in the afternoon. It didn't spoil the mood though... we had heard that many brothers give away their ties, so Cody spotted this brother from Durban and gave him his. It was a really good moment. If you ever go, be prepared with lots of little gifts. We didn't bring enough so we've been saving some of our lunch and hotel candies to give out. Can't wait to show you the little things the Japanese gave us...so perfectly cute the things they made! Anyway, the generosity displayed is neverending. We learned that the local brothers and sisters coming here walk a mile or so to park so our buses have an area to load and unload. And brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe walk 2-4 DAYS to get to their conventions! That's appreciation! We were tied in to Pretoria and Cape Town today, making the attendance 32,946 total! Sitting in the rain.

New friends from Durban:
Karin,Amelia, and Justin.

Hi guys! (i gave them the blog address)

France and Mexico...

This is for Gail!

Today's theme scripture was Matthew 24:44 where it says "prove yourselves ready". Then they brought out Jehovah's loving kindness is with us everyday, and He is the only One who acts for the one who keeps in expectation of Him. I really love that.

Also brought out that Jehovah and Jesus expect us to be discerning. They know we can be, has given everyone the tools to be. Just kind of a nice note brought out in one of the talks. O, and when they played some of the new songs to sample, all the birds chimed in too. It was funny...got pretty loud!

Something else...the way they say "yes" here is so cute. They say "eeeess" very quietly and from the back of the throat. Practice it out loud. Also, they love KFC! They're all over down here. Cody noticed they say "mind the step" instead of "watch your step", and "tire" is "tyre".

Well, all for now. I'll try to post more tomorrow, unless i need to reserve net minutes. That might happen. Til then, "we are fam - ah - ly"!! ;-) p.s. this is Friday's....i posted Thurs just a lil bit ago...below...