Today: 6:30 am Woke up.  Slid into my hiking shoes.
7:30 am
Met all the missionaries from Durban North and Berea at the chapel, drove to the Kloof Gorge Trailhead.
8:30
Started up a trail
8:32
Made it to the end.  What??  Short hike!  We found the right trail, and started up again.
10:30
We got to the bottom of the gorge.  I was in front feeling cathartic in my muddy chacos and ROMA cap.  Then we followed the river up to the HUGE waterfall.  Our crazy Zone Leader then proceeds to climb up the waterfall, at least 50 feet high, but not anything like Bridal Veil.  It's like a big wet granite mossy staircase.  We all followed with varying agility and some near-death experiences.
12:00 noon
Made it up to the top of the waterfall, and then found the trail up at the top and walked to the parking lot.

Yeah.  It's been a good morning.  I even have scrapes and scratches on my arm to prove what a good district activity it was!

Anyway, things are going well here.  My companion is 7 feet tall, quiet, stable and funny as heck.  We get along great.  Our boarding has an ant problem, but a nice couch.  We go running every morning.  The ward is full of the funniest people ever.

Funny story #1: There's a very very very LARGE woman in the ward, I'll call her Sister F.  She's funny, too.  Anyway, we're all sitting in Relief Society and we're talking about promptings of the holy Ghost and how the crap hits the fan when you don't obey those promptings.  Sister H. tells a story about how she ignored a prompting and then her life fell to pieces.  Sister C. tells a story about how she ignored a prompting to open the window on a crowded bus and then she fainted.  Then Sister F. raises her huge arm and tells a story that goes like this, "A few years back I made myself a peanut butter and jam sammy.  The Holy Ghost told me to stop eating, but i kept eating.  Again, it said, 'stop eating,' and I didn't stop.  And now look, I've got a horrible weight problem."  The whole room exploded in laughter.

Funny Story #2:  I know I'm serving in Africa, but five minutes of my mission this week were in Japan.  I met 4 Japanese girls walking down the street.  They were visiting a Toyota factory here for 3 days...I know...hahahaha!  Anyway, they were funny and took a bunch of pictures.  Hopefully they'll email me some.  It was so random.  I got homesick afterwards for Becca.  They almost lost it when I used all the Japanese words I knew.

Funny Story #3:  Know how I'm not a big card game fan.  But the other day we got in early (since we're not allowed to be out after dark) so we played Phase 10 and Skip-bo.  I felt bad.  I kept winning and winning and winning.  Sister Ison got pretty mad.  She then beat me with a Braai stick.  just kidding.  But she was mad.

Okay, that's enough.   I miss you so much.  I am slightly homesick this week.  I REALLY miss my Xan.  And Snelgroves Burnt Almond Fudge Ice cream.  And Watermelons.  And cool dry Utah nights.  But meanwhile I see monkeys while I'm tracting, and I just hiked a gorge and a waterfall, and I have CDs of Zulu Gospel music.  So I'm okay.

I love you.

Love,
sister katie louise davis

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