Some of you may or may not know that over fifty-five years ago as a scrawny green behind the ears nineteen-year-old, I served as a missionary for our Church for two and a half years in South Africa and in what was then known as Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). After serving in the Philippines as senior couple missionaries for a little more than twenty-one months, Marcia and I have accepted an assignment to the Africa South Area. Our Philippines mission was scheduled to end in February of 2025, but with this re-assignment we will now return home from South Africa in