We came to the beautiful country of Swaziland on last Wednesday. Since then we have had a couples conference, a district conference, and a district development meeting.

We immediately moved into our new boarding. A very nice one bedroom home with a large living room, a very nice sized kitchen, a large walk-in closet and a bathroom. We also have a veranda that runs along one side of the house. We have flowering trees all around the yard so it is quite beautiful. I would love to show you pictures but we do not have an internet connection that is fast enough to allow us to do this.

Of the 7 days we have been here it has rained 4 1/2 of them. But on the days that it was clear we could see that we were in a beautiful green valley with high rocky cliffs in many places.

Yesterday – that is Tuesday – we went out teaching with the missionaries. The first stop was a homestead with five buildings where two recent converts lived. We taught them out under some big trees with a nice breeze. The elders had us join in the discussion of the priesthood responsibilities.

Then we went way out to another area where we taught a first discussion to one woman and also encouraged a less active young lady to come back. I got to give the First Vision part of the lesson and Mary asked a great question to the young lady. This time we taught while sitting on a concrete porch. We sit outside because it is cooler.

Today we went to Mbabane to take part in a district meeting. It was great to sit and hear the missionaries talk about their investigators. One set has 23 at this time with a number having firm baptism dates. The work is really moving forward in Swaziland.

We know that the Lord has sent us here for a special purpose and we will work hard to find out just what that is.