It is amazing how easy it is to get behind in my journal keeping.
Friday was spent getting a lot of things ready for Youth meeting at Esikhawini and the many things that we have to do on Saturday.
We thought that most of the Mutual time at Esikhawini would be taken up with writing the roadshow but it turned out that two show up with good scripts and decided with the one Mary had written, they only needed to meet on Saturday and do some combining. So we spent the rest of Mutal working on the Articles of Faith and playing some games. We were really surprised when some of the youth brought treats for after the meeting – a true first. It looks like the new YW president is really going to make a difference in the branch youth.
I did get one other surprise. At one point Mary said “We need to take a break. Elder Pier is in charge of games.” Since Elder Pier had no idea that he was in charge of anything, I did some quick thinking and came up with a couple of games that got them outside and reduced their energy level.
Saturday was full for us. It started with the three roadshow writers and a couple of other people getting together and coming up with a finished script. Mary had taken her computer so she could type it up right there. After their meeting I took Mary over to Port Durnford so she could do the same thing there and I hurried back to do some training with the new counselor in the presidency. Although he bunked me – that is he did not show up – I blame myself for not calling him. I did not duplicate the mistake with my next training session and called to make sure the elder’s president was coming. We had a good hour of training. Brother Nkhosi is very teachable and wants to do his calling well. Hopefully over the next few months with the Lords help we can fully train him for his important calling.
After that meeting I dashed back to Port Durnford where Mary had met with Gabi and they had written the script for their roadshow. We immediately headed back to Esikhawini where we had schedualed an English class. Although many people showed interest last week, no one showed up. So we stayed for 30 minutes and then left.
Earlier we had called the Bartholomews and arranged to meet them for dinner at a Thai restaurant. We did not know exactly where it was but managed to a meeting place and then follow them to the restaurant. It was right down on the water over-looking the small boat harbor. The food and service was excellent and so was the view. We had a great time talking about what went on this week and what we hoped would go on in the coming weeks. We took a full 2 hours to eat and talk, it was a good way to end a rather busy Saturday.