07 July 2009 – Tuesday

It was a day spent running errands and working with the Port Durnford youth. The road shows have taken over our lives. We did a lot of shopping for things we needed for the home and the road shows in the morning. The afternoon was spent at Port Durnford working with the youth on costumes, scenery and other things. At times I wonder if there is any possibility that everything will come together in the next 2 weeks? One good thing about the roadshow is that we have a non-LDS young man painting the scenery. He has great talent and we really needed it.

On the way home we stopped by the Richards Bay chapel so I could see how the outside fixtures had been repaired and to make sure President Mann did not plan to stay with us tonight. We were lucky to catch him between rooms and he said he did not want to bother us. I said to him I was not surprised and that he certainly had a lot on his plate over the next couple of months.

This week end the mission presidency meets with all the branch presidencies for a training meeting. Then next week is All Zone Conference in Durban. Soon after that there is a mission tour with the new Area President and then comes Couple Conference. While all this is going on he has to be preparing for lose 25% of his trained elders and gain the same number of new elders in September and October. Of course there is also the little problem of losing 3 couples in the same period with no replacements in sight. And to think there are people who would like to be a mission president.

In the evening Mary worked on music for the road shows while I fell asleep in the chair. I think I am growing old.