15 August 2009 – Saturday

I was up early so I could be at the car wash before 7:00. I got there at 6:50 but there were already 2 cars in front of me. That is better than the 4 last week, but if you add the wait time for it to open, I still spent over an hour getting my car washed.

Mary was invited to attend Richards Bay Enrichment meeting this morning so I dropped her off at about 10:00 and went and went to get some prints made. I started to say I dropped off some … what do you drop off when you are using digital images? Anyway a very well versed young lady helped me choose what I wanted copied and told me to come back in an hour.

On the way back to our boarding, I stopped at the Engen station to get some scones and pick up a newspaper for Mary. I could have bought the paper at the mall but I forgot so I swung in to the station because it is right on my way home. As I was checking out the young lady who was helping me looked at my name tag and asked where the church was. Since I never seem to be able to tell anyone the correct street name, I asked for her name and phone number so someone could contact her. I also left her a ‘Plan of Salvation’ pamphlet. I then called the Richards Bay elders – she said she lived in the area – and gave them the name and number so they could contact her later. So my ‘mistake’ in not getting the paper in the mall led to a contact. BTW they did not have the paper at the Engen station but I did get some scones.

I picked up Mary at noon and we went to the mall and picked up the prints. I then went to CNA and got the newspaper. We then hurried to Esikhawini so we would be on time for English lessons. We were just about to give up that anyone was coming and a student showed up. Mary taught her while I sat in the car and read.

Since we did not have any lunch we went to KFC and while we were in line the four elders from the area showed up. We treated them to lunch – I told them that their timing was perfect – and then had them help us gather up a food order that we needed to take out to Port Durnford. As we were doing this, I realized they could take the order and so the whole thing worked out well for everyone. They got a free lunch and we saved a trip to Port Durnford. Reciprocal tender mercies.

When we left the mall – or what passes for one in Esikhawini – Mary felt we should go by and visit sister Mavundla. I thought we should visit others, but Mary felt strongly about it so we went to her house. She was not there, but her husband was and as we talked to him we learned that his wife was not feeling well at all and was at her mothers. I asked if he thought she would like a blessing and he said yes, but he needed to go to work. So I called elder Richey and Mbhiti and they said they would.

We then went over to sister Khumalo’s to try and straighten out her family’s records. We had a nice visit and found that her children had different last names and how we needed to attach them to her. Hopefully by the time we are released the records in the branches will be correct – including addresses and phone numbers.

After that was done it was getting time to leave the township so we headed home for the evening.