10 September 2009

10 September 2009 – Thursday

Dark rain clouds still cover the sky. I am not going to complain because at least this keeps the heat down.

We spent the morning getting ready for the rest of the day. Not having a working printer or copier means we must figure out what we need and take it down to the RB chapel to print and copy. I guess we will just have to break down and get a new one because it is going to take forever to get ours fixed.

While we were at the chapel the Richards Bay District was having their DDM. We had some of elder Weaver things that we returned. We found out that sister B was at the doctors because she does have Tick Bite Fever…she is certainly going to remember these last 6 weeks. When I called she said it would be fine and I hope she is right.

When we were finished with the copying we headed to Esikhawini and our meeting with President Malinga. I was surprised to see him dressed in his work clothes because it was supposed to be his day off. It turned out that he got a call from work asking him to come in because they were short handed and the man he is replacing has already worked 16 hours straight. But we had time to discuss what I had come to share with him. Hopefully it will help him with his call.

We then went to the Esikhawini chapel where I put up the wall clock that a member donated. It is not going to be of great use because you not really read it from the stand but it will make the donor happy. Then we went through the branch list and tried to make sure our map had every member marked and their name recorded so we can transfer this to our new map. There are still some major questions but we are getting closer.

It was time for lunch and we went to KFC – about the only choice we have in Esikhawini – before heading for Port Durnford and our English class. On the way we stopped and visited Gabi’s mother who is unfortunately dying of cancer. It is so sad to enter the small home with dirt floors where she lay on a thin pallet. She shares the room with her 97 year old grandmother. Mary was inspired to give her a picture of the resurrected Christ and she was very happy to get it. She carefully laid it by her head and kept glancing at it.

When we got to the Nzama’s we were happy to find gogo Nzama feeling much better since she started eating. We had just her and Thandi Nzama for our class as Temba has a new job that keeps him away.

Youth at Port Durnford was rather hectic and of course started late. They were not at their best behavior today. Mary introduced them to two more Articles of Faith and then played a matching gamew with them. After the game I talked to them about the Atonement. We have found that many members do not really understand the atonement and it’s importance. None of the youth really knew why the atonement was important and how the Savior overcame both physical and spiritual death. They really do need more basic teaching and I do not know how they are going to get it without Sunday School and Seminary. It leaves a big hole in their knowledge of the gospel.

We had to stop and get some groceries on the way home so we just beat the sun setting as we drove into the garage. Since summer is coming and the days are getting longer we changed youth back to 4:00 at Port Durnford. It will be interesting to see if that increases attendance.

While I was indexing and about 80% through a batch I decided to darken the highlighter. What I did not know was that to do this the program has to close and of course I lost everything. I learned two things – don’t change highlighter in the middle of a batch and save the work every 10 names. The third thing I learned is that I can still lose my temper at an inanimate object.

Another unusually thing happened tonight. Mary fell asleep on the couch – that is not unusual – and did not wake up and go to bed. Usually when I start turning off lights or moving around she wakes up but not tonight. I ended up turning off all the lights and going to bed with her happily sleeping away. I did leave on the light on her side of the bed so she did not wake up in a completely dark house. She must have really had an exhausting day.

1 3/4 mite day?



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