06 January 2010 – Wednesday

We take our time driving down to Durban. We stop at Bolito to do some shopping and have lunch. Unfortunately the grocery store does not have any Dr.Pepper or Bugles. The computer store does not have any 8G memory sticks but they have 4G for 1/3 of what I bought 8G ones just 4 months ago. So I get two 4G sticks for the Elders Kekana and Ketili and save them for R100 less than they expected to pay.

When we call the Mickelsens we find that they are through with their Zone Conference but have PEF business they need to take care of. They suggest the couples get together for dinner instead. We are for that and arrange for them to call us to tell us where and when.

When we arrive at Little Haven the Rawlings are gone. It seems I did not communicate to Grace that we would call if we were not coming. But their helpers are there so they call and are told we can have any room as we are the only guests tonight.

We spend the afternoon relaxing. Sister Mickelsen calls with the information about dinner and luckily I know approximately where it is. I say luckily because the restaurant is not in the GPS. Even with knowing about where it is, I manage to drive pass the exit and must work our way back to the right place.

The Mickelsens, Johnsons, Markums and ourselves are joined by Sister Mann for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The service is a little slow and the food was OK but none of this mattered because we all had a great time talking about the mission and what we were doing. The Johnsons and the Markums will be leaving in February as soon as they train their replacements. Sister Mann mentions that the boys will be going home a couple of weeks before them. This will make it possible for the mission home to have some re-modeling done before the new mission president arrives. It may seem that there is a lot of talk about leaving but none of us are trunky – it is just something to talk about.