24 January 2010

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We picked up Elders Vinson and Dishon in Empangeni and took them to Esikhawini for PEC. There we dropped off the elders and after PEC took the District Young Women’s presidency to Port Durnford. After sacrament the members break up into classes. The YW hold theirs under one of the trees. The last picture shows them under the tree and a good shot of one of the buildings on the homestead where one of the YM has a room.

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Two of the young men – Lindani and Lungani – taught Primary under a tree in the front yard. With no more trees available, the PH spread out in the strip of shade along the front of the chapel while the sisters held RS inside. As hot as it was, I am not sure the sisters got a good deal.

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After the Port Durnford meetings we dropped our District passengers off at the Richards Bay chapel to attend one of the two baptisms services that were held today. We then drove up to Enseleni where I took this pictures of four young girls playing a slapping game. It took me a while to realize that what they were chanting was the ABCs in English. After the meetings in Enseleni some of the branch took a taxi down to the Richards Bay chapel where we held a baptism service for a brother – Michael Mini Ntshangase. We thought we were just there to give support but Mary played the organ and since President Vilane was going to do the actual baptism,  I conducted the meeting. I was once again struck by the beauty, simplicity and power of the ordinance of baptism and how this rather simple act changes the candidate’s life forever.

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The latest addition to our boarding and a true tender mercy – Air Conditioning. We expected 12 elders for dinner but was surprised when Elders Lemmon and Reeder brought a guest  – a three foot long snake that came into the house with them. It did not look dangerous but I used the broom and gently escorted it out the door and watched it hurry away across the lawn. After eating, Elders Lemmon and Reeder are calculating their statistics for the week – the stats for the zone were great this week.

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Even Mary got a chance to taste the food she worked so hard to cook for the elders – the last picture in the row show Elders Vinson and Dishon enjoying their food after a great Sabbath day of service. They look different from the shot of them in their suits as they started the day.

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