06 February 2010 – Saturday
Mary still in the hospital…probably will not get out until Monday at the earliest.
I met the Greismers at the KFC at Empangeni and took them to their B&B. They seemed to like it and thanks to some instruction from Elder Mickelsen I was able to put it in their GPS. I then showed them where the elders lived – it was already in their GPS as the Bs boarding. I also took them to the nearby small store where they can get snacks and things if they want them. We put that in the GPS.
Then it was to Engwelezane where they were supposed to teach three members a temple prep class. There was also going to be a social where I thought they could meet some of the members. It turned out their students did not show up and the social did not start anywhere near on time. However they had a nice meeting with the elders and found out some of their concerns and how they might help. After that they went back to their room and took a nap.
The Elders cleaned out the font for a baptism tomorrow. Â It was very hot and the only thing that saved them was that they had a hose to keep them wet. Later it turned out that the child who was going to be baptized was 9 instead of 8 so she will need to be given the lessons and the baptism was put off until the 28th.
I met with President Nyawo about some things. He told me that he was glad that I had warned him a couple of weeks ago that he needed to know each of his YSA because the area is going to focus on them in the coming year. I did not know at the time that the training on Sunday would include the branch presidents going through the lists of their YSA and telling about them. Also because I was visiting Mary, I had not been at the training so it was all news to me. I am just glad he was prepared and I hope that President Vilane was also – I had kind of talked to President Mngadi about this but can not remember if I really stressed the importance.
After I visited Mary from 3-4 I met the Greismers at the mall and we had dinner at Maxis. They told me about their day and we talked some about their work with Employment. They are a great couple and Elder Greismer and I have a great time giving each other a hard time. I found out that they are in their middle 70’s and they were home 5 years between their African missions. I think they will be a real help to the Engwelezane branch.