01 March 2010 – Monday

Before we could drive to Durban to be closer to where we were going for the Couples’Conference, we had to go to the hospital to let the wound nurse work on Mary’s pump. It kept getting clogged and beeping at her. While she was getting that taken care of, I did some shopping.

Since the pump was again functioning and Mary was not too tired we packed up the car and drove to Durban. We went straight to Little Haven and soon after settling in we went to the Griesmers’ boarding to have family home evening with them, the Coxes and the Mickelsens. We watched the scripture discussion on part of Isaiah on BYU TV – I must confess that I still do get very excited about most of Isaiah. I am glad that his writing speaks clearly to many members but other than a chapter here and there, it is all Hebrew to me. Maybe when I get to see him on the other side he will be able to explain what he was saying in simple terms that I can understand.

After the broadcast we had some delicious chili dogs and chips. Our donation was one of our bags of Bugles. When dinner was over, elder Griesmer showed us a card trick that is really very good. I got some pictures of Mary and elder Mickelsen playing – I plan to use them as blackmail material in the future.

After the party broke up we drove back to our boarding and passed the time until the Van Blankensteins who are serving in Lesotho got in. As we were talking we found that sister Van use to live in Gardena and we knew her mother from our time in Torrance North. By then sister Van was married and not there but we knew many of the people in Gardena that she did.