11 April 2010 – Sunday

Mary had an early appointment to get her incision re-packed so we were out of the house by 6:15. It took longer than we expected but even so we were the first ones there for Esikhawini’s PEC meeting. I had told President Nyawo that we would not be picking him up but a little before 8:00 I called to find out where he was. It turned out he was having a problem getting a taxi so I went and got him after all.

After PEC we stayed and had sacrament meeting there. It is too bad we do not get to meet with the members of the branch more often. They are a great group of people but we do not know them as well as we should. The attendance was very low – hopefully because it was the last day of the vacation.

After sacrament we went to Enseleni. The number of primary age children that showed up was amazing. They just kept coming in – mostly after the meeting had started. But this is not unusual since most of the adults come late also. By the time sacrament was over there were about 60 attending – about half of which went to the primary.

President Baldwin was the District speaker and he gave an excellent talk on service. He is one of the best speakers I have heard and most of it is done without referring to his talk or notes. Included in his talk were parts on patience and diligence – the two areas of the resent General Conference that I found especially important to me.

I went to AP lesson and as usual enjoyed it very much. Khulekani does a very good job of teaching. He works very hard at getting everyone involved in the lesson. He asks lots of questions and if someone is not participating he will ask one or two to them.

After the meeting I made it a point to go and thank the Primary teachers for the way they work with the 25 or more children they get each week. They are really amazing young women.