28 May 2010

28 May 2010 – Friday

I forgot to mention the one problem we had yesterday. After the workmen had all left, I could not find the extra set of house keys. Both sets had been in use during the morning and I thought perhaps someone had accidently taken them. After we looked about everywhere we thought they could be, I called and asked if they happened to have them and they said they did not. So that led to more looking until it was time to leave. I was worried that one of the helpers might have picked them up and could get into the house. Of course the alarm would go off but even in a few minutes they could take computers, etc.

When we got home for the evening everything was fine and more searching did not turn up the lost keys. I decided that the next day I would get someone up to change the locks. Since I am writing this on Friday morning I can report that as I walked out to take out the rubbish bin for pickup, there glittering in the morning sun were the keys. They were lying in the sand just off the walkway. I do not see how we did not see them earlier and a thought came that perhaps Rob found them later in his pocket and tossed them there. However they appeared this morning, I count it as another of the Lord’s tender mercies. It is a good way to start the day.

Later in the morning we received a call from Solo Mthalane saying that the letter from the area that he needed to return ASAP still has not arrived. I called Joburg and the brother said that he would email the letter to us so we could print it and get it to Solo.

Our first stop of the day was to visit President Vilane. It was good to see him being able to walk around the house but he is a long ways from being well. I went through the order for next year’s supplies so I can turn it in. Three of the branches need very much because they do not have SS so they just need a few things for Primary, YW and YM. From there we went to see mama Zulu and take her some used clothing that we were given. She was happy to get it because she can sell it or use the material to make other things.

As we were leaving mama Zulu’s we got a call from the Esikhawini elders saying that they had locked the keys in the car and did we have a spare. Usually that would have meant going back to our boarding and getting the keys but because we had seen the Davises just a couple of days ago about what spare keys we had, Mary still had them in her purse. So we were able to drive to the KFC in Empangeni and solve their problem. Since we were already there we had our lunch at the KFC.

We drove back to our boarding to load up for Youth at Esikhawini. We decided to take the banana stalk that the Mickelsen’s had given us because the bananas were ripening very quickly. It is a good thing that we went to Youth because the YM had no representatives there and sister Nyawo is still too new to really take charge. So we had a short lesson on the theme – they still have not learned it – and then played some gospel related games. There was a good turn out today. A number of non-LDS young men who are really too young show up because they like the games and the treats. I am going to suggest that the elders drop by regularly if possible to see who is coming and who is not. We drove home in the semi-darkness that comes early in the winter.

I forgot to mention that the other day we finally got to see a cane field burning. It was a very large field and I am not sure that it did not get out of hand. It was right along the road from the John Ross to Esikhawini  and it was dark enough that the flames flashed against the sky. Unfortunately there is almost always a cloud of smoke hanging over the landscape. It clears up when the wind comes up but it is still not a nice sight.



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