02 June 2009 – Wednesday

I was out of the house early to go to the Nissan dealer to try and get our boot latch fixed. Unfortunately they did not have the part but they did manage to tie the boot down in such a way that it is closed and the rain will not get in. However we will have to put all our many different bags of supplies in the back seat instead of the boot.

Mary stayed home so if the garage door man came she could let him in. He did not arrive until after I returned home and of course he could not solve the problem so he took the whole thing out so he could take it to the folks who sold it in the first place. If we did not know that another couple should be coming here in August, I would just tell him to forget it.

We were late to DDM at Empangeni but managed to be there in time for the lesson on how to introduce the Book of Mormon to an investigator. It was interesting to hear the missionaries tell all the different ways that they have used. The one I liked best was where they would use it to answer questions and then put it away until finally the investigator asked what they were reading from and could they have one to read.

After lunch we went to Esikhawini and visited a number of members and gave them some pictures we had printed on Monday. We were encouraged when sister Malinga said that she would see us at church on Sunday. Sister Tembe is reading the Christ Ideals for Living book we left a week or so ago. She is determined to be able to walk well enough to go back to work.

We stopped by the chapel and found president Vezi coming out of the gate. We stopped and talked about a number of things including the District Council meeting that we thought we were having tonight. I also told him about President Mann wanting to meet with the presidency when he was in RB tomorrow. This was followed by a number of calls that worked out some details and we found out that the District Meeting was to be changed to tomorrow night. It was a blessing that we ran into president Vezi when we did.

President Mann called to tell us that he would not be staying with us on Thursday night but needed to get back to Durban to take care of some problems that came up. This included being with Sister Mann who is having some complications with an operation she recently had for an abscess. It seems that the last month of their mission is going to be somewhat of a trial for the Manns. But they both have great spiritual strength and very positive attitudes so I am sure they will come through it fine.

When we did get home, I found myself taking a nap before dinner. I am starting to think I am getting old! We are starting to use up the food in the pantry so our meals are sometimes rather unusual. Tonight it was soup and left over macaroni and cheese.

In the evening I called Tom and talked to him about lots of things including if we should buy an I-pad and if so which one. He agreed with Mike that we should get a Wi-Fi model with 64G and so he is going to order it and load it with books and movies for us to catch up on when we get home.

Winter is certainly quickly approaching as it is very cool and leaning towards plain cold in the mornings. The South Africans are all wearing coats and sweaters but I am sticking to just a short sleeve white shirt. Brad Hafen wrote us that it was approaching 100 in Southern Utah. Sister Swazi-Wilson will love it when they get home tomorrow or the next day. Elder Wilson will be turning up the air-conditioning.