11 June 2010 – Friday
Just before I woke up I had a dream that I had woke up and could not get any of the lights to come on and I was stuck in the dark. In the dream I realized I was dreaming and actually woke up. I can not decide if I woke up earlier and then went back to sleep, had the dream and then woke up, or did I just have the dream and woke up. It was a strange way to start the day.
Unfortunately I was not dreaming about the phone being dead so I will go in early to MTN and have them try to fix it or get a new one. Seems like a waste with only one month to go but Mary needs her to call me and I certainly need one so I can call others. To add to an interesting morning, the internet is down and it is too early to call Telkom to find out if it is a system problem or just us. I do hope the car starts today.
Called Telkom and after talking to three very nice people, I found that they had a problem in the area. As I was talking to the second agent, I heard what seemed like a party going on in the back so I asked him what was all the noise about. His answer was – it is the World Cup – which goes to show how crazy the next month is going to be around here.
I went to the mall and found that my phone was dead so I bought a new phone and put in my old SIM card. Of course I lost most of my contacts because I did not save them to the SIM card a couple of weeks ago when the spirit told me to. Which shows you should follow the spirit even when it has to do with something as mundane as saving phone contacts.
As I was getting into my car to leave, a couple of young ladies came out wrapped in what looked like a big South African flag. It turned out to be a lightweight blanket of the flag and it only cost R30 at PEP. So I went in and bought 3 to take home as gifts. I may have to go back and get a half dozen or so more before we go.
I spent most of the rest of the day at our boarding working on getting things in order so that the new couple can find things that they need and getting rid of old records, etc. I have accumulated a large amount of old seminary, SS, YW, and YM manuals that I am going to take to RB for them to either add to their supply or give them away.