08 Aug 2010
Elder Blackburn was in meetings all day, I get to stay home after our block of meetings.

09 Aug 2010
Had to take a Bakki to the border and meet the Mission mechanic; trying to get all the trucks fixed up and running good.  This took all day.  We are driving a small car while the missionaries have our bakki.  We don't dare let them have the small car.

11 Aug 2010
Mbabane district meeting, Elder Black made cheerio (rice chrispies) for the elders today;  We were asked to go to a meeting with the Mbabane Elders to teach a family; the father is a little reluctant but wants the family to participate.  We went to the meeting and met the family; there was a great deal of love in the family for the children and the children for the father and mother; the children were 3 girls of young adult age and a boy who was not there. the father had a great testimony of prayer and was challenged to pray about the Priesthood, prayer and sealings of families and they were challenged to go to Church on Sunday; they accepted both challenges;

12 Aug 2010
Went to the border again today to exchange the small car for the last bakki.  All trucks are fixed, painted and running like new.  Hope the Elders keep them that way.  We drove into South Africa and took the road that runs along Swaziland's southern border.  Found a grocery store in Pongola and bought some real ham.  We had a ham sandwich while driving and it sure was good.  We drove through high mountains with pine trees and valleys with beautiful rivers. We saw women washing clothes at roadside wells and a woman carrying a big door on her head and my camera battery was dead so did not get the pictures I wanted to.  When we got home we had an email from Pres Von Stetten inviting us to Durban in October to meet 3 General Authorities, Jeffrey Holland from quorum of 12, Elder Snow of Presidency of 70s; also Elder Koelliker of the 70s. Was a great day.