21 March 2011
We made two trips to Manzini today to check on things ordered by Couple Missionaries, did our laundry and got ready to leave for New Castle tomorrow.  We will have to take 2 Elders with us since their bakki is not fixed.

20 March 2011
Elder Blackburn went to Ezulwini Branch for 3 hours then to District Presidency Meeting; the Elders had his car so he was really at their mercy.  Sister Blackburn made Penne pasta casserole for lunch, 4 Elders were here and Elder Herrity (from England) said it was the best spaghetti he has ever eaten.  We called Susan and Paul on skype to see how he is doing, he looked pretty good, able to talk reasonably well.  Elders for lunch were Elder Herrity, Elder Henson, Elder Moeta, Elder Mutariswa.  Long day, glad to go to bed.

19 March 2011
Relief Society Birthday party in Ezulwini and all the other Branches; Sister Ntshalitnshali had asked Sister Blackburn to attend Ezulwini since the District Presidency will attent the other branches.  It was very unplanned.  The Relief Society President brough Polony, Bread, bananas, apples for lunch and gave a lesson.  Sister Blackburn thougth it would be like an English Tea so she brought cake and a book mark to give each sister with the Relief Society Code.  The Sisters liked the book mark and the Relief Society President was asked when she held her Presidency Meetings and replied that she had not; she was encouraged to hold one every two weeks and Sister Blackburn would love to attend them; and now is the time to start planning a Christmas activity.  Elders still have our car.

18 March 2011
Started to GeGe and the Elders Bakki broke, we traded for another one and left our car for the Elders to drive while the broken bakki was taken to the shop.  We then continued on our way to GeGe to meet with the Senior Princess.  We took 4 Elders and Brother Malinga with us;also the only other Melchizedek Priesthood holder went too, he is a young man named Musi and has been working with the Elders in GeGe.  We stopped at the orphanage first to assess their needs, then walked over to the Princess's house;  She is 81 years old and is a half sister to the current King; she lives in very humble circumstances; we took a pink blanket, rice, sugar and apples as gifts for her.  She was really pleased with the blanket and when Sister Blackburn curtseyed she was smiling and pleased.  Then Elder Blackburn asked if she would like a Priesthood Blessing and she nodded yes.  The young Elder Musi gave the blessing in SisWati so she could understand it.  This visit gave us the blessing of the Chief, the Princess to go anywhere in GeGe our elders want without harm or harrassment.  A morning well spent.

14 March 2011
We went to Hlane Big Game Park with the Manzini Elders, we always love to go there.  We met some big Rhinos in the road and they would not move, Elder Blackburn revved his engine and they turned to charge the car so Elder Blackburn backed up and hit a tree, broke the tail light on the car, however we did get away from the big, big Rhinos.  So Elder Blackburn ordered the tail light and will not tell Durban anything about it.