Today we drove to Piet Retief in South Africa to take Elder Sessonga and Elder Ng'Anda drove up from New Castle to get him.  They are both going to Durban tomorrow to fly home to their respective countries.  Elder Ng'Anda was so excited to tell us that he has applied to BYU Idaho and is so hoping he will be accepted for the Spring term.

Elder Blackburn, Elder Ng"Anda, Elder Sessonga and Sister Blackburn,  Elder Ng'Anda was in pday clothes because they will be going back to New Castle and delivering clothing the Elders had collected to an orphanage and then do activities with the children.

Yesterday in Church at Ezulwini, Sister Elizabeth Shongwe (the grandmother of all the Shongwe family) came up to Sister Blackburn and said, "that was a good thing you did"; Sister Blackburn said, "what did I do" she then related that the orphanage we took the blankets to was the orphanage she looked after, she volunteers with the Red Cross of Swaziland.  She was so pleased that the Elders and I had taken those blankets to "her children".  This was her Church doing this and she was letting the neighborhood know.  Makes you realize that you should be about good things all the time, you never know who is seeing what you do.
The Ezulwini Elders went with me and played games with the children and helped give out the blankets, english books and hygiene kits.
Tomorrow we are supposed to leave for Richard's Bay and Durban, however Elder Ward will not know his schedule for medical treatment until about 2 PM so we will have to wait to know what our schedule will actually be.