Ruth and Virginia looking at a handmade wallet.

In staff meeting we heard testimonies from all three interns — Jonathan from Virginia, Samuel from Canada and Sifiso from Swaziland.

After staff meeting, we picked up Ruth from her home and went shopping at the Manzini Market.  Most of our time was spent at the craft market, but a few vegetable were purchased in the old market building.

For lunch we went to Molly’s House of Grills in the Riverstone Mall.  [I made an error in a previous post by referring to it as the Riverside Mall, although it is beside a small river]  The ladies had fish and chips with salad, which was much less greasy

Looking down from the craft market on the tent booths and ‘garage’ shops — mostly clothes are sold, here with some herbs used by traditional healers.  The taller building in the back left is the vegetable market.

than the Fish O Chips place next door where we ate before.  I had a 1/4 chicken with chips and salad.  The total bill with drinks was about $10.

When Virginia and I got home in the afternoon we both took naps.  With not much break over the weekend, we were both very tired.  Of course, I get more tired after three hours of shopping than a whole day of work!

I spent a couple of hours writing up a report on what we have found out so far about transmitter tube filaments issues.

We had an early supper then stopped by Pick N Pay to get some grocery items on our way to prayer meeting.

Inside the vegetable market, which has remained unchanged in 40 years. Usually it is MUCH busier than this.

Ruth purchased some carrots here. Note that the vendor is wearing a T-shirt with an American flag, probably for a used clothing shipment from the U.S.

Pastor Healy spoke on the little book that Peter ate in Revelation 10: 2, 8-10.  His conclusion was that the little book is the Bible, since it is an open book and made public, unlike the closed and sealed book in Revelation 5

Before turning in for the night, we had a good ‘chat’ with Joyce using  Skype texting.

A sheet metal shop in one of the ‘garage’ shop spill out into the walkways.

This is in Manzini, Swaziland — escalators inside the Riverstone Mall!  Notice that the left one goes up — just like one has to drive on the left side of the road in all of southern Africa.

Ruth and Virginia eating lunch at Molly’s house of Grills. Yes, Coca Cola has been in Swaziland for over 40 years.  It is reported that “Swaziland supplies the Coca-Cola concentrate (the sugary syrup the drink is made from) to most of Africa, big parts of Asia and all of Australia and New Zealand from its industrial plant in Matsapha.”  This accounts for at least 22% of the GDP of Swaziland.