It was great to be back at the Evangelical Bible Church of Manzini again.  The service lasted from 9 to 11:30am, but it did not seem that long.  Testimonies are a big part of the service and took over 30 minutes before they had to eventually be ‘cut off’.  Pastor Deon titled his message, “Hacking [destroying] the Agags in our life.”  The text was from I Samuel 15 with an emphasis on obeying all the Lord’s commands.  Get rid of ALL the evil influences in our lives, not just most of them!

After church we went to the Sambane restaurant south of Malkerns, next to the Swazi Candles factory.  Their menu was quite short.  Virginia ordered the fish entree.  Mark and I ordered their chicken strips.  It was quite tasty and the price was reasonable.

After dinner we browsed through Swazi Candles and some of the other curio shops.

Larry and Mark in the specialty soap section at Swazi Candles.

We took the long way back to Manzini, via Mankayane, through the man-made forests of Bunya, and Mhlambanyatsi, then via Mbabane.  We made a pit stop at Forester Arms Hotel — www.forestersarms.co.za —  in Mhlambanyatsi and bought soft drinks.  Virginia and I had stayed there a long time ago and the stop brought back some good memories.  In Mbabane, we drove by the Mbabane Clinic — www.theclinicgroup.com/mbabane-clinic — to show Mark where he was born almost 16 years ago.  Our sons, Samuel and Joshua, were also born there when it was still run by Campus Crusade.

It was almost dark when we got home.  It turned out to have been a long day!

We finished up on our McGuiReport, so that it can be emailed to the proofreader when we get to the transmitter site tomorrow.  The internet connection at Mkhaya Bella is way too slow to consider even trying it here.