Monday, May 2, was a day off for Workers Day, which is celebrated May 1.  Since it was a holiday, Larry was able to rest a bit more after being so sick.  Besides resting, he was also able  to do work on the antenna upgrade from home and then in the evening, we visited with some of our ‘old’ friends in their home before they left the next morning.  A blessing to have the time to fellowship!

New building across from Mormond Electric. Mall, Offices, Parking,

Tuesday, Larry went to the transmitter site to work.   I went to town with Ingrid Clarke.  She was working in our office, so I walked from there to some shops to pick up a few things I needed.  While I was out, I decided to stop by King Pie for something to eat.  I was purchasing a pie and the young man asked me if I were Mrs. Hynd.  Mrs. Hynd has been in heaven for quite a few years, but I am probably about the age she was when this young man last saw her. I explained that I was not Mrs. Hynd and that she had been gone for quite a few years. But he still thought I looked like her.   So, as we were talking, he asked how old I was and when I told him, the girl working there, acted surprised and said that I looked 50 or even 40 (I thought that maybe they wanted me to buy more food and were giving me compliments)  and then they wanted to know if I worked out.  Ha!  Then they asked if my children were here and if my husband was here.  When I explained that all our five sons , who were all born in Swaziland, were in the United States, their response was, “Hauw, so many children!  You people only have two!”

Mormond Electric

Then they wanted to know who was taking care of us, if all our children were in America,  who was doing the cooking and washing and cleaning. When I explained that I did my own, they were quite surprised,  and didn’t look as though they believed me.  It’s not unusual to have these types of conversations with people here in Swaziland.

Wednesday, we moved to another house.   We had packed most of our things Tuesday evening and  then were up at 5:00 a.m., Wednesday morning instead of our usual 5:30 a.m. to get most of our things moved over to the other house. Larry made several trips early that morning and after he left for work, I finished up and washed the sheets and towels and did a quick cleaning of the house we were leaving.

Thursday, was another holiday, Ascension Day.  The church we are attending, combined with

Wash day

another church met together at a farm.  We had a service in the morning, which included the dedication of the farm to be used in a way pleasing to our Saviour.  After the service, the children played games, the ladies prepared the food and the men moved the tables to the shade and we were ready to eat.  After the most

Beautiful scenery

delicious meal with all kinds of food (my favorites are the curries), we had a nice walk down to the river where the young ones and the young at heart played in the water.

We headed home around 2:00.  On the way home we stopped by the Luke Commission, a mobile medical mission, and had a brief tour.

We found out on Wednesday that we were going to have a house guest for the night on Thursday. We were

Braai Food

surprised, but I just made up the spare bed and made sure there were towels and we were ready.  She was traveling with an international group of six people from our Cary,  South Carolina headquarters. I did not have to plan meals.  The Schillers put on a braai for all of us, twelve adults and five children.  It was wonderful. Besides all the meat, we had mealie pop which is a white corn mush, a spinach sauce and a tomato sauce to eat with it plus a baked bean, banana and mayonnaise dish that was quite tasty, salad and  dessert of two types of cake and custard to pour over it. I am probably forgetting something, but we did enjoy it all even after the huge picnic fare.

Friday – We enjoyed our house guest.  After breakfast we walked around the compound. enjoyed the view and the beautiful weather.  We picked a little tangerine type orange from a tree, which she enjoyed and picked up some granadilla  and took pictures.

Tree by the river at picnic

Four tables of food

When we came back to the house, she got to taste and enjoy her first granadilla and eat some fresh Swazi avocado. They were off to Malotja Game Reserve, where they will spend the night before heading back to Johannesburg.

More picnic photos  (Will post more later)