Had a good day in the house of the Lord at the Evangelical Bible Church of Manzini. Pastor Deon’s message was from Isaiah 6:1-6 on how we should come into the presence of Almighty God. Today’s Christians want a ‘comfortable’ God, when we should come to Him aware of our inadequacy and sinfulness in His Holy Presence. The service started at 9am and was over about 11:15am.

We stopped by the pharmacy after church to pick up a ‘prescription’ for Virginia. Most of the common prescription medications we get in the U.S. can actually be picked up from the ‘chemist’ without a prescription here. I did try to get azithromycin (the only thing that workd for my sinus infection and was told that is a strong antibiotic and needs a prescription.

We did some shopping at the Hub Pick-N-Pay supermarket for some things for our trip this week. Also bought a sub sandwich and some salad from the deli for lunch–enough for both of us for about $2.50.

On the way home we stopped to top off the car with petrol (gasoline) in preparation for the trip. A petrol attendant fills up the tank for you and even washes the windows. You don’t even need to get out of your car. Isn’t that how it used to be about 60 years ago in the U.S.?

This afternoon a cold wind came up, so we decided to build a fire in the fireplace. Not sure about other houses here, but our wood roof trusses pop and squeak loudly in the wind and as they warm up or cool down throughout the day. It may be associated with the all wood ceilings. At first it was rather startling, but we are getting used to it now.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a windy cool and cloudy day with a high of about 62F. That is the predicted high with sunny skies for Thursday when we plan to be at Tendele Chalets (Royal Natal National Park) in the Drakensburg. The altitude there is about 5,400 feet. The low temperatures are predicted to be about 40F for the two nights we’re there.