The speaker at the Evangelical Bible Church this morning was Pastor Paluka Bushu. His message was “If you love and obey God, He will manifest Himself to us” and the text was John 14:15-21 (especially v 21). Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo and due to his unfamiliar accent, we had to really concentrate to follow his message. He, his wife, and three sons had already been in Swaziland for some time last time we were here–six years ago. At that time Paluka and his wife were preparing to move to live with their daughter in the U.S. The sons remained here–one plays the keyboard for services, another son Daniel and his wife run the Bush Pizzeria mentioned in our last Friday blog. Paluka and his wife arrived back for a short visit just this week.

In the afternoon, we were invited for Sunday dinner by Thelma Pierce, so we ended up eating with the Pierce/Young clan at the Bradley Young home. Bradley and his family are now living on the Young farm, where he grew up. His father Chester passed away six years ago, just after our last visit. He was in the hospital then and suffering from cancer.

The Pierce/Young dinners are well know for lots of good food and we’ve partaken of many. The yummy curry dishes are the highlight for us and the other dishes are always delicious. I always try to take a little bit of everything, which means my plate is overflowing. After a couple hours of visiting, the dessert and tea course began. This time there was cake and fresh donuts. We watched the donuts being prepared by two of the Young daughters.

After dessert, photos were taken before heading home, just before dark. It would have been more difficult after dark to avoid scraping the bottom of the car on the long road from the farm.