Virginia under bougainvillea at Guava Gallery

Today was a busy day.  Lorraine had a doctor’s appointment in Mbabane, so after doing three loads of laundry and hanging them out on the line, we took off up the mountain.  Her appointment was at the same clinic where Samuel and Joshua were born (our grandson Mark was also born there). It is undergoing quite a facelift.  It now has nice tile floors and tile half way up the walls.  They have a new brick paved entrance and exit and paved parking lot.  They are building on a new entrance that has a lot of nice glass windows.  It also looked very clean.

After our stop at Mbabne Clinic, we went to lunch at the Guava Gallery.  We had mushroom omlets for lunch with a salad and homemade bread.  Besides having a little eating place, Guava Gallery sells hand made jewlery.  They use silver and gold and make their own design sometimes incorperating gem stones.  So far I haven’t spent any money there!.  They also have beadwork, painting and other crafts for sale.   The  bougainvillea lined veranda where we ate has a lovely view of a mountain in Milwane Nature Park.

After we left the Guava Gallery we stopped at a Pick and Pay shopping mall.  We didn’t go into the Pick and Pay, but visited some of the small shops around it.  They were quite interesting and I bought a big bag of macadamia nuts for one dollar.  Now for the fun of cracking and eating them.

We took the “old road” back to Manzini. It was fun to see familiar land marks.  We then stopped at the bulk food store and priced some items for the two big meals we are catering next week. Next Tuesday, I think I will be going to a Bible study.  It was canceled for today.  Please pray that I will be an encouragement to those I meet and will tknow and take the opportunities given me to share Christ.