May 24 2012

 Each Thursday is the day our cleaning lady comes to clean our flat.  It is so weird to have somebody come to clean our flat. My first instinct is to clean the place up before she gets here. That’s what we have always done, clean up before people come. Her name is Ntombiyakhe Dayile. 

She worked for the Robinsons while they were here, is a single mom with 2 children, is very nice, works hard, does a great job and really appreciates the employment. 

We met today with Elder and Sister Nye now serving their mission in Grahamstown.  They are a great couple from Oklahoma and he is also serving as a branch president there. I needed some financial clerk help and he was able to provide it.  We went to lunch at Guido’s, kind of an Italian restaurant here in Port Alfred.  It serves pizza but also has a good seafood menu.  We all had hake, which seems to be the basic fish here.  They give you two large fillets of hake, squash, cabbage salad and chips (French fries). It’s a lot of food for only R44 about $5.22.  Not bad!  It was nice to visit with another couple for a while and learn from them and get ideas on how to better serve.  Sister Nye will be sending seminary information as I will be teaching it for now.  We only have it once a week here because of the burden it places on families who have no transport, so that won’t be too bad.  The only thing is that we are studying the Old Testament, and Janet has a hard time understanding, let alone teaching Old Testament.  Guess she will learn along with the class.  We will be going out with the missionaries again tonight for some more lessons. Our days really seem to be full.