June 12, 2012

Another birthday has arrived!! Just getting closer to when I can sign up for Medicare!!! The Elders brought over a birthday cake for me and had fun lighting the candle.  

We have no matches but finally figured we could use the flame on our propane heater to light the candle.  It worked great. 

We were invited out to lunch by Sister Helen Dell who is a great lady in our branch.  She has very little money, but wanted to do something special for me.  Very Sweet. We went to Guidos, where I think it was more than she expected to pay.  However, Rick paid the bill, and I think she was grateful.

We then went to help teach Sister Van Rensburg, her last lesson. She will be baptized on Saturday .  

Elder and Sister Van Sickle who are another senior couple serving in Port Elizabeth came by our flat on their way to East London.  They are in charge of employment and were helpful to Rick with guidance in that area for the branch.  Unemployment is very high in Port Alfred. 

Next we visited the Kondile’s and the Nteyi families, both are great families. 

Brother Nteyi has been struggling a little lately so we wanted to visit with them.  They are the family who just recently went to the temple and were sealed together for all eternity, the first and only family from our branch to be sealed.

Brother & Sister Kondile and Elder Moangare

The Kondiles’ live in Port Alfred, but their families live in Port Elizabeth where they go most weekends and attend church. 

We could sure use them here as they are both talented and strong in the gospel. Our visit went well with them and they said they would attend here on Sunday.  

It was a great day!