As the first weekend in April approached, we traveled 4 1/2 hours east to the kingdom of Swaziland with a Senior Missionary couple serving temple patrons in the Area Office Family History Center. Leaving Thursday afternoon we arrived at the border crossing with a migration of people similarly headed to the beautiful countryside for the upcoming four day Easter weekend. Maneuvering the last 2 kilometers took us another 4 hours! Our return back across the border two days later headed toward Johannesburg took only 15 minutes.
On Friday we had lunch and visited for a couple of hours with two elders at KFC. This interview was a main purpose of our trip as the elder had been the victim of a kidnapping in January. These elders are representative of the fine young men and women who we have the privilege of associating with in our mission.
Notice the free range peacocks in the background at the right.
Swaziland is a pastoral setting amidst gorgeous mountain ranges.
Much of the farmland is on the curves of hillsides by manual labor such as this farmer plowing his field. Children were seen everywhere herding small groups of goats and cows, visiting at roadside stands of fruits and vegetables and playing outdoors with their friends.
Many craftspeople sell their wares in roadside stands such as the one labeled NOAH (a favorite name to us).
We admired carvings from stone and wood, remarkable items made from batik fabrics and handcrafted candles, among many others. The most fascinating to us was watching four men create a large glass-blown vase in their native arts factory.
We arrived back to our flat on Saturday evening to view on our computer the first session of the General Conference broadcast, 6-8 p.m. our time, followed by the next session at 10 p.m.-midnight; Sunday sessions also arrived at these times. On Sunday we attended our regular morning branch meetings. General Conference sessions will be replayed in their entirety from DVD disks in each of the meetinghouse locations throughout the Africa Southeast Area on April 24 and 25 during regular broadcast daytime hours.
On Friday we had lunch and visited for a couple of hours with two elders at KFC. This interview was a main purpose of our trip as the elder had been the victim of a kidnapping in January. These elders are representative of the fine young men and women who we have the privilege of associating with in our mission.
Notice the free range peacocks in the background at the right.
Swaziland is a pastoral setting amidst gorgeous mountain ranges.
Much of the farmland is on the curves of hillsides by manual labor such as this farmer plowing his field. Children were seen everywhere herding small groups of goats and cows, visiting at roadside stands of fruits and vegetables and playing outdoors with their friends.
Many craftspeople sell their wares in roadside stands such as the one labeled NOAH (a favorite name to us).
We admired carvings from stone and wood, remarkable items made from batik fabrics and handcrafted candles, among many others. The most fascinating to us was watching four men create a large glass-blown vase in their native arts factory.
We arrived back to our flat on Saturday evening to view on our computer the first session of the General Conference broadcast, 6-8 p.m. our time, followed by the next session at 10 p.m.-midnight; Sunday sessions also arrived at these times. On Sunday we attended our regular morning branch meetings. General Conference sessions will be replayed in their entirety from DVD disks in each of the meetinghouse locations throughout the Africa Southeast Area on April 24 and 25 during regular broadcast daytime hours.
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