Today we had a fun Relief Society Activity ~  a braai, a lesson, and visiting with each other!  We had 12 RS sisters in attendance, one YW helping with the braai and three YM also helping cook the meat (which is not in the photo and neither is the big pot of pap)! I made salad and brought two chocolate cakes for Sister Gertrude, RS President whose birthday was Wednesday, and Sister Thato, whose birthday is tomorrow!  I took this photo and we sang to them! 

These are our Relief Society sisters who were at the RS activity today. 

L to R:  Pontso, Bahle, Nelly, Thuli F., Thato, Fikile, Sylvia, Gertrude, Gogo Shabangu, Thuli N., Thandekim, and Ivy, (Fikile's daughter and Bahle's sister, 

a YW who came to help with the braai.)

Bahle and Amanda (YSAs cooking the meat on the braai)

Pap (made from mealie meal, which is ground white corn) mixed with water, grilled meat (borewors) on the braai, chakalaka (baked beans with onions, green pepper and seasonings) and salad ~ a typical Swazi braai !! 

Friday, September 28th

Yesterday, we went to Motjane Care Point (20 min. away on the other side of Mbabane) to visit a pre-school for orphaned children ages 3-6.  They performed for us, singing "Fishing for Jesus" and shouting a prayer with their eyes closed.  They were SO cute!! 

Their school, which also feeds them lunch between 10 and 11 a.m.

Their playground

A cemetery just down the road in their neighborhood

Hooray!  It's jacaranda season again!! 

Beautiful purple blossoms are everywhere!! 

This bush has both purple and white flowers on it!  

These bushes are also found all over Swaziland. They are SO pretty!! 

The one below is on the other side of a chain link fence by the driveway to our flat.

This tree was so interesting with some kind of little round fruit (?) 

growing all around the trunk!

These trash (rubbish) bins are just outside our neighborhood. 

They get like this every few days... There are usually people going through the bins.

Again, our Swaziland sky, clouds and sun are spectacular at sunset!