We arrived ONE YEAR ago on September 5th! We had another great zone conference yesterday!  Elder Wold and I did the lunch (sloppy joes, chips, veggies and Fudge Nut Bars. Just for fun, I looked back in my planner and we have done lunch for 8 zone conferences in the year we have been here! (The first one the zone leaders did and it was catered but some got sick...) After the conference, we were invited out to dinner with President & Sister Leavitt at the Ramblas Restaurant, after his meeting with President Ntshalintshali. We really enjoyed spending time with them one-on-one! They are wonderful!

OUR SWAZILAND ZONE 

September 6, 2018

 Front: Elder Francis (Provo), Elder Dos Santos (Brazil), Elder Souza (Brazil) and Elder Mtyobile (Cape Town)  Back: Elder Mayisela (Mbabane, Swaziland), Elder Rodgers (Colorado), Elder Sinclair (Queen Creek), Elder Smith (Ogden), Elder East (Wales), Elder Chikoore (Zimbabwe), Elder Musumhi (Zimbabwe) and Elder Daybell (Utah)

Lunchtime Ü

Elder Chikoore bore his testimony. He will finish his mission 

and return to Zimbabwe on October 9th. 

The Elders surprised President and Sister Leavitt by all singing "There is Peace in Christ".  This is just the first minute or so.... It is too long to send.  We heard that our new Elder Dos Santos sings, so we had him sing the verses and the others joined in on the chorus.  (You can hear Pres. Leavitt harmonizing in the background.  He LOVES to sing!) 

** In my planner I have written many of the times I have baked or fixed food in the past year.  This is what I added up today.... just the times it is written down!

I have made cupcakes 11 x ~ BIG birthday cupcakes for every elder's birthday

I have made 2 pas of fudge nut bars  6x

Rice Krispie treats 7x (double or triple batches) 

Peanut Butter Chocolate ones

and Christmas Krispie trees

cookies ~ 45 x (at least double and sometimes triple the recipe)

banana or zucchini bread 7 x

lunch for inservice S&I teachers 10 x

lunch or dinner for elders in our home 28 x

 took elders out to lunch 7 x

 carmel corn (75 bags) 2x

fudge and caramels for Christmas

brownies 9 x

9 cakes

8 pies 

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Good thing I LOVE to bake!!)