Our Ezulwini Branch had their first temple trip, in the 14 months we have been here, to the Johannesburg Temple this weekend.  Twelve members of our branch went. (We were supposed to go too, but Bob woke up sick on Thursday morning, so we had to miss it...) 

Ezulwini Branch Temple Trip

October 26-27, 2018

Front: (L-R) President Manqoba Shongwe, Pontso Shongwe, Thato Zulu, Getrude Mamba, Nelly Makhanya, Gogo Shabangu, Sister Chosen, and Ephraim Dlamini

Back: Menzi Mamba, Andile Mbuli and Sifiso Silindza

We taught the Temple Preparation lessons to Getrude, our RS President and Sifiso, a new elder, who both received their own endowment on Friday night. Others attended sessions, did baptisms for the dead on Saturday morning, and Gertrude was able to be sealed to her husband, who passed away in 2005, and her son Menzi was sealed to them. I helped her enter her information into FamilySearch and printed out the cards for her to take. 

Menzi (14)  Sifiso (who is leaving on a mission to Ghana Nov. 22) 

 and Andile (who just returned from the Uganda Kampala Mission on Oct. 10)

Sister Pontso and President Manqoba Shongwe, our Ezulwini Branch President 

Sister Gertrude, our RS President (in white), Sister Thato, her counselor in the back, 

and Sister Nelly, who was recently married! 

Sister Thato Zulu, who Bob baptized on Christmas Eve day