Elders Palelei & Smith: “We have a flat tire in Whittlesea.”
Elder Thomas: “Hoping your spare is OK?”
Elders Palelei & Smith: “Elder Palelei is getting it checked right now.”
Elders Palelei & Smith: “ The Spare is not OK”
At this point I called the Elders. What actually happened is that they had a flat tire and the spare was flat so they drove to the Petrol Station. In doing that, they ruined the flat tire on the car. I chastised the elders for driving on a flat tire, but luckily it is old so it is not a big loss.
Elder Palelei suggested that we call the Ilinge Elders and see if we could arrange to borrow their spare tire because they have the same make of car. It was a good suggestion. Luckily, when I called them they were still at their boarding and we arranged to borrow their spare tire. We picked up this tire and drove out to Sada on a bit of a mercy mission. It was a sad group of Elders and fellowshippers when we got there. As I looked at the other tires on the car, we will need to get this car in on Monday to get four new new tires in any case.
Hopefully, we can get through the weekend with both cars without an additional flat tire. The moral of the story is to keep your spare tires repaired and pumped up. After all, that is what they are for.
You can see Elders Palelei and Smith along with their fellowshipers for the day Sechaba and Sihle.
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