DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS 10/10/10
I WILL START THIS WEEKS LETTER AND WILL LET SISTER HUDSON FINISH IT LATER. WHEN YOU LEAVE ON A MISSION FOR 23 MONTHS THERE ARE BOUND TO BE THING THAT HAPPEN BACK HOME THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD BE THERE IN PERSON TO HELP OR BE OF SERVICE. WE HAD A VERY DEAR FRIEND AND SISTER PAST AWAY THIS MONTH. HELEN PAPAS WAS A REAL FRIEND AND A GRACIOUS LADY THAT I ALWAYS LOVE TO BE WITH. SHE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SO IMPORTANT AND NEVER COMPLAINED THOUGH SHE HAD SOME STRUGGLES THE LAST FEW YEARS. THROUGH ALL THAT SHE HAD A VERY DEVOTED COMPANION AND CAREGIVER IN HER HUSBAND GEORGE. SHE WILL BE MISSED BY THE TABERNACLE CHOIR, BUT WILL BE SINGING WITH WHO SHE KNEW SO WELL IN THE PAST. WE WILL MISS HER AS WELL. WE LOVE YOU GEORGE AND MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AT THIS TIME OF NEED.
I WANT TO THANK BISHOP TRUMAN FOR HIS ANSWER TO OUR LAST EMAIL, WHY IS IT THAT THOSE WHO ARE SO BUSY CAN FIND TIME TO DROP A NOTE IN RESPONSE TO OUR WEEKLY LETTER, THANKS BISHOP.
SISTER HUDSON AND I HAD A WONDERFULL TIME AT A COUPLES GET TOGETHER AT THE DISTRICT BUILDING ON SATURDAY AND WE ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES HAD A WONDERFULL MEAL AND DID SOME DANCING AND THERE WERE SOME TALKS ABOUT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY. THERE ARE SOME GREAT DIFFERENENCES IN THEIR CULTURAL AS TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY TOO MANY TO EXPLAINE AT THIS TIME. I DID TELL YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE LOBOLA WHERE THE MAN HAS TO PAY FOR THE DAUGHTER BEFORE THEY GET MARRIED, USED TO BE COWS BUT NOW THEY WILL ACCEPT CASH, COULD BE 10,000 DOLLARS. THE HALL WAS DECORATED TO THE NINES AND ALL HAD A GOOD THME. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GET TO KNOW THE MEMBERS.
WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF MILES ON THE CAR THIS WEEK AND I WILL LET SISTER HUDSON TELL YOU ABOUT THE PIANO LESSONSTHIS WEEK. WE WILL SOON HAVE THIRTEEN COUPLES SERVING HERE IN THE SOUTH AFRICA DURBAN MISSION AND THEY SURE NEED THE HELP TO GO ALONG WITH THEIR STRONG TESTIMONIES AND SPIRIT. WE LOVE IT HERE AND HAVE BEEN BLESSED SO MUCH BY BEING HERE
WE TAUGHT PIANO ON WEDNESDAY HERE IN LADYSMITH. ALL MY STUDENTS SHOW UP, PLUS ANOTHER GIRL. HER FRIEND HAS BEEN TEACHING HER AND SHE WANTED TO TAKE LESSON TOO, SO NOW FIVE FOR LADYSMITH.
THURSDAY WE WENT TO NEWCASTLE TO HAVE THE CAR SERVICED. THE WARD PICKED US UP AND ENTERTAINED US UNTIL THE CAR WAS READY. WE WENT TO LUNCH AT A GREAT CHINESE RESTURANT TO CELEBRATE SISTER WARDS BIRTHDAY. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO GET MY HAIR CUTE UP THERE. I HAVEN’T FOUND A BEAUTY SALON HER IN LADYSMITH YET. THEY DON’T ADVERTISE IN THE YELLOW PAGES. ALL THE SALONS I HAVE SEEN ARE FOR THE AFRICANS. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL WHITES HERE AND I HAVE BEEN GOING TO STOP ONE AT THE STORE AND ASK WHERE THEY GET THEIR HAIR DONE.
WE THEN DROVE TO DANNHOUSER TO TEACH PIANO TO TWO BOYS. I ENDED UP TEACHING FOUR BOYS. I HAD THEM ALL SITTING ON THE COUCH TO START WITH. THEY ARE SO EAGER TO LEARN HERE AND WORK REALLY HARD.
WE THEN DROVE TO DUNDEE TO TEACH TWO BOYS PIANO IN THERE HOME. DUNDEE DOESN’T HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY MEET, THE CHURCH RENTS A HALL, SO, I HAVE TO TEACH IN THE FAMILIES HOMES. WELL I TAUGHT FOUR BOYS AND THEIR MOTHER AT THIS HOME. SHE LIVES WAY OUT OF TOWN IN ANOTHER TOWNSHIP AND THE ELDERS LEAD US OUT TO THIS HOUSE, BUT WE HAD TO GET BACK BY OURSELF AFTER DARK. SO WE HEADED BACK TO TOWN AND SAW A TAXI AND THOUGHT WE WOULD FOLLOW IT BACK TO TOWN. HE TURNED RIGHT AND ELDER HUDSON THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE GOING LEFT. I KEPT TELLING HIM THE TOWN LIGHTS WERE GETTING FARTHER AWAY NOT CLOSER. SO, HE FINALLY SUGGESTED TO GET THE GPS OUT. NOW WE HAD GONE A LONG WAY AND WE HADN’T PASSED A CAR. NOW WE HAVEN’T USED THE GPS MUCH AND THERE WERE NO GRANDKIDS TO HELP US. WE CAME OUT TO A PLACE ELDER HUDSON RECOGNIZED AND WHEN WE GOT HOME WE LOOKED AT THE MAP AND IT WAS A SHORT CUT. BUT IT WAS DARK AND SCARY.
FRIDAY WE WENT TO EZAKHENI AND I TOLD ELDER HUDSON I NEED TO NOT TAKE ANYMORE STUDENTS. ANOTHER YOUNG MAN SHOWED UP AND I COULDN’T SAY NO. SO, I HAD ELDER HUDSON TEACH HIM. I AM ALSO TEACHING ELDER HUDSON. HE IS ABLE TO TEACH WHAT HE ALREADY KNOWS.
I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE COUPLES GET TOGETHER. THEY HAD GONE ALL OUT. THEY DECORATED THE CHAPEL LIKE A WEDDING RECEPTION. THEY WANTED IT TO BE SPECIAL FOR THE COUPLES. THEY HAD CHIFFON ACROSS ONE END WITH TINY LIGHTS HANGING DOWN. THEY ALSO HAD CHIFFON ACROSS THE CEILING AND HANGING DOWN THE WALLS. THE CHAIRS WERE COVERED WITH WHITE WITH CHIFFON AROUND THE BACK TIED IN A BOW. THE TABLES HAD WHITE TABLE CLOTHES TO THE FLOOR. EACH TABLE HAD A CENTER PIECE. THEY HAD SILVER CHARGER WITH WHITE PLATES ON THEM. IT WAS LIKE A FAIRY TAIL. THEY EVEN HAD A DJ WHO PLAYED MUSIC FOR US TO DANCE TO. THEY HAD CATERED LUNCH BY THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER. IT WAS A VERY NICE MEAL.
WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE HERE. WE LOVE TEACHING THE YOUNG YOUTH PIANO. ELDER HUDSON IS A GREAT HELPER. HE COPIES MUSIC AND HELPS WHERE EVER HE IS NEEDED. WE LOVE BEING HERE, BUT WE ALSO MISS YOU AT HOME. WE ESPECIALLY MISS THE GRANDKIDS.
LOVE YOU ALL AND THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT
ELDER HUDSON AND SISTER HUDSON
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