DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS MAY 15, 2011 FROM BEAUTIFUL SOUTH AFRICA,
LET ME PICK UP WHERE SISTER HUDSON LEFT OFF LAST WEEK WITH OUR NEWS LETTER. IT WAS MOTHER'S DAY AND THE MISSIONARIES GET ONE OF TWO DAYS THAT THEY CAN CALL HOME AND TALK TO FAMILY, OF COURSE ONE TO TALK TO THEIR MOTHERS. THEY WANTED TO COME OVER HERE TO MAKE THE CALLS, ONE TO USE SKYPE AND THE OTHER TO CALL HIS FAMILY IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. I MADE A HUGE POT OF CHICKEN SOUP JUST IN CASE THE MISSIONARIES NEEDED SOMETHING TO EAT, WELL SURE ENOUGH THEY WERE HUNGRY AND MADE SHORT WORK OF THE SOUP. ELDER SKINNER IS FROM MERIDIAN, IDAHO AND WE ALL GOT TO MEET HIS FAMILY ON SKYPE. WHILE THE FOUR ELDERS WERE HERE MY DAUGHTER SKYPED US AND WE INTRODUCED HER FAMILY TO OUR ELDERS. EACH ONE SAT DOWN AND TOLD ABOUT THEMSELVES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS, IT WAS A FUN TIME AT BOTH ENDS OF THE CALL. MONDAY WAS OUR DAY OFF, BUT THE WORK GOES ON EVEN THOUGH, AND WE WENT AND BOUGHT T-SHIRTS FOR OUR HUMANITARIAN WATER PROJECT FOR THE TEACHERS THAT WILL TEACH HYGIENE TO THE TOWNSHIP IN CONNECTION WITH THE UPGRADE ON THE WATER SITES. WE NEEDED TO GET THEM TO THE PLACE THAT WAS TO DO THE EMBROIDERY ON THE SHIRTS TO GET THEM BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLY, WELL WE GOT THEM BACK ON FRIDAY AND I MUST SAY THEY LOOK GREAT. ON THE FRONT OVER THE POCKET AREA WE PUT THE CHURCH LOGO AND ON THE BACK FAMILY HEALTH TRAINER, PROBABLY MORE THEN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SHIRTS, BUT THEY ARE READY TO GO. TUESDAY WE HAD OUR CLOSING ZONE MEETING UP IN NEWCASTLE, SO ANOTHER SIX WEEKS HAS PASSED AND TRANSFERS WILL BE THE 16TH AND 17TH. JUST A BIT OF TRIVIA THE ELDERS DON'T COUNT THE MONTHS THEY USE TRANSFERS, THEN THERE ARE ONLY 17 OR 18 UNTIL THEY ARE RELEASED, I STILL USE THE MONTH SYSTEM. OF COURSE CHINESE LUNCH WITH ELDER AND SISTER WARD BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO OUR AREA AND KEYBOARD WITH OUR FAMILY OF SIX, TWO OF WHOM PLAYED AT CHURCH TODAY, HOW FUN TO SEE THEM GET UP IN FRONT AND PLAY, SOME AT CHURCH HUMMED ALONG AS ONE PLAYED. WEDNESDAY I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF THE ELDERS UP IN DUNDEE NEEDING MONEY FOR HIS DRIVING TEST, WHICH I HAD ALREADY CLEARED WITH THE MISSION OFFICE SO HE COULD GET AN ADVANCE ON HIS ALLOTMENT. THE PERSON THAT COULD DO THAT WAS IN THE HOSPITAL SO WE HAD TO TAKE SOME MONEY UP TO HIM. WHILE WE WERE THERE WE STOPPED BY A DAIRY TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME SMALL BOTTLES OF MILK FOR A HANDOVER PROGRAM FOR OUR WATER PROJECT. WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WOULD NEED ABOUT 500 AND MAYBE EVEN MORE. THEY DON'T DO MILK, BUT COULD DO A FLAVORED DRINK AND WOULD EVEN DONATE HALF, AND WHEN WE EXPLAINED THE PROJECT SHE SAID THEY MIGHT DONATE ALL OF THEM. GREAT BLESSINGS HAVE COME FROM EVERYWHERE WITH THIS PROJECT. FRIDAY WE TOOK THE TWO ELDERS THAT SERVE HERE IN LADYSMITH WITH US TO A FAMILY THAT WE VISIT EACH MONTH TO HELP TEACH AN EIGHT YEAR OLD ABOUT BAPTISM, AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY TO ANOTHER FAMILY. THIS FAMILY LIVES 26 MILES FROM CHURCH, NO CAR AND THEY COME TO CHURCH EACH WEEK BY TAXI, I WON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW FAR IT IS TO CHURCH EVER AGAIN. YOU THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT TOOK PLACE MAY 15, 1829, D&C SEC 13.
WE SEND OUR LOVE AND ARE GREATFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURGEMENT AS WE SERVE HERE AND HOPE YOU KNOW OF OUR HAPPINESS AND THE MANY BLESSINGS WE RECEIVE EACH DAY.
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
P.S.
WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT OUR MISSION IS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T PROSELYTE A LOT. WE DO MORE SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP HELP WITH THE MEMBERS AND WATCH AFTER THE ELDERS IN OUR AREAS. THE ELDERS KEEP US BUSY.
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