DEAR ELDER AND SISTER LUCAS,
I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO STAY IN TOUCH WE WOULD NEVER HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN SO THANKS FOR YOUR LONG DISTANCE FRIENDSHIP. WE HAVE SETTLED IN HERE AND ENJOY IT VERY MUCH. WE HAVE NOW MET OUR MISSION PRESIDENT AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND IT WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. NO ONE -ON -ONE WITH US, HE WAS JUST HAVING A SANDWICH IN A ROOM WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE THEN IN PASSING SAYING JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT, FAMILY HISTORY, GARDENING, TEACHING PIANO OR WHATEVER. I GUESS HE HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH THE ELDERS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT US THAT CAN’T BE TAUGHT ANYTHING. WE MET HIM AT OUR DISTRICT CONFERENCE IN NEW CASTLE AND HE HAD A LOT TO WORRY ABOUT.
AS FOR OUR AREA WE ARE IN THE TOWN OF LADYSMITH AND WE HAVE A BRANCH WITH A NICE BRICK BUILDING. THE TOWN HAS MOST EVERYTHING WE NEED AND WE FEEL SAFE HERE. WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER BRANCHES WE SERVE. ONE IS ABOUT HOUR FROM HERE (EZAKHENI BRANCH) THE OTHER IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY (DUNDEE). WE WILL GO TO EZAKHENI THIS SUNDAY AND THEN TO DUNDEE NEXT. NOT MUCH CAN BE DONE SHARING OUR TIME LIKE THAT BUT WE’LL TRY. WE HAVE TAUGHT THE TEMPLE PREP CLASS AND WILL GO TO THE TEMPLE ON NOVERBER 6TH IF THINGS WORK OUT. THE TEMPLE IS ABOUT FOUR HOURS BY CAR, WHICH WE HAVE AND I THINK ANOTHER COUPLE WILL GO WITH US.
WE HAVE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THE MONEY HERE BUT HOPE TO GET IT WORKED OUT SOON. IT’S ALL CASH HERE AND WE CAN’T SET UP AN ACCOUNT SO WE USE OUR DEBIT CARD AND DRAW ON THE HOME TOWN BANK AT 3% PLUS $3 EACH. RAND IS THE MONEY HERE AND R100 IS ABOUT $15 AND THEY DO SPEND FAST. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GREAT AND WE ARE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS FROM THE MISSION HOME (DURBAN) WHICH IS ON THE COAST. WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WILL COST BUT THINK WE’LL DO OK.
WARM REGARDS FROM LADYSMITH,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
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