DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS LAST DAY OF SUMMER IN SOUTH AFRICA 2011,
WELL THE WEATHER CAUSED THE ZONE ACTIVITY TO BE POSTPONED ON MONDAY AND LAST NIGHT WE HAD THE LARGEST FULL MOON FOR ANOTHER EIGHTEEN YEARS. ALSO AUGUST THIS YEAR WILL HAVE FIVE TWO DAY WEEKENDS, THAT WON'T HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS. WE HAD THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SENIOR COUPLE STAY WITH US SUNDAY NIGHT ON THERE WAY UP TO NEWCASTLE FOR SOME TRAINING AND THEY HAD PLANED TO DO THE ZONE ACTIVITY WITH US ON MONDAY. BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER WE TOOK THE DAY AND WENT ABOUT THE AREA WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUPLE. THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE AROUND HERE AND IT WAS NICE TO SPEND TIME WITH ANOTHER COUPLE FOR THE DAY. TUESDAY BACK WITH OUR FIRST LOVE HERE IN THE MISSION FIELD AND THAT IS WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS ON THE KEYBOARD. I AM SENDING PICTURES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ME AND THINK THAT I'M NOT TEACHING KEYBOARD BECAUSE OF MY LACK OF MUSICAL SKILLS, OF COURSE YOU SEE HOW INTIMIDATING I AM WITH THESE POOR LITTLE CHILDREN. OUR "LAST LITTLE NEW STUDENT" WANTS TO PLAY A SONG SO BAD BUT IS HAVING A HARD TIME USING EVEN THE NUMBERS THAT WE START WITH. SHE, IN A VERY SHY AND QUITE VOICE ASK WHEN SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY A HYMN OUT OF THE BOOK HYMNS MADE EASY, NOW HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEONE WHO HAS A HARD TIME PLAYING THE SCALE IT WILL TAKE MORE WORK BEFORE SHE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT I DID FIND A SONG THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO PLAY WITH HELP. I JUST WISHED THEY LOVED ME AS WELL AS THEY LOVE SISTER HUDSON. THE LAST THING ABOUT KEYBOARD AND THEN I WILL MOVE ON, OUR STUDENT THAT PLAYED IN CHURCH SUNDAY DID WONDERFULLY AND HIS COUSIN, WHO IS PLAYING SPORTS SO NOW CAN'T PLAY ON THURSDAY, NOW WANTS SISTER HUDSON TO TEACH HIM ON SATURDAYS, I HELD MY BREATH IT'S AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE BOARDING, THANKFULLY SHE SAID WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT. WELL HE WAS THERE THURSDAY FOR PRACTICE AND REALLY WANTS TO LEARN, THANKS IN PART TO HIS COUSIN PLAYING AT CHURCH.
NOW TO OUR HUMANITARIAN PROJECT UP IN DUNDEE. THEY JUST NEED "ONE MORE THING" BEFORE THEY WILL SUBMIT IT UP THE LINE AND THAT'S A MONITOR FOR THE PROJECT. I FOUND SOMEONE THAT WILL DO THAT AND TEACH WATER HYGIENE AND THINK I FOUND THE PERSON THAT IS OVER ROTARY TO PARTNER WITH US AT NO COST, AND OTHER THEN SOME MINOR CHANGES TO MY DRAWINGS AND RECEIVING ONE MORE BID I HOPE WE CAN SEE SOME PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT, ON SITE. I KNOW THE CHURCH WANTS TO DO THE PROJECT, BUT JUST WANTS TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR THEIR BUCK.
THIS WEEK IS OUR ZONE CONFERENCE WITH OUR MISSION PRESIDENT ON WEDNESDAY AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING. THAT MEETING IS REALLY TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG ELDERS SO WE JUST SHOW UP AND ENJOY. TOMORROW IS OUR DISTRICT ACTIVITY OUT ON THE RANCH AND OF COURSE SOCCER. THE YOUNG GUY THAT IS WORKING THE RANCH IS GOING TO DO A BRAAI FOR THE ELDERS SUPPLYING THE MEAT AND WE WILL BRING THE REST. LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER WILL BE GREAT AND IT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH THE YOUNG ELDERS KICK THE BALL AROUND.
WE THINK OF HOME OFTEN, BUT KNOW WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO DO AT THIS TIME. WE LOVE THE WORK, WE LOVE BEING TOGETHER AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. WE SEND OUR LOVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS. DICK, THANKS FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT EACH WEEK, IT IS MOST HELPFUL, WE LOVE YA.
WE PRAY FOR GODS BLESSING ON EACH,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
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