Dear Family & Friends Happy New Year 2011,
We have had a slow week between Christmas and New Years, because people are on holiday. They either go somewhere or they stay home and they have company. Even the Elders are having trouble finding families home.
We have had a thunder storm and lightning almost everyday. It can come during the day and it comes in the middle of the night. It is better than fire works. The lightning will go every direction and then the thunder just rolls across the sky. I thought Arizona had the best thunder and lightning storms, but South Africa is better. The clouds are building out side now, but I am not sure if we will get any. storm today. We have had a beautiful sunny day.
We drove to Dundee to spend Sunday at the little branch up there. They had no leaders there today and the Elder missionaries had to lead the meeting. The chorister was late and I had to lead the singing without a piano. I got nervous and sang off key in part of the song. I am not use to standing in front of a group without someone playing the piano. I don't mind leading with a piano behind me. Elder Hudson was ask to give the Sunday School lesson. The teacher was not there. He tried to get a discussion going but the members are afraid they will give a wrong answer. I had to chime in once in awhile. He finally got participation at the end by asking what each member had gain from the lesson today. One sister sitting next to me said pray. Her father prayed for her to stop drinking. She told me before joining the church she was a witch doctor and she drank a lot. She said her father was a witch doctor too, and he prayed all the time for her.
On Monday we planned an activity for our six Elders. We took them to the Weenen Game Reserve. You drive yourself through. Elder Hudson made a picnic for them and we stopped and had a lunch in the park. They have picnic tables. We saw a lot of animals that we had seen before. We were glad they got to see lots of animals. We had to rush home change our clothes and drive back to Weenen to pick up a member from Ezakheni who is going to serve a mission in Johannasburg. One of our new duties is to get the missionaries to the Greyhound Bus. The bus was late and we were able to visit with the young man for about an hour. We learned more of the culture here and he ask us a few questions. It was nice to exchange things about our home.
We aren't teaching piano until the week of the 17th. With the students on summer break, they weren't showing up for their lessons and of course not practicing.
We have taken a few drives just around here to see more of the country that is close to us. It is beautiful, with rolling hills, so brilliant green your eyes hurt. I love to be just driving around or driving to Dunee or Newcastle and see some wild animals just out in the fields. I even enjoy seeing the birds. We have seen a few different cranes and some big hawks. Today when we were leaving the Elders house there was a bat that was sleeping between the bricks. We took a picture maybe we can attach it. I also picked up some big pine cones in Dundee. A guy walking down the street picked some up for me too. Then he said what are you going to do with them. I said I have a big vase I am going to put them in and just enjoy them. I got Elder Hudson to stop along the side of the road and pick cat tails. I know people here would think we are crazy.
We are fuddy duddies. We were asleep when the new year rolled in. I sleep through the noise because we had had a thunderstorm, so I guess I just thought it was the thunderstorm.
With Love,
Elder & Sister Hudson
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