DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS MAY 29TH 2011,
WE HAVE SPENT SOME TIME IN DUNDEE THIS WEEK AND A LOT GOT DONE. I TOOK SOME OF THE DAY MONDAY AND CONTACTED A REALTOR, CHECKING ON PROPERTY FOR A PLACE TO BUILD A BUILDING FOR THE DUNDEE BRANCH TO MEET IN, AS THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO RENT TO CHURCHES AFTER JUNE 1, 2011. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL ENFORCE THAT BUT WANT TO BE PREPARED. TUESDAY WE WENT UP TO NEWCASTLE FOR A ZONE MEETING AND I GOT A CALL FROM PRESIDENT VON STETTEN, THE MISSION PRESIDENT AND HE HAD A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR ME, FIND A BUILDING LOT IN DUNDEE TO BUILD A CHAPEL. HE WANTS THREE PARCELS TO LOOK AT AND TOLD ME THE SIZE AND TYPE OF LOCATION,SO I'M ON THE HUNT. ON MONDAY WE WERE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND THE PRESENT ION THAT OUR HYGIENE TRAINERS WERE DOING AND WERE IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL THEY DID, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALL IN ZULU THERE ENTHUSIASM WAS GREAT. THEY HAD 38 THERE AND WE MET IN THAT SAME SCHOOL WHERE THE TRAINING WAS DONE THAT SISTER HUDSON TOLD ABOUT LAST WEEK. WE ALSO MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND GOT HIM ON TRACT AS TO WHAT WE WANTED DONE AT THE DIFFERENT WATER SITES. HE WAS DOING THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE WANTED DONE AND I REMINDED HIM HE SIGNED A CONTRACT AND WE WANTED IT DONE AS CONTRACTED. I ALSO TOLD HIM I WANTED TO BE THERE WHEN THEY POURED THE CONCRETE. WELL WHILE WE WERE IN ZONE MEETING HE POURED THE FIRST AND BIGGEST SITE, AND ON WEDNESDAY WHEN WE WENT UP THERE I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT AND WE HAD A FACE TO FACE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO WEDNESDAY NIGHT I DID SOME PLANS ON HOW WE COULD DO THE BRICK WORK AND MAKE IT RIGHT. I MET WITH HIM ON THURSDAY AND GAVE HIM THE NEW PLANS AND WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE BRICKS HE WANTED TO USE. WE GAVE HIM THE OK ON THE BRICKS AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO LAY THEM. FRIDAY WE DIDN'T GO UP TO THE SITE, BUT SATURDAY WE HAD TO TAKE SOME MORE HYGIENE KITS UP SO DROVE BY WHERE THEY WERE DOING BRICK WORK AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED HOW THE BRICKS DRESS THE SITE UP AND PEOPLE ARE COMING UP AND THANKING US FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING. I THINK SOME ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND HOW IT WILL IMPROVE THE WATER CONDITIONS THERE. FROM THERE ON SATURDAY WE DROVE WITH THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COUPLE THAT STAYED WITH US FRIDAY NIGHT, OUT TO A SCHOOL BETWEEN DUNDEE AND NEWCASTLE TO LOOK AT A HELPING HANDS PROJECT THAT WILL BE DONE ON AUGUST 20. ALL OF AFRICA WILL BE DOING A HELPING HANDS PROJECT, WE WILL DO ONE IN LADYSMITH AND IN EZAKHENI ON THAT SAME DAY.
TODAY AT CHURCH WE HAD ONE OF OUR KEYBOARD STUDENTS PLAY AND HE DID GREAT. I HOPE YOU DON'T GET TIRED OF US TALKING ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THERE PLAYING IN CHURCH, THE MEMBERS JUST LOVE IT AND THANK SISTER HUDSON FOR WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THEY HAVE HAD NO ONE TO PLAY AT MEETINGS AND THIS IS A GREAT START. I AM SENDING PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS IN DUNDEE AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM AS WE SEE IT COME TOGETHER.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
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WE FOUND OUT THURSDAY THAT ONE OF THE NEWCASTLE ELDERS HAD BROKEN OUT WITH CHICKENPOX. LUCKY FOR US FOUR OF OUR ELDERS HAVE HAD CHICKENPOX AND TWO WEREN'T SURE. TODAY AT CHURCH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WASN'T THERE AND I ASKED HER MOTHER WHERE SHE WAS, SHE WAS HOME WITH CHICKENPOX.
WE HAD THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUPLE STAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH US. I HAD TO WASH THE SHEETS AND DO A LITTLE CLEANING TO GET READY FOR THEM, BUT ALL WENT WELL. WHEN ELDER HUDSON FINDS OUT ONE OF THE MISSIONARY COUPLES ARE COMING HERE HE INVITES THEM TO STAY WITH US. WE FEEL WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO HELP SAVE THE CHURCH SOME MONEY. THEY LOVE HIS COOKING TOO. WHO WOULDN'T FRESH HOMEMADE BREAD, HOMEMADE APPLE SAUCE, AND MORE.
THIS WATER PROJECT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN AND THE PEOPLE NOW SEE US UP THERE AND KNOW WE ARE THE ONES IN CHARGE OF BUILDING THIS CONCRETE SLAB. ELDER HUDSON WAS APPROACHED FOR JOBS. HE SAID THE BUILDER IS THE ONE THAT DOES THE HIRING. HE IS JUST THE OVER SEER. IT IS NICE THAT ELDER HUDSON HAS SO MANY TALENTS.
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NOW FOR THE PICTURES: TWO ARE OF THE LADIES THAT ARE TEACHING HYGEINE, ONE IS A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET---BRYNNLY THINKS ON NORTH LOGAN HAS BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS, THE REST ARE PICTURES OF THE WATER SITES AND THE CONSTRUCTION.
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THE LAST PICTURES IS ANOTHER WATER PROJECT ELDER HUDSON FOUND AT THE SCHOOL WE WENT TO ON SATURDAY. IT IS GOING TO BE A HELPING HANDS PROJECT, BUT A WATER PROJECT IS AVAILABLE TOO.
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