Newsletter 9/4/2011

DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SEPT 4, 2011,

 

WELL, WE FED THE DISTRICT ON MONDAY AND NOW HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THE ZONE CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY.  WE WILL FEED 40 THAT DAY SO WILL TAKE MORE PLANING AND PREPARATION, WHICH WE HAVE BEGUN.  THE MENU WILL BE FOOT LONG PULLED PORK SANDWICHES, HOME MADE APPLE SAUCE, POTATO CHIPS, COOKIES FROM THE STORE AND A FRUIT DRINK ALL WITHIN BUDGET.  I HOPE THEY LIKE "NOT THE SAME OLD PIZZA AGAIN" MEAL.  ELDERS WILL EAT ANYTHING THEY DON'T HAVE TO COOK OR PAY FOR SO I THINK WE'RE SAFE.  SISTER HUDSON WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT WENT NEXT WEEK.

 

SEPTEMBER FIRST WAS SPRING DAY HERE, SO THAT MEANS THAT WATER FIGHTS ARE THE GREAT EVENT OF THE DAY.  THE WEATHER WAS WARM AND THE DAYS ARE NOW LONG INTO THE EVENING, SO WHAT THEY DO IN THE TOWNSHIP IS FILL ANY KIND OF BOTTLE WITH WATER AND SPLASH IT ON EACH OTHER.  THE GRAND KIDS WOULD LOVE IT I'M SURE.

 

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE PERIOD IN TIME WE HAD THIS WEEK.  MONDAY WE DRIVE TO DUNDEE FOR OUR DISTRICT ACTIVITY, NOON, LEAVE THE ACTIVITY AT 3:30 AND GO TO THE CHEV DEALER IN DUNDEE TO CHECK ON THE ELDER'S CAR, GETTING THE RUNAROUND FROM THE SHOP, FIND OUT THEY NEED THE SPARE KEY WHICH IS IN OUR BOARDING IN LADYSMITH.  DISTRICT MEETING AT 10:30 TUESDAY SO DEALER NEEDS THE KEY IN THE MORNING, SO UP EARLY, DRIVE TO DUNDEE ONE HOUR THEN AN INVENTORY OF THE ELDERS BOARDING AND INSPECTION FOR CLEANLINESS, BACK TO LADYSMITH FOR THE MEETING.  THE DAYS SEEM TO PASS WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLE AND THE WEEKS BECOME DAYS.  WE HAVE BEEN TO DUNDEE FOUR TIMES THIS WEEK.

 

WE HAVE THE MISSIONARY COUPLE FROM SWAZILAND COMING TO STAY WITH US UNTIL WEDNESDAY AND THE ZONE CONFERENCE.  WE WILL TAKE A DAY AND SHOW THEM THINGS AROUND HERE.  THE WEATHER HAS TURNED TO WARM SPRING DAYS AND IT WAS 86 OUT TODAY, HOW NICE.

 

ALL IS WELL HERE, WITH A REPEAT OF THE SAME THINGS WE LOVE DOING EACH WEEK WE STAY BUSY AND LOVE WHAT WE ARE DOING.  HOPE ALL ARE FINE AT HOME AND THANKS FOR YOUR THOUGHT AND PRAYERS.

 

LOVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA, A PLACE WE HAVE COME TO LOVE SO MUCH,

 

ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON

 

P.S.

I ATTACHED TWO PICTURES OF HELPING HANDS OUT AT EZAKHENI BRANCH.  I THINK THE ONE PICTURE IS OF A PRIMARY GROUP IN DUNDEE.  THE LAST PICTURE IS ELDER HUDSON AND ME WITH OUR MISSION PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE.  I HOPE WE HAVEN'T SENT THESE BEFORE.