FAMILY AND FRIENDS SEPT 26, 2010,
SISTER HUDSON SAID IT WAS MY TURN TO WRITE SO SIT DOWN AND BUCKLE UP BECAUSE THIS WILL TAKE ME SOME TIME TO WRITE, PLUS WE HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS PAST WEEK. WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE IT WAS SLOW SETTLEING IN AND KNOWING WHAT TO DO TO KEEP BUSY, BUT IT SOMEHOW FINDS US, NOW WHICH IS GREAT. WE ARE THROUGH THE TRAINING FROM THE CHURCH LEADERS HERE IN THIS AREA AND WE SURE ENJOYED BEING TAUGHT BY THOSE WHO ARE SENT BY CHURCH HEAD QUARTERS. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY EVEN KNEW THAT THE CHURCH NEEDED THAT KIND OF HELP HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. ANYWAY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ELDER HOLLAND, HE WILL BE IN DURBAN THE END OF OCTOBER AND WE WILL GO DOWN (THREE HOUR DRIVE) TO SPEND TWO NIGHTS AND HAVE INSTRUCTIONS AND ATTEND STAKE CONFERENCE ON THE SUNDAY. WELL BACK TO OUR AREA AND THIS WEEK IN LADYSMITH FOUND US VERY BUSY. SUNDAY WE WENT TO CHURCH AT 4PM TO WORK ON OUR HOME TEACHING THAT WE DO IN THE CHURCH AND BY 5:30 HAD IT DONE AND FOR SOME REASON I AGREED TO PUT THE INFORMATION ON THE COMPUTER, AGAIN NEVER HAVING DONE THIS BEFORE IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR ME BUT WITH SISTER HUDSON’S HELP AND A LOT OF WONDERING WHY I DIDN’T LEARN THIS BEFORE, WE GOT IT DONE. SISTER HUDSON WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE VENTURE. WE WERE ASKED ON SUNDAY TO HELP WITH A WEDDING ON THE SATRUDAY, ME TO GIVE A TALK AND SISTER HUDSON TO PLAY THE PIANO AND PLAY THE WEDDING MARCH WHICH WE DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET, WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT? TUESDAY WE HAD ZONE DEVELOPMENT IN NEWCASTLE AND THE LEADERSHIP FROM THESE YOUNG 20 YEAR OLG ELDERS IS GREAT. WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO SPEAK IN CHURCH SUNDAY AT THE LADYSMITH BRANCH. THURSDAY WE WENT UP TO NEWCASTLE TO PICK US SOME KEYBOARDS FOR SISTER HUDSON TO TEACH PIANO IN OUR DISTRICT. NONE OF WHICH WERE SUPPOSE TO WORK, WE GOT FOUR KEYBOARDS, ALL BUT ONE WORKED SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOAN THEM OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE REALLY INTO THE LESSONS. THERE IS A GRANT SETUP TO SEND OUT THESE KEYBOARDS TO AREAS THAT HAVE NO MUSIC AND IF SOMEONE (SISTER HUDSON) WILL GIVE LESSONS TO THE YOUTH TO DEVELOPE SOME THAT CAN PLAY FOR THE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. IN ALL THREE BRANCHES THAT WE COVER NO ONE CAN PLAY THE PIANO, IN FACT SISTER HUDSON WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE DISTRICT FOR CONFERENCE THAT COULD PLAY, GAVE ME A FRONT ROW SEAT! THE MISSION PRESIDENT CAME TO OUR BRANCH THURSDAY EVENING TO DO SOME INTERVIEWS AND SO WE DID DINER FOR HIM AND HE WAS WITH ANOTHER COUPLE FROM NEWCASTLE, HE SAID IT WAS BETTER THEN KFC.
THE WEDDING ON SATURDAY WAS AT 11:30 AM SO WE WERE THERE AT 10:45 SO SISTER HUDSON COULD PLAY SOME MUSIC WHILE PEOPLE CAME. SHE PLAYED AND PLAYED AND PLAYED UNTIL 1 PM WHEN THE WEDDING GOT STARTED (TALK ABOUT GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME). THE WEDDING WAS AN OUTDOOR SETTING AND THEY HAD ABOUT A 150 PEOPLE THERE, IT WAS HOT, NO MIC AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING. THE CEREMONY WAS SHORT AND NICE AND IT TOOK LONGER TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK THEN THE WEDDING. THEY HAD SOME FINGER FOOD AND THEN A SIT DOWN MEAL WHICH WE COULD NOT STAY FOR AND I GUESS THE WEDDING WENT ON INTO THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER CEREMONY AT THE HOUSE AND ANOTHER MEAL.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GREAT AND SPRING IS BLOOMING OUT ALL OVER. THE FIELDS ARE BEING BURNED TO GET RID OF THE DEAD GRASS AND WHERE THAT HAS BEEN DONE THE GREEN GRASS IS GROWING. IT HAS BEEN NICE HAVING SPRING SUMMER AND NOW SPRING AGAIN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SUMMER, CRAZY. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BEEN BUSY AND THE GOOD WEATHER MAKES IT ALL THE BETTER TO DO.
WE LOVE OUR MISSION THE PEOPLE LOVE US AND WE LOVE THEM TOO. THEY ARE VERY FAITHFULL TO THE GOSPEL AND LOVE THE LORD. WHILE SISTER HUDSON WAS PLAYING MUSIC BEFORE SACRAMENT MEETING TODAY THE SISTERS WERE SINGING ALONG, WHAT A SPIRIT THAT BROUGHT TO THE MEETING.
WARM REGARDS AND BLESSINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
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