DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS MARCH 5, 2011
SOME WEEKS WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND THEN OTHER WEEKS WE SEEM TO JUST BE HERE AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE JUST HERE WEEKS. MONDAY WE JUST STAYED AT THE BOARDING AND BECAUSE WE CLEANED THE PLACE FRIDAY, BECAUSE THE PATRIARCH STAYED WITH US, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLEANING TO DO. BOTH SETS OF ELDERS STOPPED BY, CAN'T REMEMBER WHY, BUT ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE AND HELP THEM. TUESDAY WE HAD A MEETING UP IN NEWCASTLE, THEN BACK FOR KEYBOARD IN THE AFTERNOON, SIX AT ONE HOME AND THREE AT THE OTHER. AT THE FIRST HOME THE TWO YOUNG GIRLS SPEAK VERY LITTLE ENGLISH SO THINGS WITH THEM MOVE SLOW. THE BOYS THAT I TAUGHT WERE NOT PROGRESSING SO WE HAD A HEART TO HEART ABOUT IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO LEARN TO PLAY, I THINK WE WILL START MOVING AGAIN. THURSDAY WE DRIVE AN HOUR TO TEACH IN DANHAUSER AND AGAIN WE HAD THAT TALK WITH ONE OF THE BOYS, BUT THE OTHER IS GOING TO PASS ME IF I DON'T PRACTICE MORE. SISTER HUDSON HAS SAID ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE ON ANY NEW STUDENTS BUT THAT WENT OUT THE WINDOW UP THERE. THIS MOTHER STOPPED AND ASKED IF WE WOULD TEACH HER DAUGHTER AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW WHAT SISTER HUDSON SAID WITHOUT ME PUTTING IT IN THIS LETTER, I'LL TELL YOU HOW THE GIRL IS DOING NEXT WEEK. WE DID TALK TO THE MOTHER AFTER THE LESSON AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE LESSONS WERE AND OF COURSE WE TOLD HER WE WERE MISSIONARIES AND DIDN'T CHARGE, THEN SHE WANTED TO GIVE A FREE WILL OFFERING TO THE CHURCH AND MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD WE CAN TELL HER ABOUT WHAT WE DO BESIDES TEACH KEYBOARD. SHE DID SAY SHE WANTED HER DAUGHTER TO BE SOMEONE, SO I'M GLAD WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT. WE DID GET BUNKED (WHEN SOMEONE STANDS YOU UP OR IS A NO SHOW) OUT AT EZAKHENI ON FRIDAY SO THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING. I AM STILL WORKING ON THE HUMANITARIAN WATER PROJECT UP IN DUNDEE AND TALKED TO ANOTHER CONTRACTOR ON THURSDAY WHERE WE TEACH AND THEN MET HIM TODAY TO LOOK AT THE THREE SITES TO GET A BID FROM HIM SO I CAN MOVE IT ON TO THE MISSIONARIES IN JOHANNESBURG. I WILL SEND SOME TELLING PICTURES FOR ALL TO SEE. STILL WARM DAYS AND THE NIGHTS COOL OFF AND THE STARS ARE OUT SO LIFE IS GREAT HERE.
WE HOPE ALL IS WELL AT HOME OTHER THEN THOSE SETBACKS THAT ALWAYS SEEM TO HIT US ONCE IN A WHILE, JUST KEEP THE FAITH AND MOVE ON. WE SENT OUR LOVE AND PRAY FOR BLESSINGS ON EACH OF YOU.
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE MARCH ONES.
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