DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, APRIL 17, 2011,
THESE WEEKS SEEM TO PASS BY SO FAST, WITH ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO. FIRST OF ALL WE GOT A PACKAGE FROM JACKIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE GOODIES WERE MUCH APPRECIATED.
MONDAY STARTED OUT IN DUNDEE WHERE WE MET THE HUMANITARIAN COUPLE TO CLOSE THE DEAL ON OUR WATER PROJECT THERE. THEY MET THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE WILL USE AND THE PERSON THAT WILL TEACH ABOUT THE HYGIENE KITS THAT THE CHURCH WILL GIVE OUT IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE WERE SURPRISED TO HERE THAT ELDER AND SISTER NIELSEN WANTED TO STAY WITH US THAT NIGHT ( GOOD THING SISTER HUDSON KEEPS A CLEAN HOUSE ). WE TOOK THEM OUT TO THE TOWNSHIP WHERE THE NEW TOILET IS BEING DONE (MORE ON THAT LATER) AND INTRODUCED THEM TO THE SISTER THAT OWNS THE NEW TOILET. SHE WILL BE TEACHING ABOUT HYGIENE KITS AT THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE TEACHES SEVENTH GRADE. ALSO SANITARY PADS WERE DISCUSSED AS I WALKED AWAY. LEARN LATER THAT THE GIRLS JUST DON'T GO TO SCHOOL THOSE DAYS AND THE CHURCH TEACHES THE COMMUNITIES HOW TO MAKE THEM. MAYBE SISTER HUDSON WILL WRITE MORE NEXT WEEK ABOUT THIS. TUESDAY OUR MISSION PRESIDENT CAME TO LADYSMITH TO INTERVIEW OUR SIX ELDERS AND SISTER HUDSON MADE ENCHILADAS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE FOR LUNCH, ABOUT THE ONLY WAY WE GET TO VISIT WITH THEM, AS HE HAS A TIGHT SCHEDULE. MEXICAN FOOD IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND IN SOUTH AFRICA, SO PRESIDENT WAS GLAD TO HAVE SOME, I'M NOT A FAN OF IT AND SISTER HUDSON LOVES TO COOK IT SO WAS FUN FOR HER. I DID LIKE WHAT SHE MADE AND HAD A REPEAT AGAIN IN THE WEEK. WE ALSO TAUGHT KEYBOARD TO THE FAMILY OF SIX AND 10 YEAR OLD SHARON BLEW ME AWAY PLAYING WITH BOTH HANDS, READING THE NOTES AND THEN PLAYED IN CHURCH TODAY. WHAT A PROGRAM THE CHURCH OFFERS TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LEARN THE KEYBOARD. THURSDAY A TRAINING MEETING UP IN NEWCASTLE (THREE HOURS LONG) AND THEN STOPPED FOR OUR USUAL TEACHING IN DANHAUSER AND DUNDEE, WHERE I MET THE CONTRACTOR AND PICKED UP A CONTRACT TO SEND TO ELDER NIELSEN FOR APPROVAL. I HAD A SIDE JOB WHILE IN DUNDEE, CHANGED A FLAT TIRE ON OUR CAR. NOW BACK TO THE TOILET OUT AT WATERMEET (THE NAME COME FROM THREE RIVERS COMING TOGETHER THERE) IT IS IN AND CAN BE USED MONDAY. NOT SO QUICK, WE DUG THE HOLE TO BIG AND HAD TO DO SOME FILLING IN TO MAKE IT WORK. THE TOILET ITSELF FIT, JUST THE HOLE HAD TO BE SEALED AROUND THE SEAT AND THINGS WORKED OUT AND IT WILL JUST LAST LONGER WITH A LARGER HOLE. I WILL SEND THE OLD AND THE NEW PICTURES OF THE PROJECT. THAT IS THE LAST I WILL SAY ABOUT THE TOILET AND HOPE I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN ANOTHER ONE. BACK TO NEWCASTLE ON SATURDAY FOR MORE TRAINING EXCEPT THIS TIME I WAS THE TRAINER. ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO JUST HAVE TO DO WE WERE HAMMERED AND ALSO THE WEATHER HAS BEEN CRUMMY THIS WEEK WITH FLASHBACK OF SEATTLE LIKE WEATHER.
OUR MISSION HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING AND WE DO HAVE A GREATER APPRECIATION OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST TAKE FOR GRANTED BACK IN THE STATES. WE LOVE THE PEOPLE AND LOVE HELPING THEM IN THE CHURCH, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH TO DO AND THEY ASK FOR NOTHING.
THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT, THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
P.S. WELCOME PAM AND VERNON, HOPE YOU ENJOY THE EMAIL AND HAVE A GOOD MEETING AT THE PARK.
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