DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS 23 OF OCTOBER 2011
FIRST OFF, THIS IS A TWO WEEK NEWS LETTER, BUT I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT SHORT AND A FAST READ.
THE MISSION PRESIDENT WAS HERE IN LADYSMITH TO INTERVIEW THE EIGHT ELDERS THAT SERVE HERE IN LADYSMITH DISTRICT, THAT WAS HIS 126 MISSIONARY INTERVIEW IN FIVE DAYS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES. WE HAD HIM OVER FOR LUNCH AND THEN HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO INTERVIEW MORE ELDERS LATER THAT DAY THREE HOURS FROM HERE. HE INTERVIEWS 130-140 EACH QUARTER ALONG WITH ALL THE REST, NICE TO BE SERVING IN LADYSMITH!!!!
I TOOK A PHONE CALL FROM A SISTER ONE AFTERNOON SAYING THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS IN LADYSMITH AND HAD MISSED THE LAST TAXI AND WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE COULD STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. I'M STILL CAUTIOUS AND NEVER HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR HOME BUT AGREED TO GO PICK HER UP IN TOWN. SHE CALLED AND I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET HER AT THE LOCAL KFC. ALL TURNED OUT WELL, SHE WAS A 14 YEAR OLD THAT WAS CHANGING SCHOOLS AND HAD JUST MISSED HER RIDE. SHE WAS A DELIGHT TO HAVE THE NIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO COOK HER A QUICK MEAL AND HAVE CONVERSATION WITH. AFTER BREAKFAST WE TOOK HER TO CATCH HER RIDE AND ON HER WAY SHE WENT, NICE EXPERIENCE FOR US.
THE ELDERS TOLD THE MISSION PRESIDENT THAT THEIR STOVE WAS STILL NOT HOOKED UP SO AT LUNCH HE MENTIONED THAT TO ME SO I SAID I WOULD GET IT DONE. REMEMBER DUNDEE IS AN HOUR AWAY FROM LADYSMITH SO IT'S NOT LIKE GOING AROUND THE CORNER AND GETTING IT DONE. I KNOW I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTRIC SET-UP DOWN HERE BEFORE SO WON'T GO INTO THAT, BUT THIS WAS A NEW ONE JUST GETTING THE STOVE WIRED IN. THERE IS A HANDY MAN IN THE COMPLEX WHERE THE NEW BOARDING IS AND ASKED HIM FOR SOME HELP. HE WAS SOMEWHAT HESITANT, BUT AGREED TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. THIS IS A NEW STOVE OUT OF THE BOX AND NO WAY TO HOOK IT UP TO POWER. I HAD GONE TO A SHOP AND FOUND OUT WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT SO HAD EVERYTHING THAT THE HANDY MAN NEEDED, I THOUGHT. HE WANTED TO DO IT UP TO CODE (DIDN'T KNOW SOUTH AFRICA NEW WHAT CODE WAS, WELL THIS GUY IS WHITE AND IT WAS GOING TO BE RIGHT AND I'M GLAD). AFTER TWO TRIPS TO THE STORE AND AN HOUR OF TIME THE JOB WAS DONE, I EVEN TRYED TO PAY HIM BUT HE SAID HE GOT HIS BLESSING FROM ABOVE. WELL SISTER MADE HIM A BEAUTIFUL TABLE RUNNER THAT WE WILL TAKE TO HIM TOMORROW, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE NEXT WEEK LONG EVENT.
ELDER MYERS, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE MISSION FOR ONE MONTH AND HAS NOT BEEN FEELING WELL CALLED SUNDAY NIGHT AND NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR. I JUST PAST THIS ALONG TO THE MISSION PRESIDENT'S WIFE, SISTER VON STETTEN AND SHE MAKES THE CALL. SHE WANTED ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MONDAY WHICH I DID. COME TO FIND OUT IT IS HIS APPENDIX AND THE DOCTOR WANTED TO ADMIT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. AGAIN THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THE MISSION OFFICE AND THEY WANT A SECOND OPINION FROM THE MISSION DOCTOR IN JOBERG. WE TAKE ELDER MYERS AND HIS COMPANION TO OUR PLACE TO WAIT FOR AN UP DATE. ELDER MYERS IS TOLD TO FAST SO I FIXED HIS COMPANION BREAKFAST. I NEED TO SHORTEN THIS UP SO WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL AROUND 2PM AND THEY ADMIT ELDER MYERS. THE CHURCH HAS A CERTAIN DOCTOR THEY USE AND A PRIVATE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO DOWN HERE. THE HOSPITAL GET ALL DONE THAT NEEDED DOING AND WE JUST STAY WITH HIM TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ABOUT 5 PM SISTER HUDSON SAID SHE WAS GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING SO GOES TO THE FRONT DESK AND COME TO FIND OUT NO ONE CALLED THE DOCTOR. WHEN THE DOCTOR COMES HE SAID HE WOULD DO A SCAN AND WOULD MAKE A DECISION ADOUND 9PM. ELDER MYERS COMPANION NEEDS TO GET BACK TO DUNDEE BUT CAN'T DRIVE BY HIMSELF. PRESIDENT VON STETTEN ASK IF SISTER HUDSON CAN DRIVE, YES SHE CAN, BUT HAS NOT DRIVED HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. I FELT VERY SAFE WITH HER DRIVING BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING WITH ELDER KAMARA IN HIS CAR WHILE SISTER HUDSON FOLLOWED. THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM, IT'S GETTING DARK, BUT ALL WAS SAFE AND WE GOT THINGS DONE. THE PRESIDENT IS SENDING SISTER HUDSON A PURPLE HEART IN THE MAIL AND I'M GETTING A "RAISE". WE HAVE SPENT TIME AT THE HOSPITAL WITH ELDER MYERS AND HE WAS RELEASED FRIDAY AND WE TOOK HIM UP TO DUNDEE FOR HIM TO RE-COUP WITH A FOLLOW-UP TOMORROW THAT WE WILL TAKE HIM TO WHILE THE ELDERS HAVE THEIR "P" DAY. THE SURGERY WAS AT 10:30 PM AND WE GOT HOME AT MIDNIGHT.
WE HAD ELDER AND SISTER GUNDERSON (PEF COUPLE) STAY WITH US SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEY JUST LEFT THIS AFTERNOON. SISTER VON STETTEN SENT A SIGN "HUDSON B&B" I GUESS BECAUSE WE HOUSE THE COUPLES WHEN THERE IN TOWN, WHICH WE ENJOY DOING.
WE SEEM TO STAY BUSY AND LOVE TO SERVE AND ARE READY TO CHANGE OUR PLANS AS NEEDED.
WE PRAY FOR YOU AND ARE GREATFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR PRAYERS,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
No comments:
Post a Comment