DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS NOVEMBER 23, 2011,
AS YOU HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES, DUNDEE IS ABOUT AN HOUR FROM LADYSMITH WHERE WE LIVE. THIS REPORT IS MOSTLY ABOUT THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING UP THERE. FIRST OF ALL WE ARE NOW DOING MORE WORK ON THE WATER PROJECT AND AT SITE ONE WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE FAUCET THERE ARE NOW SEVEN WITH MORE PRESSURE AND VOLUME (WILL SEND PICTURES). THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR WASHING CLOTHES, MOST CLOTHES ARE WASHED BY HAND IN THAT AREA. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR PROPERTY TO BUILD A CHAPEL FOR THE BRANCH MEMBERS. THIS HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO FIND PROPERTY CLOSE TO WHERE THE TAXIES RUN, AS THAT IS HOW MANY MEMBERS GET TO CHURCH. THE MISSION PRESIDENT ASKED US TO FIND SOMETHING AND FINALLY I THINK WE HAVE FOUND SOMETHING SUITABLE. NOW THE PROCESS TO GET IT DONE, WHICH WILL BE HANDLED OUT OF JOBERG ( AGAIN A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS).
WE HAD THANKSGIVING ON MONDAY, P-DAY FOR THE MISSIONARIES AND ALL WENT WELL. THEY DO SELL TURKEYS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR DOWN HERE, NOT SURE WHAT THEY CELEBRATE HERE, BUT WE DID THE WORKS. EIGHT ELDERS, FIVE FROM THE STATES AND THREE FROM AFRICA. NOT MUCH LEFT OTHER THAN THE TURKEY CARCASS, WHICH I USED TO MAKE A HUGH POT OF TURKEY SOUP THAT THE FOUR ELDERS HERE IN LADYSMITH HELPED EAT LAST NIGHT. THE AFRICAN ELDERS WANTED TO KNOW WHEN, WHERE, WHY AND ABOUT THE FAMILY PART OF THANKSGIVING.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN HOT AND COLD THIS SPRING, 100 ONE DAY AND RAIN THE NEXT, BUT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE NOT HIT YET WITH THE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER.
WE REMEMBER OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS THANKSGIVING AND HOPE ALL IS WELL, AND HOPE YOU KNOW WE MISS EACH OF YOU VERY MUCH.
WARM REGARDS,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
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