NEW TEMPLE IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA‏ 10/3/2011

DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OCT 3RD 2011,

 

WE ARE OVER THE MOON WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW TEMPLE IN DURBAN AT GENERAL CONFERENCE.  WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH CONFERENCE VIA THE INTERNET, EVEN IF WE HAD TO STAY AWAKE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT EACH DAY.  WITH THE TIME CHANGE BETWEEN HERE AND UTAH, CONFERENCE STARTED AT 6 PM AND THE AFTERNOON SESSION STARTED AT 10 PM.  ALL OF AFRICA WILL WATCH ON CD THE 15TH AND 16TH OF OCTOBER THE CONFERENCE SESSIONS.  OUR FOUR ELDERS HERE IN LADYSMITH CAME BY TO WATCH THE FIRST SESSIONS EACH NIGHT AND WE ALL SAT IN THE OFFICE AROUND THE COMPUTER AND ENJOYED THE SPIRIT.  REMINDS ME OF THE GREAT BLESSING WE PASS UP WHEN WE DON'T WATCH IT WHEN IT'S ON OR SO EASY TO ATTEND AT HOME. 

 

HAVING ANOTHER TEMPLE HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE A GREAT BLESSING FOR THE SAINTS AND WILL MAKE MUCH EASIER FOR MANY MEMBERS TO ATTEND.  FROM LADYSMITH AND THE THREE BRANCHES WE SERVE IT WILL CUT THE TIME DOWN SOME, BUT JUST TO HAVE OUR OWN TEMPLE AND THE BLESSING THAT IT WILL BRING TO THE MISSIONARY WORK IS GREAT.  IT SPEAKS TO THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE MEMBERS AND HOW THE CHURCH IS GROWING HERE IN AFRICA, NICE TO BE A PART OF IT.  WILL GIVE US REASON TO RETURN TO SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE.

 

THE SUMMER RAINS HAVE ARRIVED EARLY THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE HAD SOME REAL THUNDER AND LIGHTING STORMS ALREADY, WITH MOST OF IT AT NIGHT SO HAVE BEEN IN AND SAFE BEFORE IT HITS.  WE WERE OUT HOME TEACHING IN ONE OF THE REMOTE TOWNSHIPS AND HAD TO SIT IN THE CAR UNTIL IT STOPPED RAINING, BUT OTHER THEN THAT WE HAVE KEPT DRY.  LAST YEAR WE HAD NO RAIN UNTIL THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER, BUT AGAIN WE'VE HAD AN EARLY SPRING THIS YEAR.

 

WE STAY BUSY WITH THE ELDERS AND HELPING THE MEMBERS IN OUR BRANCHES.  WE WILL HELP SETUP AND MOVE ELDERS INTO A NEW BOARDING UP IN DUNDEE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WITH THAT WE NEED TO SET IT UP WITH FURNITURE AND GET IT ALL MOVED IN BY WEDNESDAY.  WE HAVE HAD FOUR ELDERS LIVING TOGETHER WITH ONLY ONE BATHROOM SO THIS WILL BE A RELIEF TO THEM.

 

THE KIDS ARE ON SPRING BREAK FROM SCHOOL SO NO KEYBOARD THIS WEEK, BUT I'M SURE WE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THE TIME.  I DON'T KNOW WHO ENJOYS THE BREAK MORE?

 

WE SEND OUR LOVE AND BEST WISHES,

 

ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON