DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS NOV 6, 2011,
JUST ANOTHER GREAT WEEK HERE IN THE SOUTH AFRICA DURBAN MISSION WITH SOME CHANGES THAT WE ARE GETTING USE TO. TRANSFERS WENT WELL WITH JUST MINOR GLITCHES, BUT ALL ARE IN THEIR NEW AREAS AND WE LOST TWO AND GOT TWO GOOD ONES. THEY DID SPLIT THE DISTRICT SO WE LOOK AFTER TWO NOW WHICH MEANS WE WILL HAVE TO GO UP TO DUNDEE FOR THEIR DISTRICT MEETING. SPEAKING OF DUNDEE, WE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THERE ON THURSDAY. WE TEACH KEYBOARD ON THURSDAY SO WENT EARLY TO SEE THE MAYOR AND CHECK ON ON PROJECT EXPANSION OF THE WATER PROJECT THERE. THE MAYOR HAD NOT TAKEN THE PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH ONLY MEET THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, SO WE WENT TO THE FIRST GUY WE SPOKE TO LAST JANUARY AND HE SAID GO AHEAD WITH THE EXPANSION. WE CALLED THE CONTRACTOR WHO HAS JUST BEEN WAITING FOR THE GO AHEAD. HE MET US AT THE SITE AND WE LAID OUT WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO SO IT SHOULD START THIS WEEK. ALSO THE REALTOR PHONED AND SAID THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS COME DOWN ON HIS PROPERTY AND WE MET WITH HIM. I PHONED LATER UP TO JOBERG TO LOGAN WHO WILL COME AND PUT THE DEAL TOGETHER FOR THE CHURCH, ONLY PROBLEM WON'T KNOW UNTIL TUESDAY IF SALT LAKE WILL GIVE THE OK ON FUNDS, WE HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED. WE DID GET TO TEACH KEYBOARD ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH PRACTICING HAD BEEN DONE.
THINGS WORKED OUT SO WE COULD GO UP TO JOBERG TO THE TEMPLE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE LADYSMITH BRANCH AND IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE DID HAVE A TWO AND HALF HOUR WAIT ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT. I WROTE BEFORE THAT THERE ARE NO LANE DIVIDER'S AND THIS OUR THIRD TRIP UP THE N3 AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME FOR A DELAY ON THE FREEWAY. WE MET UP WITH THE NIELSEN'S WHO ARE OVER THE HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA. ALSO PICKED UP A WHEELCHAIR FOR A YOUNG GIRL HERE IN OUR AREA THAT THE CHURCH IS PROVIDING. THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE 20 WHEELCHAIRS IN DUNDEE AS PART OF THAT PROJECT ALONG WITH READING GLASSES. WHAT A GREAT SERVICE THE CHURCH IS DOING HERE IN DIFFERENT AREAS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN PART OF.
SO YOU DON'T THINK I WAS NOT IN THE KITCHEN THIS WEEK I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU, WE NOW HAVE TWO TRAVELING ELDERS AS A RESULT OF HAVING TWO EXTRA ELDERS AND NO BOARDING SO THEY JUST TRAVEL AND WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS AS NEEDED. WELL WE HAD A PICKUP HERE THAT THE ELDERS BROUGHT DOWN FROM SWAZILAND AND LEFT IT AT OUR PLACE AND IT WILL GO UP TO JOBERG WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO PICK IT UP. THE TRAVELING ELDERS PHONED AND WOULD LEAVE ANOTHER PICKUP AND TAKE THE ONE THAT WAS HERE (THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND WE DON'T GET UPSET AT ANYTHING). WELL THEY PHONED AT 5PM AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO EAT SO INVITED THEM FOR DINNER. I HAD MADE A BIG POT OF FRIED RICE IN THE MORNING SO HAD PLENTY, BUT NOTHING FANCY. I INVITED THEM BACK WHEN THEY ARE IN THE AREA FOR A PROPER MEAL. DICK BYBEE ASKED IF WE DO THIS ON OUR OWN AND THE ANSWER IS YES AND ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE. OUR NEXT BIG MEAL WILL BE THANKSGIVING AND THE OLD ELDERS THAT LEFT WERE SAD AND THE NEW ELDERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A THANKSGIVING DINNER. THE AFRICAN ELDERS DON'T CARE WHAT THEY CALL IT JUST AS LONG AS THEY GET INVITED.
THE WEATHER IS NICE AND STILL NO SUMMER RAIN YET. EVERYONE WANTS THE RAIN TO COME AND I GUESS IT IS NEEDED.
ALL THE ELDERS ARE DOING FINE HEALTH WISE AND ELDER MYERS IS BACK TO WORK AFTER HIS SURGERY.
WE LOVE THE WORK AND ENJOY WORKING WITH BOTH MEMBERS AND ELDERS HERE, AND OFTEN SAY WHAT AN EXPERIENCE WE ARE HAVING AND ENJOY SHARING WITH EACH OF YOU EACH WEEK, BUT CAN'T FULLY EXPLAIN THE HAPPENING DOWN HERE.
AS ALWAYS,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
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