DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS MARCH 7, 2012,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE AND ALL THAT HAVE A BIRTHDAY IN MARCH, I KNOW THIS IS THE SAME THING I WROTE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, BUT NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT.
MOST OF THE THINGS WE DO EACH DAY HAVE BECOME COMMON PLACE TO US NOW AND I THINK WE HAVE EXPRESSED OUR FEELINGS ABOUT OUR MISSION THAT I WONDER WHAT TO SEND SO THAT YOU WILL STILL READ OUR LETTERS. LET ME START BY SAYING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT IS SO GRATIFYING ABOUT MISSIONARY WORK. HAVING JUST HELPED WITH TRANSFERS SOMETHING NEW HAPPENED THAT I MUST WRITE ABOUT. WE HAVE NOW BEEN OUT LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE WORKED WITH OR HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MANY MISSIONARIES NOW SERVING THAT WHEN THE BUS CAME INTO THE STOP YESTERDAY SIX ELDERS GOT OFF THE BUS AND CAME TO GREET US AND TALK ABOUT OUR TIMES TOGETHER. ALTHOUGH THE BUS WAS NOT THERE LONG IT WAS NICE TO AT LEAST SAY HELLO. WE THEN TOOK A NEW MISSIONARY UP TO A PLACE CALLED PHUTHADITJHABA WHERE I TOOK TWO NEW MISSIONARIES TWO TRANSFERS AGO, AND THEY EVEN SAID THEY WERE GLAD TO SEE US. LAST FRIDAY SISTER HUDSON AND I WERE INVITED TO ATTEND A WHEELCHAIR HAND OVER UP IN NEWCASTLE WHERE 20 WHEELCHAIRS WERE GIVEN TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE NOT MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. A VERY NICE PROGRAM, PUT ON BY THE MEMBERS UP THERE. THE MINISTER OF HEALTH FROM THE GOVERNMENT WAS THERE AND SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF THE CHURCH AND WHAT WE DID FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE CHURCH HAS GIVEN OVER 400 THOUSAND WHEELCHAIRS WORLD WIDE THROUGH HUMANITARIAN SERVICES OF THE CHURCH. IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN THE DEEP FEELING THAT ONE HAS AT A TIME LIKE THIS. LUNCH WAS PROVIDED FOR ALL THAT ATTENDED AND I WILL SEND SOME PICTURES. WE HAVE NEW COUNTRY DIRECTORS FOR HUMANITARIAN SERVICES THAT WERE THERE AND AFTER THE PROGRAM WE TOOK THEM OUT TO DUNDEE WHERE WE HAVE AGAIN 20 WHEELCHAIRS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE IN NEED WHERE THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THEY ALSO WANTED TO SEE THE WATER PROJECTS THERE (I KNOW I WAS NOT EVER GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER PROJECT AGAIN, BUT JUST HAD TO IN PASSING). THERE IS A SISTER ( THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL NURSES DOWN HERE) THAT WE WILL WORK WITH AND SHE WILL SET THINGS UP FOR GETTING THE CHAIRS TO THOSE IN NEED.
WE FINALLY HAVE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER AND FALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. WE SURE DID NOT GET THE RAIN THIS YEAR LIKE LAST, BUT ENOUGH FOR ME. WE ARE STILL BEING THE B AND B (BED AND BREAKFAST) FOR THE SENIOR COUPLES THAT HAVE THINGS TO DO IN THE AREA, WHICH WE ENJOY HAVING THEM STAY. WE WILL PICK UP THE MILLERS TOMORROW AND TAKE THEM UP TO NEWCASTLE TO REPLACE THE WARDS THAT ARE ALREADY HOME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEM IN PLACE.
I THINK I PUT THIS IN ONE OF THE FIRST LETTERS I SENT ( A SIGN OF OLD AGE TO START REPEATING ONES SELF), BUT WHEN WE CAME INTO THE MISSION FIELD, ELDER DAVIS, FROM THE OFFICE SAID THAT THE MISSIONARIES DON'T COUNT BY MONTHS, RATHER BY TRANFERS. NOW TRANSFERS HAPPEN EVERY SIX WEEKS, SO THAT MEANS A MISSIONARY ONLY HAS 17 TRANSFERS IN STEAD OF 24 MONTHS. SO IN OUR CASE WE JUST HAD TRANFER 15, BUT STILL DON'T KNOW OUR RELEASE DATE YET?
WE SEND OUR LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL,
ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON
PS THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWS HOW THEY PAINT THE WHITE STRIPS DOWN THE STREET AND THE LAST SHOWS A ZULU LADY WEAVING A RUG THAT WE BOUGHT.
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PS PS FROM SISTER HUDSON---WE WERE IN THE CAR FROM 5;30 AM UNTIL 8;30 PM YESTERDAY. WE ONLY WERE OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AS WE SAT IN OUR BOARDING WAITING FOR ELDER DELAMARE TO BRING TWO NEW ELDERS UP FROM DURBAN. THE BED REALLY FELT GOOD LAST NIGHT.
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