South Africa Mission Blessings 12/5/2011

DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, DECEMBER 5,2011,

 

BOTH SISTER HUDSON AND I HAVE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FAMILY OF SIX THAT WE TEACH KEYBOARD TO EACH WEEK.  IT HAS BEEN FUN AND A GREAT BLESSING TO SEE THE GROWTH NOT ONLY AT THE KEYBOARD BUT IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES AND IN THE CHURCH.  SISTER ZWANE IS A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO, HAS TAKEN IN THREE OTHERS, AND HER NIECE THAT IS EIGHT YEARS OLD.  SHARON IS ELEVEN AND IS SISTER ZWANE'S DAUGHTER, THE OTHER DAY I ASKED HER WHILE TEACHING, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THREE OLDER KIDS, TWO BOYS AND A GIRL.  SHE SAID "WE'RE JUST FAMILY", SO I ASKED FURTHER FOR CLARIFICATION.  SHE TOLD ME THAT HER MOM AND THEIR MOM LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE AND WHEN THERE MOM PASSED AWAY HER MOM JUST TOOK THEM IN.  THE LITTLE ONE'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND SISTER ZWANE'S BROTHER ASK HER TO TAKE HER IN AND CARE FOR HER.  SISTER ZWANE'S SISTER IS ALSO LIVING THERE GOING TO SCHOOL. 

 

SO THAT IS THE FAMILY SETUP IN THE HOME.  I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE KIDS WHEN WE TEACH, HOW THE THREE GIRLS ALWAYS GO FIRST, THEY ALL WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR LESSON BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO PLAY.  THEY ALWAYS COME OUT TO THE CAR AND HELP CARRY THINGS IN AND CARRY THINGS OUT AFTER THE LESSONS.  WE JUST LOVE BEING WITH THEM IN THE HOME AND TEACHING.

 

FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS SISTER ZWANE HAS BEEN GOING TO NIGHT SCHOOL I GUESS AND HAS GRADUATED AND NOW IS GOING TO TEACH SCHOOL STARTING THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.  I THINK WE WROTE ABOUT TAKING SOUP AND HOME MADE BREAD OUT ON A SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE HER SUCCESS.

THE OTHER DAY SHE WANTED TO PAY ME TO MAKE ANOTHER LOAF OF HOME MADE BREAD FOR THE FAMILY, I AGREED TO MAKE THE BREAD WITHOUT PAY.

(NOW MY BREAD IS THE BEST AND IS LOVED BY ALL THAT CAN GET A SLICE, MISSIONARIES, COUPLES AND THE PATRIARCH WHO HAS SHARED THE RECEIPT WITH HIS DAUGHTER IN AUSTRALIA AND CALLS IT AN INTERNATIONAL BREAD).  I GOT THE RECEIPT FROM MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, JORDAN AND IT HAS WORKED WELL FOR ME HERE IN THE MISSION FIELD.

 

I NOT ONLY MADE ONE LOAF OF WHITE BREAD, BUT THREW IN A LOAF OF RAISIN BREAD.  THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS EXPERIENCE, ON SUNDAY WE ATTENDED CHURCH IN HER BRANCH AND SHE THANKED ME FOR THE BREAD AND TOLD ME THAT THEY BROUGHT SOME OF THE WHITE BREAD FOR THE SACRAMENT.  WITH ALL HER NEEDS AT HOME SHE WANTED TO SHARE WHAT SHE HAD WITH OTHERS.

 

COULD WE EACH BE A LITTLE MORE LIKE THIS DEAR SISTER IS MY HOPE AND PRAYER TODAY.

 

WE LOVE OUR TIME HERE AND HAVE GAINED SO MUCH FROM THE THINGS WE ARE BLESSED TO DO AND THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

 

ELDER AND SISTER HUDSON