Dear Family and Friends form South Africa November 27, 2011,
Well, another week has passed and we have survived all the activity. As you know Elder Hudson fed the missionaries on Monday their Thanksgiving dinner. For our Thanksgiving day, we taught piano in Dundee and Dannhouser. We got back to Ladysmith at 7pm. So, we went to this restaurant called Spur and had bar-b-que ribs. They were good and we enjoyed our night out. We taught piano on Tuesday and the students on Wednesday didn't show up. Today at church she said she was writing on her final tests. So, we have canceled piano in Ladysmith until after Christmas. We need a holiday. The kids will be out of school from Dec. 9th to Jan. 9th. We are still going to teach at Ezakheni and Dundee this week.
We went to Newcastle on Saturday to a leadership meeting for the Elders of the branches. Since it was just for the men Sister Ward invited me to spend the time with her. I bought some yarn to knit slippers while we waited for the men to come back. We went to lunch at the Chinese Restaurant in Newcastle. They are now doing construction on the road to Newcastle and we have to add another 30 minutes to our travel time.
Elder Hudson made two loafs of bread for our Ezakheni students and we ran that out to them on Friday afternoon. One of the Elders was sick so he came here and spent the time with us. Elder Hudson and he watched the Priesthood session of the October conference. I just hid here in the office. We fed the sick Elder some left over turkey soup and just as we finished, the other Elders showed. So, he made them breakfast because that was all we had. I had made banana bread and shared that with the Elders.
I have my Christmas decorations up. It doesn't take long because we don't have that many. But I have discovered I have now four nativity sets that we have found from all around. One is wood, one has beads on it, one is made from banana leafs, and the other one is wood, but is painted with the animals being a zebra, giraffe, and lion. I hung pine cones from the kitchen counter with red ribbon at different lengths. This look festive. I bought material and made a table cloth for the desk where I put three nativity's and one for the table we eat on. I put the big vase out with the red balls we bought last year and guess what, I am ready. We haven't planned the dinner menu yet.
Well, this is a short letter. We are doing good and are healthy. I feel very blessed to be so healthy and have what abilities I have. The Lord does bless us here everyday. The people only know one speed to drive and that is with the peddle to the metal. Every week the local paper has stories and pictures of wrecks that have occurred. We finally got some needed rain on Thursday. It rained all day and all the way to Dundee and back.
We attended church here in Ladysmith today. Someone told Elder Hudson there was going to be a storm today. Sure enough at about 3pm we had lightning, thunder, and rain. It didn't last very long. Keep the notes coming. We enjoy hearing from you.
We send our love to all
Sister and Elder Hudson
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