2. Our Train Ride through the Pass with the Millers
3. We have the baptisms at the Beach. Everyone that was there.
4. The Pass with the Millers
March 4th, 2010
Dear family, Friends & Loved Ones,
Well it is pass time to write again. Week before last we had Elder & Sister Tenney here with us for 3 days as they were doing a career work shop in our Branch. There was a total of 10 hours of classroom work. We had a great time enjoying their company and classes. We played a little golf, went out to eat, played some cards etc. They were here Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They went with us to sing Happy Birthday to Desiree on Friday the 19th. She really enjoyed this and actually shed a few tears. We took her a nice bouquet of flowers and she had a lot of great delicious treats for us.
Saturday February 20th was a GREAT DAY! For us. We had 3 baptisms that day. Being baptized was Desiree Danjean (the people with the farm from France), Yolanda and Niko (her son) Addendorf. Sister O gave the BEST talk on the Holy Ghost I have heard for a baptismal service. Making and giving beautiful pillows as a comfort to them as is the Holy Ghost a comfort to each of us when we live righteously and let the Holy Ghost into our lives.
I was privileged to baptize Yolanda and Desiree. This is always such a wonderful experience and especially to see the joy and happiness that comes into the lives of these wonderful people and their families. Desiree had a family friend come with his family, he is studying to be a minister and wanted to see how our church did this. He and his family also came to the conformation on Sunday. Elder Maja baptized Niko. We had our Baptisms at the river in the regular place and there was plenty of water. The Baptisms went a lot easier there than in the ocean. The Tenney's stayed for the baptisms before going home to P.E.
On Sunday we had a wonderful service. I confirmed Yolando, and was going to confirm Desiree also but Pres. Matsaluka wanted to and did so that was great. Elder Caine confirmed Niko. Sister O had tacos, burritos & spanish rice for Sunday Dinner. It is a real treat to have spanish food as you don't find it here. It started a light rain on Sunday morning and rained all day and night. Monday all day and night and even some on Tuesday. I feel we are being blessed for the special fast and prayers we had for rain. It was a slow rain that soaked in and had some good run off. Now we need some hard rain to get a good run off. We did get some heavy rain at times on Tuesday & Wednesday. I believe that the rain brought up the water supply by about 2% so you can see we need much more.
We met with Desiree and her husband Gerard on Wednesday as he couldn't be here on Tuesday. He is leaving on Thursday to go to France for 3 weeks. We feel he will be baptized but it will take a little more time. Sister O and I tried to order him a quad in French BUT couldn't get one, so we had to ordered a triple combo in French. This will help him if he has his own scriptures in French, he will understand better than English.
On Friday the 26th of February we met another senior couple (the Spears) they came by to visit and go to dinner with us. They live in PE and had a presentation for the Seminary & Institute teachers in our branch in George on Saturday morning. They are from SA but have lived a lot of there lives in Ireland. Also the Millers came on Saturday morning and stayed with us on Saturday, Sunday and went home on Monday. We went on a 2 car train ride up through the Outenique Mountain Pass and back. It was called the Outenique Power Van. We tried to get reservations for the Spears but it was filled. Both the Millers and the Spears had presentations to give in Knysna on Sunday.
It was another great week-end and a wonderful Sunday Our SS class went really good. The RS room was pretty well filled. We have about 4 weeks of this class left. For dinner we had a great roast beef and also a great roast lamb that Desiree fixed for us. I think I like lamb better than beef most of the time.
We got an e-mail from some friends in Jo Berg telling us that a senior couple they know, he was just made Mission President in Ghana told them that they need 50 senior couples here in the southern part of Africa. I hope many of you that are thinking about serving your Heavenly Father will seriously consider going on a mission and enjoy the blessings that can be given you and your family. Sister O and I are really enjoying our service here. Yes, it is hard being away from family & friends, but the rewards and blessings are worth it.
Well I guess I should close for now but we want you all to know that we truly love and miss you. It is such a treat when we can hear from our family and our friends from home. Please don't forget us while we are away. We just talked to Scott & Suzanne on Ichat and we played with Tessa she is so cute and is walking. We got to see her walk she will be a year old next month. They are all growing up. Kim sent me pictures of Forest & Brayden and the Birthday party they are so cute. It is great to see pictures so soon after the party it makes me feel as if I were there. Thanks for all you do for us!!! We are grateful for our Children and all the Grandchildren & the Great Grandchild Tessa (she is so cute and what a personality she has) Thanks for sharing take care. We will write again soon.
Love Elder & Sister O'Dell
Mom (Linda) & Dad (Papa Woody)
Grandma & Grandpa
Linda & Woody
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