We went to the Elm Street building for Church on Sunday. It was a nice meeting, especially attending it with three other missionary couples.
The McDowells brought a Traeger barbecue/smoker with them when they came from Mesa, AZ. Elder McDowell loves to cook. They say that they cook for their whole family (about 30 people) every Sunday at home. For our Sunday potluck, he cooked prime rib--probably the best we have ever eaten. We take turns doing the main dish, vegetable, salad, potatoes/rice, and bread/rolls. It was their turn for the main dish, and they impressed us all.
We woke up to snow again this week. We can't believe how different the weather has been, compared to last year. It is making it a little more difficult to get some of our work done, and impossible to get out on the trails. But, when the snow comes, it doesn't stick around too long. We are praying for the weather to get better.
There are sheep on the Ranch right now. They are supposed to be just passing through and belong to another ranch. The weather is making it impossible to get the sheepherder's trailer through, so I think they will be here a little longer than they thought they would be. The baby lambs are so cute!
Elder Howard and Elder Moretti try to find some jobs to do inside while it is a little cold outside. But, from the looks of Elder Howard, they have been rolling around in the mud! They are so busy with all of the trucks, side-by-sides, and trailers that they have very little time to do anything else. I think they are becoming good friends in the process.
In Church on Sunday, they announced that the Young Men of the Ward were doing a service project in the town of Almy, of filling sand bags for the expected flooding of the Bear River. The Evanston Stake is always doing so much for our Mission, we missionaries decided to help out. Sister & Elder Clark are working hard.
Sister Feler, Sister & Elder Call are also busy.
Elder Howard packed so many sandbags, weighing 50-70 pounds, I finally talked him into getting a shovel and filling sandbags as I held them open. It was still back-breaking work, but a little easier than carrying them.
Sister and Elder Peart showed us how it was done.
With the missionaries' help, and help from some of the others in the Ward, the Young Men ended up with over 1,000 bags that evening. Then they fed us hamburgers, chips, and apples. Here are Sister & Elder Howard, Sister Call, Sister & Elder Clark, and Elder & Sister Theler. There were other missionaries there who didn't get in the picture. It sure feels good (at least mentally) after doing service.
Yeah! Finally some nicer weather--nice enough to leave our doors open for the first time. Now it is time to get out on those trails to refresh the 2nd year missionaries and teach the 1st year missionaries the routes. We only have four weeks until the trekkers come!
We all went together on a trail that Elder Howard and I had never been on. We took four trucks filled with missionaries. Here are Sister Call, Elder Howard, Sister Ekins (with rabbit ears,) Sister Peart, and Brother Wilson the staging area of Trail 29.
We drove with Elder & Sister McDowell in the back seat. It was fun getting to know them a little better.
What a beautiful little campground, called Kate Hollow. We have one trek on this trail, but we are afraid we may have to change it because our group of 260 may be too large for some of the campsites and other places on the trail.
Even though we may not trek on this trail, it was fun to see it. This is the top of the Women's Pull and it is a beautiful site looking down over this part of the Ranch.
We are starting to have our Route Reviews. This its where some of the leaders of the Trek come and we go on the support roads and show them where their campsites and porta-john stops are, and then do a little training afterwards. This is our first group, who also happen to be our first Trek this year. They are from Hyde Park Stake. They seem to be very well organized. We were glad because their group of about 460 is the largest group we have had, or will have. Last year, we had all pretty small groups. It was fun getting to know them and we are excited to trek with them.
We ended up with two Route Reviews on the same day. The second one showed up just as we were saying goodby to the first group. These leaders are from the Brigham City River Ward. What a crazy, great bunch of people. They will be our very last Trek and I am sure we will have a wonderful Trek with them. They will be a great send-off for the end of our mission!
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