On Monday May 4th Gib and Char came to visit us this week
and brought with them Jenny, Char's mom. She was here visiting
from Tasmania.
She was pretty excited to see Wyoming and all the handcarts.
She took lots of pictures and had us all laughing the whole time.
We took her into the Depot and showed her off to the other
Missionaries. She'd actually been to Salt Lake City that
day by herself and ate lunch at the Lion House. She'd had her
picture taken with six Sister Missionaries there is SLC.
So we really had her involved with the Mormons that day.
She loved our little house and she and Char spent a few
special moments in our bathroom.
On Wednesday our Area Authority Seventy Lynn Summerhays
came to visit us and spend a few hours with the Missionaries.
He is quite a special man and we really enjoyed our time with
him. How much he taught us and he left us with a challenge.
that would help us spiritually. We followed his counsel and our
week went so much better. How great it is when we do what
the Lord directs us to do. When we involve Him in our lives
our lives go so much better. That is truly why we are all here.
Our week at the DL & L was pretty wet. Saturday was the
most wet. It snowed all day, After several days of rain
the snow really made things muddy.
On days like this when I have to walk up to the Trek Center
several times in the mud I think, "What am I doing Here?"
We had to cancel several route reviews on Friday and Saturday.
Our ward Willowwood was scheduled to come Saturday. We
are hoping the weather turns warmer and less wet so we can
take them out this next Saturday. We are so excited to see our
friends from our own ward.
We did get lots of work done on the porta johns in spite of
the weather. Our welders have been busy building the
rails and steps that have to be attached on the new trailers.
Here are two of the two holers we built for this year.
We use them with the Kitchen crew so they have something
when the regular johns are gone with the trekkers.
The welders modify the trailer to make steps and
a stepping area for them to stand on.
Working indoors with the heat was a lot better than the cold wind
outside. But, a bad side effect. When they pulled a trailer
out of the inside they didn't get the door up high enough and
they tore the bottom panel of the door, OOPS! Not
good. We are glad no one was hurt. It seems like we have
had several times Heavenly Father has protected us here.
With all the new porta johns we bought we had to build
new plugs for them. One Elder worked to build them and then
the Sisters worked at the painting to seal them off. They
look quite nice now but one trip down the road the
first week and they will no longer be so 'NICE"
Jeff went out walking with Elder Kennedy and found a
elk shed. He thinks Elder Kennedy guides him to them
like leading someone to water.
I have to tell you a funny story. On Friday Jeff and I drove
into Evanston to purchase several items for the work projects. This
is a regular job, it seems like we are running to town to buy this
screw or this lug nut, Anyway we went fast while everyone else
was eating lunch. We go to the store, Murdoch's we spent almost
an hour finding the different nuts and bolts to fit different
projects. We get to the counter, we have a pile of stuff
and Cowan looks at me, "You have your wallet with you?"
I feel my pocket, nothing is there! We had nothing with us, not
a penny in our pocket. How silly we looked as we said, "We"ll have
to come back, we can't pay for any of this." They teased us
about giving us a good deal but FREE was not part of the deal.
We had to drive ten miles back to the ranch, then ten miles back to
Evanston. Our quick trip to the town was anything but quick.
I have another funny story, sorry no pictures. One of the Elders
was driving into town and they stopped by the dumpsters we
have to throw away their garbage. He got out, opened the trunk
and saw three bags, he threw all three in the dumpster. Got
in the car and his wife said, "Did you get both bags?" Both bags?
"I threw away all three." Ooops, the third bag was his Temple
clothes. He then had to figure out how to retrieve the bag back
out of the dumpster. It was almost empty so the bags were clear
down on the bottom, he is short and couldn't begin to reach it.
When he was telling all of us the story we were all laughing so hard.
How we wish there was a picture, we want him to pose for pictures
after the fact. He actually had a sickle he had packed, who knows
why, but he used that to snag the bag and pull it out. He
was pretty glad he'd packed it. See, life here is never
boring. Wet, but not boring. Have a good week and
as they say around here, 'Keep on Trekking"
Oh, did you ever think that Adam and Eve were actually the
first Trekkers! It's true, trekking goes way back in history.
