This spring is certainly capricious. In a week’s time there has been a near blizzard, torrents of rain, sunshine sufficient to work outdoors in shirtsleeves, and mixes of those three. Today was gorgeous, with a morning mist hanging low and as it lifted there was the hint of green growth below. As the mist thinned a bit, the sun showed bright on the snowy mountain tops above the fleecy clouds. We do live in a beautiful place!
Marco Crosland, son of Robert and Phee Crosland, has received his mission call to serve in the LDS Singapore Mission. He will be learning to speak the Malay language. Robert took a quick trip to Florida during spring break to visit their daughter, Arianna and Ben Hostetter. They are living in Jacksonville where Ben is going to law school.
River McKay had her 14th birthday and has moved on to Mia Maid class in Young Women. River has already earned her first Young Woman’s Medallion but is still setting goals for interesting projects.
The young men orchestrated the annual drive of Scouting for Food. Cubs dropped off donation bags mid-week at households throughout the community. Once filled the sacks were placed on the doorsteps for an early morning retrieval by the older scouts. The results of the collection contribute to the local food pantry.
The Shawn Jepsen family or Pocatello came down for some time with their Jepsen cousins, Kerry and Melinda Jepsen. Spring break is a great opportunity for family connections
Recently we have heard the wail of emergency sirens heading up our valley. That sound is always one that reaches out and causes concern for whomever is in need of those wonderful people who volunteer their help and skills. This response had a happy ending.
Spring break is a welcome week in most homes. I have heard of shopping trips, yard work, catching a few extra hours of sleep. No matter the activity chosen it seems this time is generally just shucking off some of life’s pressure, as much as possible, to get ready for the busy days ahead.
Jim and Debbie Harrison came up for a few days. They claim “home” is just as comfortable in Mink Creek as it has been in St. George this past season.
A few weeks ago I received a brief report on particulars of the flooding in Thailand where Leon and Katherine Noorda are serving a mission. In order to grasp the size of the area they compared it to the Salt Lake valley. Quoting from their letter, “If you were to take an area north from Layton, go south to Provo, east to Foothill Blvd. and west to Magna, that would pretty much be as large as the flooded area would be. Now imagine 4 to 6 feet of water that settles in for 4-6 weeks. The massive amount of water now starts to recede and fluctuates with the rising and lowering of the ocean tide.“ The first months of their mission included dealing with the flooding, followed by mopping-up, cleaning, etc. that resulted from the flooding. One never thinks of this sort of thing as part of serving a mission. The need to drive a car in a foreign country is one thing, traveling by small boat is quite another.
May your Easter season be one of gratitude.
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