It has been a busy week. Missionary work in Rosebud is taking off and we love being a part of it. Monday evening we took the Elders to meet Daryl and Crystal, a couple we've been working with for a couple of months. They had a new baby girl on New Years Day who we hadn't yet seen so it was great because I had the opportunity to hold that beautiful little bundle while we visited. My only regret is I was so busy holding I forgot to get a picture!
Elder Lindsey asked me to teach him how to make pies so on Tuesday afternoon while I prepped the soup for our Wednesday lunch he worked with the recipe I gave him and with an occasional question he made enough crust for three pies. He baked two apple pies for a dinner appointment on Wednesday and then we froze the other crust to use on Saturday to do a pie for our Sunday potluck.
Rolling out the crust. Next time he'll wear an apron.
The berry pie for Sunday potluck. Notice the fancy lattice work crust.
As is obvious from the picture Elder Lindsey is a natural pie baker. His first three pies turned out prettier than any pie I've ever made. He now officially has the job! While Elder was making his pie on Saturday I tried out a new roll recipe. Homemade crescent rolls. Its been a good fifteen years since I've baked homemade rolls and I wanted to brush up my skills.
I was very happy with the way they turned out and they were delicious! I call the missing roll in the middle quality control.
Our rolls and pies were well received at the pot luck and they went great with all the rest of the wonderful food.
Wednesday we invited the Missionaries to our ARP meeting so they could be familiar with the program as they come in contact with people in the community who might benefit from it. Wednesday afternoon we had a teaching appointment at the Barker's with the three young women we are teaching. The Missionaries taught a good lesson on the restoration and then we had dinner with everyone before taking the girls home. Elder Lindsey's apple pies were a hit.
Friday we joined the other Missionaries in the District for District meeting. These meetings are held in Winner which is about 45 miles from Rosebud. It also gave us a chance to visit with the Olson's a Senior Couple who serve in Chamberlin.
Elder Lindsey being greeted by this dog who was hoping for a handout.
This bell is on the back side of the Winner Chapel but has no inscription and we have no idea why it's there. The Church bought this building from the Community of Christ Church (formerly RLDS).
Saturday was Zaidyn Barker's baptism. I was asked to speak on Baptism and Elder Lindsey was one of the witnesses. We had a full house, including quite a few non members. After the baptism we had Indian Tacos for dinner and of course cake and ice cream. It was a fun afternoon and evening celebrating this special time with some of our favorite people.
Zaidyn and I
The Barker family L to R Ryan, November (foster daughter) Rogan, Tevian, Makisa, Laura, Zaidyn and Savannah asleep in her car seat.
Poor Elder Lindsey has developed a bad chest cold so he stayed home from church today. He got a call from the Missionaries while I was at church and found out they are both sick with the same thing...thanks for sharing guys! Church was good and potluck was fun...it is always nice to visit over good food. We had 9 investigators at Church today!
Just before everyone went home for naps Jennifer Gilson lined the babies up and we snapped some pictures. Left to right we have Savannah Barker (7 months) Wyatt Gilson (8 months) Kiaralysce Poor Bear (4 months) and Colton Gilson (5 months).
Each of these babies has a sibling who is two or three years old depending on the family plus older siblings. We have a very large primary for such a little Branch. You might have noticed that Wyatt and Colton are brothers born three months apart. Wyatt was adopted and while they were in SLC for Christmas with family he was sealed to his family in the Salt Lake Temple.
The weather has been unseasonably warm and we are certainly enjoying that. The natives assure us that winter will return but until it does we are going to enjoy what we have.
Our love and prayers ,
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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