Sometimes it feels like the weeks just fly by and this one has. Elder Lindsey is feeling great and so this week we started back on our walking program. First thing in the morning before breakfast we put on our sweats and go into the building and walk the cultural hall for 30 minutes. We will add five minutes every week until we get back up to an hour. It has felt good to both of us to get back into the routine of exercising.
At Martin's Cove we had the most beautiful sunsets but here in Rosebud the sunrises are amazing!
This week Elder Lindsey started teaching the Temple Preparation class to two Sister who were baptised about two years ago and are ready to take the next step. He taught the first class on Thursday evening and then on Sunday after church he taught the second class. It has been so fun to feel of their excitement in taking this important step. As we have held the classes we have the added benefit of developing deeper friendships with these wonderful Sisters. Their commitment to living the Gospel in the midst of families who don't share their faith strengthens our testimonies.
Tuesday some of us sisters got together for a crocheting class taught by a less active Sister we have been visiting. She is amazingly talented and is very willing to teach us beginners. It was fun to sit together, practice our stitches and visit. We shared a lunch of soup and applesauce cake and made plans to get together again in a couple of weeks.
Friday we drove over to Pierre to do a Walmart run and to pick up a prescription for Elder Lindsey. After shopping we visited the State Capitol.
This is called "Fighting Stallions" and is a memorial to five South Dakota lawmakers who died in a plane crash in 1993.
"Fighting Stallions" with the Capitol building in the background.
This is a war memorial to the service personnel of South Dakota. The lake in the background is heated and there are hundreds of ducks and some very large geese that reside there year round which makes walking on the sidewalks treacherous! (think geese bathroom)
This is the fountain at the other end of the war memorial.
This is the rotunda just inside the door...it is breathtaking!
The volunteers had just started decorating the trees for Christmas. We will be back in Pierre for District Conference on December 6th so plan to go back and see the completed trees.
On the third floor balcony looking across to one of the many trees being decorated.
Elder Lindsey getting a drink outside the Senate.
The grand staircase.
Before heading for home we had a late lunch at Guadalajara's Mexican food, our favorite. Pierre is a very pretty small city on the Missouri River and we look forward to exploring more of it on our next visit.
Sunday is always lovely. Today we probably had about 100 people at church. President Gilson had family visiting and then because we were having a potluck Thanksgiving dinner after Sacrament meeting we had quite a few visitors, thus my title of this weeks post...if you feed them. It was nice to meet more of our membership and also the non member family members of some of our newer members.
Quite a feast. The branch provided two turkeys and a ham then everyone brought food to share. The desserts came out after the main course was finished and they were wonderful and varied also. No one went away from this meal hungry!
A few of our favorite little ones; Jacob, McKashia and in the pink dress in the background, Averi.
As always there is cleanup but once again many hands make lite work!
As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week know that you are the blessings we are most grateful for. As our family and friends you have blessed our lives in ways you will never know. As always we send our love and prayers.
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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