Monday started with another blast of very cold arctic air. We had an appointment to get the oil changed in the car so headed into Mission in the morning. After some other errands we headed home to hunker down. In the afternoon we exercised by walking in the church and after that we ran the vacuum and did a little clean up. We are beginning to understand why bears hibernate!
Wednesday we had another successful ARP meeting. I am perfecting my fry bread recipe for our lunches and am getting positive reviews for my efforts.
On Thursday Sister Barker and I spent some time in the morning cleaning and organizing the Relief Society Closet. My friend Jan sent a box of flannel and as a Relief Society service project we are going to make blankets and quilts for the hospital to give out to newborns.
We are excited to get started! Thank you Jan for thinking of us.
Saturday the weather and the roads were clear and we were ready to get out of Dodge so we went to Pierre. A year ago we never would have believed that we'd be willing to drive for 90 minutes to see a movie or have Mexican food...or visit Walmart but that's what we are now willing to do on occasion for a change of scenery. First order of business was to get the car washed. It gets so dirty and it's too cold to turn on the outside hose, not to mention we don't want to turn the parking lot into an ice skating rink. Next we went for Mexican food and after that we explored downtown Pierre. We found a boot pad (a place to put wet snow boots) to keep the carpets dry when we come in and take our boots off. We were thinking of getting a cookie sheet when we discovered they really make such a thing. Next we scored at a thrift store with a brand new Carhartt quilted vest for Elder Lindsey for only $29.95. New they run about $100. I picked up a couple jean jackets for $6.50 each. We just love a bargain!
After our shopping success we headed to a movie. We saw "Unbroken". It was really good, but somewhat hard to watch. After the movie we headed to Walmart for groceries then made a quick stop at the Mcdonalds drive thru for dinner on the road. It was a fun P day and just what we needed after a long week of being cooped up.
Today at Church Elder Lindsey was asked to talk about our experiences with home and visiting teaching. He told about our three families that we home taught for over 15 years. He told of some of the sweet experiences we had with them and how they have blessed our lives. It made us miss them! We both have a testimony of home and visiting teaching and I feel strongly that it will be through these wonderful programs that this Branch will go from a Branch to a Ward. Good home and visiting teachers will go out, bring the spirit into the homes with their messages and love the families back into activity.
After church Elder Lindsey taught the last lesson for the Temple Preparation class to Annette. This is a follow up lesson where we talked about ways to keep the Temple in our lives. One of the wonderful blessings of being in Rosebud has been our association with Annette. She is an amazing woman and she works hard to bring the blessings of the Gospel to her family. She reminds us of Lehi in the Book of Mormon when he partook of the fruit of the tree his first thought was to look for his family to share it with them.
This week was a little hard for us because with the severe weather...especially when the wind blows the snow it is not safe to be on the roads and people don't want to be out so we weren't as busy as we like to be. We will have warmer temperatures this week so that will be nice and already our days are starting to fill up.
We send our love and prayers to each of you,
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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