Chili table.
 

What a p-day we have had!  A day off?  No way!  Up at 6:45, put on work clothes and go to the church to help clean the building.  Back to the RV for the mission conference call at 9:45.  This happens on the last Saturday of the month and everyone in the mission gets on the call.  Some people are asked to speak about different things and the President always has a message.  Now, it's time to change into church clothes for a baptism...actually 4 baptisms.  Mission wide there were 27 baptisms today alone which is very exciting.  After the baptisms we came home and changed back into jeans to run errands.  Then we came back and did some laundry, housework, and a variety of other things. Doyle replaced the batteries in the truck and sprayed weeds. I've been slow cooking chili for the last 2 days for the big, first annual chili cook-off tonight, and at 5:30 we changed back into church clothes to go to the cook-off.  What great fun!  All the chili was marked and voted on.  There were lots of deserts as well, but no cook-off there.  First prize was a wooden bowl made by Bill Lee to be passed around from year to year.  There were about 15 crock pots of chili.  Lots of different varieties of chili.  I had no idea!  All runner-ups got a ladle with some neat saying on it.


First prize.

Bill Lee, the maker of the bowl and our Relief Society President who won the cook-off.

 

First runner-up, yours truly!!

Our four baptisms this morning included two children and two adults.  Robert and Cindy Saunders are pictured with our Chapin Branch missionaries Elder Olsen and Elder Ward.

 

 

 Last Thursday we spent two hours at our storage sheds, cleaning, organizing and donating things we no longer need to Habitat for Humanity.  What a splendid piece of work with the help of two of our newest senior missionaries, Elder and Sister Mihlberger.  I've been wanting to get the sheds organized for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the purchase of 50 new beds.  They will be delivered on Monday, so we got that job done none to soon.  The driver of the Habitat truck talked with us about the church.  He said he had met with the missionaries before and had been doing a lot of reading in the Book of Mormon.  So, we got his information and referred him to the elders in his area.

 

Tomorrow we are going to Union which is about 68 miles from here.  The Stowells from Wenatchee are there and they asked us to come and speak.  We are looking forward to it!  Afterwards we will stay to have lunch with them and then head back for home to get ready for the new week ahead.

 

Doyle has been continuing his clean-up and repair at the office.  I got a candid picture of him on his knees with screw gun in hand.  Some things never change.  Today he cleaned carpets here at home.

What a guy!  All that and he makes me laugh too!  

 

 

Thursday is our anniversary and we are going to Charleston for the first time to celebrate.  We are both really looking forward to going there.  I have a list of the 10 best things to do in Charleston.  We'll see how many of those we can explore and enjoy.  Everyone tells us it is really beautiful!!

Doyle is also looking forward to some of the local cuisine.  I'll get lots of pictures to publish when we get back. 

 

Have a wonderful week everyone!  We love y'all!