Easter Week

After church on Easter we stopped at Carthage for a picnic lunch and to see the tulips.  Later we had Easter dinner at the Mensel's with a few of the FM couples.

At Carthage

Easter Dinner

Richard, our employer, was on a much deserved vacation this week so we were left to our own devices - and Louis'.  Louis is the treeman - or arborist, so he asked us to beautify his trees, by removing all the decorative rocks and replace the 10 islands with mulch.  Several times we found ourselves humming "Working on a Chain Gang".  We had the young sister missionaries helping us and the three new summer interns from BYU-I, or I don't think we could have finished the job.

Before

During

After

Way after - Young missionaries after digging rocks.

Sister Corder, the FM secretary, took time to take our picture at the FM compound. There are days when we work really, really hard, but most of the time it is enjoyable to be outside in the fresh spring time and work to make a yard, or a garden look nice. We are happy to be FM missionaries.

We started dance instruction for the performance all senior missionaries do in Sunset on the Mississippi.  It actually was fun; even Elder Barrow seemed to enjoy it. I'm in the orange shirt, Elder Barrow is on my right.

Elder Cornwell's corner - our resident photographer