catch up post 2

We didn't have any teams out for the week of the 4th of July.  Probably a good thing, since our neighbors set off so many fireworks, no one would have gotten any sleep all week!  It was a good time to relax, read, knit, and see some of the surrounding area.  Also, I got sucked into Candy Crush and broke down and bought all of Downton Abbey on dvd.

Sometimes, missionaries get care packages!  My honey loves me!!!!!  He sent me Sunday School posters for my trailer, and music for a song we're supposed to sing in church when I get home.  I really ought to take a look at that sometime soon....  Thank you, baby!

ZoeyMonster and I spent a lot of time exploring the area around the ministry center, and look what I found all along the roadsides!

Prairie roses!  Aren't they pretty?

Z and I were just getting back from a walk the morning of the 4th of July--I was literally just climbing through the ministry center fence-- when Ron and Dawn said "Russ invited us all to his son's naming ceremony; we're leaving right now."  AGH!  I had been out walking dusty dirt roads during the hottest week of the summer for an hour and wanted nothing more than a cold shower, but no way was I missing out on the name ceremony!  I got myself presentable and in the truck in under three minutes.

I'm gonna send y'all over to Dawn's blog, Views from the Big Country, to read her description of the ceremony, because really, I have no words.  It was an incredible experience, and I felt so blessed to be able to be a part of it!

It was a low-key week, but a good one!