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| Charming neighborhood on our commute |
Zone Conferences were carried off successfully – much scrambling! For the last one, Len and Brother Bradshaw went while Kit manned the mission office. Sister Bradshaw has continued to have health issues so was home in bed on Thursday and was hospitalized that night. Len went and helped some Elders move to a different apartment on Friday morning while Kit again held down the fort at the office. There were lots of people in and out that day since it is when the zone leaders pick up mail each week. One package was a frozen salmon! A few challenging phone calls: “How can I get someone to give my relative a blessing? She lives on the road to the dam.”??? We were glad for Saturday when we could slow down.
Last night we went to the baptism of a mother and daughter we
know from our Sunday School class, who have been investigating the church. The daughter lived in the Deep South for some
years. When her widowed mother Dolores
had some health problems, Marian moved back to Fresno to live with her and help
her. Marian had found out some things
about the church online before moving home. She invited her mom to learn about
it with her and now they are members. It
will make their lives quite different from what they would otherwise have been
and they are very happy for the changes and the shared new beginning.
The ward choir began practicing so of course we are going to
that. It’s always wonderful to make
beautiful music and a good way to get to know people, too.
This week’s pictures show a little of the charming
neighborhoods we pass through going to and from work. The side streets are inviting with trees arching
over the road. Sometimes it looks almost
like a tunnel. And notice that there is a tree in this picture that knows it is
autumn. Having colder nights here than in
AZ makes quite a big difference. The
chill also contributes to successful production of fruit for trees that require
some cold. The second picture shows how
people plant hedge walls to provide privacy from the street. They are very effective and sometimes very
pretty. They can also be a hazard when
they block views around corners or obscure stop signs. This picture shows
oleanders, but there are several other varieties used, too.
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| Home-grown privacy walls |
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