We were asked to start a Summer Seminary program. We meet each Tuesday and Thursday at 5:00 P.M. for an hour.  We had a short lesson this Tuesday and then had part of the kids fill water balloons and catapult them into the field and part of them took(pink) golf balls and clubs and hit golf balls.

Seminary Refreshments

Seminary Water games.  We stretched
two exercise bands between two posts
and tied a piece of a rubber tire in between
and would use that as a sling shot.  The tire
broke so it became a water fight.

We have 9 possible kids and there are 7 that come.  There are two that live 20 miles south of the chapel.  With gas at the high price we can understand why the do not come regularly. They are very hungry for the gospel.  We made sure each of them have a Book of Mormon. They have found out that Golf can be very frustrating. 
We are covering the very basic priciples of the Gospel.
We have found that some have scriptures but a low ability to read. These kids want to learn. We missed one Tuesday because Corey and Jo came to visit and they let us know that they were dissappointed that we cancelled the Tuesday class. So we had class on Wednesday and Thursday that week.
                                                                                          


On Thursday we had one young man that has turned 19 in our class.  I got a chance to talk

to him after class about a mission.  He had never been approached to do that.  He has saved a little money.  He will be interviewed for the Melchezedek Priestood Sunday and then we will work on the mission part. I have suggested that he teach the Sunday School class with the older kids so he can increase his knowledge.

                           

Seminary students trying their hand at golf.
I am at a distance because I have a better chance
of not getting hit by a golf ball.

This is the height of our corn. You can see mom in the background.   t   We put windscreen around the garden on the South and west sides of the garden because that is the direction the wind comes.     We will probably have to string wire to keep them upright.  The pland in the front with the big leaves I think is a Cantaloupe. We planted watermelon and peppers but the Chipmunks got a lot of them when they were small.                                                                   

The errant pumpkin




.This pumpkin grew on the outside of the fence.  I am holding a screen that we installed to keep out the Chipmunks.  The pumpkin grew between the fence and windscreen.  I cut a hole in the windscreen so it would have room to grow and then I had to dig up the screen so it had more room to grow.  The squash got so big that we could not get to the fruit so we extended the size of the Garden to accomadate the spreading vines.



Cow resting....We were at an appointment in the housing project and
when we came out this cow was standing in the driveway of the
house accross the street.  Before I could get my camera out she
moved to the shade tree next door and made herself comfortable

This is one of the few trees that are in the area that we call "The Housing Project".  When you Google Bitter Springs on Google Earth you can see a larger picture of the area.  This is one of the nicer homes in the project.  Some of the members here have gardens and you soon realize why the have fences aroung the garden.  The Fowlers that live two houses south of this house also have fencing around their front yard to keep the cows out.

Corey and Jo Thurgood came from Salt Lake to our house on a motorcycle.  They looked like lobsters.  They spent the evening with us and had dinner.  They got a chance to see some of our "homes" and people that are in the housing project and accross the street from the church.The had visions of our having to live in houses such as the one that the cow is in front of and were very relieved that we are in our comfy home.



Dad, Jo & Corey Thurgood

Corey & Jo Thurgood