Football is serious business here. A local gentleman told us that he doesn't care much for professional football, but college ball is another story. It's either Alabama or Auburn. Around here even the birds wear red.
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This past week brought more rain with flooding in some areas and at least two nights where temperatures were close to freezing. Flooding hasn't been an issue where we are, but high humidity and cold nights lead to other problems.
There is often quite a lot of condensation inside our windows in the morning. Nothing that a few minutes with a rag and a blow dryer won't take care of though. As the temperature rises in the day time it usually doesn't become a problem again until the next morning. Usually. Our goal is to keep from starting a mold farm.
There are some wild swings in humidity here. Outside it may go from 40% to 90% relative humidity over the course of a day with an average of around 60%. The humidity inside is generally 50-60%. When the afternoon temperatures are warm enough to open windows and the humidity outside is less than inside, it will only take about 30 minutes to drop the inside to be equal or less than outside.
To summarize: It is really humid here.
We met with some of the ward leaders from Bessemer Ward this past week. Bessemer is about 20 miles southwest of Fultondale and is directly west of Birmingham. President and Sister Allred and the two sister missionaries assigned to the ward were also there. President Allred presented the mission vision and we discussed how we can help support and strengthen the ward. We found that their ward mission plan dovetails closely with the mission vision and goals. Coincidence? We think not.
This is the ward we will be attending for a while. It is where we went to church this morning and found a very warm welcome. We are excited for this additional opportunity.
One of the many mission miracles reported by the young missionaries this past week:
"Then we went and saw a member who just moved into the ward. She was baptized back in '87 with her family. I figured she had been to the temple before but I was prompted to ask her if she had. Turns out she hadn't! It makes me sad but we are so excited to help her get there! We are going to start doing family history with her so she can do the temple work for her mom because her mom had never been either! As well as her dad who passed away before they found the restored gospel. I love being a missionary! She was glowing when I told her that we were going to help her have her forever family that she wanted so desperately from the time she met with the missionaries."
There is often quite a lot of condensation inside our windows in the morning. Nothing that a few minutes with a rag and a blow dryer won't take care of though. As the temperature rises in the day time it usually doesn't become a problem again until the next morning. Usually. Our goal is to keep from starting a mold farm.
There are some wild swings in humidity here. Outside it may go from 40% to 90% relative humidity over the course of a day with an average of around 60%. The humidity inside is generally 50-60%. When the afternoon temperatures are warm enough to open windows and the humidity outside is less than inside, it will only take about 30 minutes to drop the inside to be equal or less than outside.
To summarize: It is really humid here.
We met with some of the ward leaders from Bessemer Ward this past week. Bessemer is about 20 miles southwest of Fultondale and is directly west of Birmingham. President and Sister Allred and the two sister missionaries assigned to the ward were also there. President Allred presented the mission vision and we discussed how we can help support and strengthen the ward. We found that their ward mission plan dovetails closely with the mission vision and goals. Coincidence? We think not.
This is the ward we will be attending for a while. It is where we went to church this morning and found a very warm welcome. We are excited for this additional opportunity.
One of the many mission miracles reported by the young missionaries this past week:
"Then we went and saw a member who just moved into the ward. She was baptized back in '87 with her family. I figured she had been to the temple before but I was prompted to ask her if she had. Turns out she hadn't! It makes me sad but we are so excited to help her get there! We are going to start doing family history with her so she can do the temple work for her mom because her mom had never been either! As well as her dad who passed away before they found the restored gospel. I love being a missionary! She was glowing when I told her that we were going to help her have her forever family that she wanted so desperately from the time she met with the missionaries."
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Sorry you are having to put up with red instead of true blue! We experienced the humidity in Ohio, not something we are used to here in Utah!
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