Magnolias

Magnolias are in blossom now!

We have turtle sightings nearly every day in the park where we walk. Can you spot the wildlife  in these pictures?

Most of the critters blend in well with the surroundings, but not this duck. 

 

We see it in the same spot on the creek every day.  Not a hint of camo or any sign it is worried about being seen. He is always alone and always at the same bend of the creek, usually sitting on a log.

Here are close ups of the pictures above for those having trouble finding animals in them.  

This was transfer week, but not a normal transfer week. Missionaries flew in Tuesday and Friday and some flew home on Thursday for a net gain of about 18. Here are some from the Tuesday group in the mission home waiting for orientation. 

We made two trips to Moody, Alabama this week to help resolve a bed bug problem in an apartment there and are trying to help get things ready for 15 more missionaries coming in two weeks. 

We have a feeling that this is a historical time that future historians will look back at to try to make sense of events that make no sense to those living through them.  The key thing right now is to not get distracted by distracting things and lose sight of what really is important.  When the right thing is easy to say and hard to do it means that it is now time to do hard things.

The mission miracle is that baptisms and teaching in small groups is again allowed in church buildings.