SnOW

It has been two weeks since I have been here to update our happenings. I just didn't know how to record the fact that we were sent so much snow that we spent last weekend in our house in Mitchell, and barely stuck our noses out, except to shovel the sidewalk around our house. We miss our time here in Lower Brule when circumstances rule out our coming, but we rest in God's complete wisdom. The quiet time at home was not a bad thing, as we can 'recharge' during these times.

One of the joys of getting out again is that we often get to see those whom we have missed, and they have missed the times of worship together. We had a larger-than-usual group that gathered this morning for worship service, and we had several eager children for Sunday School this afternoon. How we love the people!The children's special artistic abilities always impress me. I give them a little something to do, and they take so much interest in them and create the nicest things.

Tomorrow I will meet with the English classes, and we have not met for two weeks now. This will put a little extra pressure on us to catch up with our lesson plans. Hopefully, the papers that were assigned will be done. We have missed two class periods due to snow up to this time, and it is mandatory that we have 15 class periods during this semester.

This morning was a beautiful morning to travel, as the snow had settled beautifully on the trees and fences, and the landscape was sculpured white. I really wanted to stop and take a picture of the buttes, as they were white frills against a blue, blue sky that was scattered with a few fluffy white clouds; but I told Ray that I would refrain since I had taken a picture of those buttes about five different times. They are so expressive in their beauty! The frozen river at Chamberlain was lying silent, blanketed in a white fluffy covering of snow, and the hills surrounding the valley were stark white before a backdrop of baby blue sky. The beauty of the snow dimmed a little when we found a four -foot pile of hard snow plowed up from the street that had to be dug through before we could enter the church. We had it done in a short time, though. :)

Thank you for visiting the blog today. May God bless you this week!