Sunday, June 17, 2012

We were at a member's home visiting and saw this hibiscus blooming and took the picture,  The sister in this family was the former Relief Society President and she has been very kind to us.  Giving us tasty sourdough bread on several occasions and giving us some fresh strawberry jam.  She is also a great source of information on inactive members and where they live.  Her husband is actually a non-member but a great guy and he had to show me his garden.  He already has potatoes in it the size of baseballs and he gave us some new squash and peppers.  He also has some tomatoes that aren't far from being ready.  It is very interesting to see how much earlier the season is here.  All of the winter wheat is already thrashed.  At home we seldom thrash winter wheat until mid July.
Golf carts are very big here even though the golf course is far away.  They use the them to ride around their big yards in their small communities.  The Kentucky Wildcats are also very popular here although Louisville is actually closer.  You very seldom see the Louisville red but Kentucky blue is everywhere.  This golf cart is painted Kentucky blue with the big logo on the front.  It belongs to the same former Relief Society president and she drives it to Church.  There is a nice community of about a dozen homes located around the Church and they live in that area.
She wanted to take our picture in the golf cart and it was actually sitting in their large garage.  They actually have a unique and beautiful home that is built into a slope with two sides below ground level.  As you might can tell by the size of the garage, it is really a nice home.
Our sign of the week, it was on a road leading to an old church that was being repaired so we didn't take any pictures of the church.  The sign near the front of the church said that it was built in the 1850's but it looked like it had been remodeled several times.
We have been offered this home to live in for the rest of our mission.  It is an older home that belonged to one of the matriarchs of the Church in this area.  She was 94 and struggling with alzhiemers and her family had to put here in an assisted living facility.  None of the family live close by and they can't settle the home situation until November so we would be house-sitting for them and taking care of things.  All of the lady's things are still in the home so we have been a little reluctant to accept the offer, although it would give us a lot more room.  This is the home where we encountered the two big black cats that loved to terrorize Sister Peterson so there is some reluctance on her part and some concern about her allergies.  Anyway we might be moving if it all works out.
Elder and Sister Peterson -  Movin' on down the road?



3 comments:

  1. Love it! Grama is really stretching her comfort zone - living in a house with previous cat tenants? Talk about mission miracles! Sure do love you!

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  2. I guess if you move you were be ready for visitors? Who's in for a trip to Nashville/Kentucky?

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  3. I'm ready to go! I just survived a trip to girls camp. I set up an obstacle course, taught an astronomy lesson, guitar lessons, and did crafts until my fingers were glued together. There was a funny moment when my friend Robin and I were going to pick up a girl with heat exhaustion on the hike. We had girls in the back and we were going to drive across a meadow. She said, "If I go at this angle do you think I will roll?" and I said, "Yes. Go at it straight on..." The girls in the back had quite an adventure...

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