This is the old Baptist Church our Hartford Branch meets in.  Notice the stain glass windows and cross on the door.  It is a fairly decent building with a nice chapel and full basement with meeting rooms and bishop's office.  It is air conditioned and has ceiling fans so it has been quite comfortable, at least so far.  Most Baptists believe in baptism by immersion so there is a font on the main floor right behind the stand and it has been used for Mormon baptisms.  It is located near the center of town and near several other Protestant Churches.

This is another nice Baptist Church in an area where we have several members.  Sister Peterson has always loved this one because of its copper dome.  We drive by it often and it always looks well kept.

This is a picture of a dogwood tree in full bloom.  Right now the dogwoods are in full bloom everywhere and they are especially pretty when scattered among the green trees in the woods.  The redbud trees were in bloom earlier and have a beautiful rose-colored blossom but we waited to long to take a good picture.

We love this sign at the entrance to the town of Hartford.  The sun was bright and in my eyes so it looks like I might be one of the few soreheads.  Hartford is not very big but it is separated from another town, Beaver Dam, that is about the same size so together they make up city of about 6-7000 people.  Our branch takes in the whole county which has about 20,000 people including several smaller town scattered throughout the county.  Our members are scattered throughout the county so we are racking up quite a few miles on our car but enjoying traveling through the beautiful green countryside.  We have been getting lots of rain so everything is very beautiful and green.

This old Church is interesting in that it has a goat on top instead of cross.  We always get a kick out of the goat church when we drive past so I took a picture.  The church is no longer in use and there is fairly new building for the same congregation across the road.  But as is typical, few old building are torn down here and are just allowed to grow old and deteriorate.  

A picture of our current Hopkinsville zone at a recent Zone conference.  Note how many sisters there are!  The little sister sitting next to Sister Peterson is from Samoa.  She is very quiet and shy but really perked up when we spoke of our Tongan families.

Elder and Sister Bishop from Meridian, Idaho.  They are the only senior couple serving in our zone right now.  They serve in Clarksville, Tennessee on Fort Campbell as military liason.  I thought you might enjoy these pictures of the area and of our Zone.

Elder and Sister Peterson - enjoying the great elders and sisters in our zone