I sit here at the desk next to the window in the kitchen. The sight outside is unbelieveable. The bottom of the slide is covered with snow. The whole farm is under white except the corn that stands golden above everything else. We've had a winter storm that lasted 15 hours and dumped almost 10 inches of snow here in Raft River. Church for the stake was cancelled but we went ahead and had Sacrament Meeting for our ward. We busted drifts along the side of the road for several miles going to church. Ironically, as we approached the church the automatic sprinklers were spraying over the snow as if nothing unusual had happened. We can say we had autumn, winter and spring all within a 24 hour period of time. At present the temperatures are up and things are melting but there are still knee deep drifts around the yard.
Life is going well here in Raft River. I wish my knowledge of computers was a little more up-to-date so that I could submit pictures. Hopefully I am learning in my Computer 101.
Kendrick is working this semester for his bishop outside of Moscow. He is up on a great mesa or plateau and it looks out over the the town of Kendrick. Stuart is working here in the harvest. It's great to see him pull up each morning from his commute to Pocatello. It's about as long as Frank's but 90% less traffic. Larsen has two games left in his season before playoffs start. Boston's team is still struggling to get on the score board after 4 games. Grandma Webb is still walking the treadmill, washing dishes, reading her scriptures and resting as much as she can. We came back from taking her down to her house last weekend and found the front door wide open and Howard the Saint Bernard asleep in her room. I've been going to classes two days a week and have really enjoyed Consumer Economics, Accounting a writing internship and my hardest class.. computers. Gordon is scraping the top of some hills off on one of the fields to make more room to plant crops. He scraped right through most of the storm (you can do anything when there's a football game on the radio!). Right now though, harvest is at a standstill until everything melts and dries out. We still have the majority of beets, potatoes and corn left to bring in.
Our little ward had testimony meeting this afternoon and there was a spirit of peace in the midst of all the stock market scare, weather turmoil and economic rollercoaster. Several ward members told how the Spirit has born witnessto them that "everything will be all right!" I'm thankful for the gospel and it's direction in these turbulent times. We're excited to see who can come for the Pumpkin Party.I love you all very much and hope things are going well with you. Love Paula
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