| April showers brought us many May surprises this year. For example: |
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| We live in an apartment at Martin's Cove next door to President and Sister Pace. We have enjoyed getting to know them. |
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| April showers brought beautiful May flowers at the Ft. Collins, Colorado Temple |
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| We felt blessed to be able to go to Temple in celebration of Mother's Day |
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| We also celebrated Mother's Day by eating at a Brazilian Steak House in Fort Collins and drinking Guarana (a Brazilian soft drink) |
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| Along with May flowers at Martin's Cove, we enjoyed watching the rabbit which resides in our backyard ... naturally, Jay named her "Bunny". |
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| A fun Family Home Evening activity: Each Missionary District built a pioneer story diorama using graham crackers and candy. |
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| April showers also brought May flooding at Sixth Crossing, |
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| and at Martin's Cove |
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| The Missionaries spent a week building dikes |
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| of dirt and gravel lined with plastic sheeting to keep out the flood waters as the Sweetwater River overflowed its banks |
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| Jay and his dump truck. Ah, men and their toys! |
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| Then we filling and stacked sandbags. Hundreds of sandbags. |
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| Another surprise we had was a blizzard! And we had 200 trekkers visiting from Alberta Canada ... at least they were use to snow! Lots of snow... almost six inches! |
So we have had an unusual and eventful May 2017. We count our blessing that none of the historic buildings at Martin's Cove have been damaged with the flooding, that the Canadian trek went well, and that Mother's Day was extra special. Know that we count you as one of our many blessings. Be safe. Fair winds!
Elder and Sister Bowden |
