USUAlly He's Pretty Compasionate . . . . . He's A Missionary! ~~Plus~~ Whatever Happened to Stick?

Here is Chad with his new mission companion. He reports that he is working really hard, eating almost as much as a Thankgiving dinner at member's homes almost every day, but is still staying thin, thanks to 8+ months of walking everywhere they needed to go. He is now enjoying (?) a bike area with Huge geographical boundaries.

In my last couple of emails to him, I have been telling him about and sending him pictures of our crazy white-out winter. So he writes back and says ---

(look how tan he is!)

"it's kind of cool that you are all freezing right now, because I'm chillin' in the shade of a tropical paradise. It is about 80-90 degrees and I've got a nice farmer's tan, and I'm drinking pineapple juice. It is far from a white Christmas this year. In fact, the coldest it's ever gotten here is like 35-40 degrees"

What a turkey!

Speaking of turkeys, last summer (seems sooooo long ago) I posted about my garden, the chickens, and our turkey, Stick, that we were raising for our Thanksgiving dinner. Well, we didn't end up eating him. We gave him to our neighbor friends because he was eating all of the chicken food. They kept him for a while, then ate him.

The funny part of this story is:

Last night we went to the Pearson's (adults only) Christmas party, where we play games and have a White Elephant gift exchange. This is always fun because everyone tries to out-do, out gross-out and out-create with the W.E. gifts that we bring. Well, Missy, our friend, neighbor, and mom of the family who ate Stick, created these really um, well, 'great' Christmas tree ornaments.

(Here's what's left of Stick)

Yep, those are turkey feet Christmas tree ornaments. A matching pair. (So this is what happens to suburban families who move to the country. . . ?)