Is It Spring Yet?

Ever since we arrived in Indiana, everywhere you look is brown.  Fields are stubble, waiting to be plowed.

Like this.

Then, randomly, we were driving yesterday and we saw this:

Woo Hoo!!!  We were so excited, we took the picture.  Still not sure if the field is planted, growing wild, or just full of weeds.  BUT, it's not brown and that is a welcome sight.

Although a lot of the houses are old (we're talking 100 years old), randomly we find some really nice homes?

Case in point.  Well kept, nice yard.  When we stopped to take the picture from across the road, however, a very big German Shepherd came out to greet us and he was not happy.  That happens a lot here.  The yards around most country houses are huge.  Lots of room for gardens, swing sets, toys, etc.

We also saw this cool mail box.  So cute.  

Notice the road.  This is a pretty good road.  No stripe, but paved.

Relatives????

Craig has found a member who will let him drive the tractor.  Most of the big tractors have GPS tracking, so the lines they make are really, really straight.  He's pretty excited and wants to carry around his baseball cap and ipod so he'll be prepared in case there is a drive-by tractor occasion.

We continue to meet the members, and have only had one door slammed in our face, one family who immediately called the Branch President to complain about our coming to her home, and one lady who would not talk to us but let us visit with her son who told us all about raising pigs.  We later found out that that same son turned the dogs loose on the last couple that went there and threatened to shoot them with the shotgun.  I guess things like that are allowed in the country.

The theme of our last Girl's Camp was "I Can Do Hard Things."  I keep repeating that to myself each day.

We have zone meeting tomorrow at the stake center.  Oh yeah, the stake center is an hour and 15 minutes away.  Luckily we don't have to be there until 9.  The baptism on Saturday is at the nearest chapel, which is only 50 minutes away.  Good thing, huh?

We are having a Relief Society social on Wednesday.  We set up two (yes that is 2) tables.  We have 9 people signed up to come.  It will be a small, but fun group of sisters.  With only 8 active men (or there abouts) their turns in the bishopric come up more than once.  The Relief Society President was telling me that in addition to that calling, she was teaching seminary, playing the piano in Sacrament meeting, and teaching cub scouts.  Yep, they are REAL women here.