Projects for me this past two weeks have been to put a fence
around a culvert - pic included - and helping build a new kitchen at one of the
girls camps. This is where the stove is going that we brought back from SLC
that almost cost my wife her sanity when pulling the trailer with the truck.
Our days are getting longer - as we have added another hour
and a half to our schedule. We start now at 7:00 AM and don't have dinner until
6:00 PM. On Friday I offered to help do the evening trash pick up with Elder
Farr and that didn't start until after dinner, which meant I didn't finish my
day until after 7:30 - and since we started at 7:00 AM it meant that even with
2 meal breaks it was a very long day - hope I don't have to repeat that often.
I guess I feel like my thoughts for this week have been
about the various talents and personalities of our group. Some are stronger in
"said personalities" than others. So as we are forming our groups and
performing in our individual capacities it has been interesting to note the
dynamics. The four people in the horse group all have opinions on how those
horses should be "handled" - this results in seeing differing
opinions at the best. Then the three people on the office deal with a lot of
stress in handling the public and thus it's easy to get on each other's nerves. Then the three young Elders are CONSTANTly at
each other over "whatever" and really don't get along very well. Then
throw in the two cute wrangler girls and the Young Elders are in turmoil. This
brings me to my thoughts that in our unique ways, Sister Kenney as the cook/warm
fuzzy food person and me as special projects just don't get caught up in the
minor disputes that seem to be continuously brewing. And so it seems that maybe
our peacekeeping skills are being utilized.
We are so looking forward to the Ben Kenney's return and
seeing all of you in a few short weeks. We love you so much and are in our
thoughts and prayers.
Love, Dad
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