One of our granddaughters was married earlier this month and we received permission to leave our mission field and go to the wedding. We had a wonderful time and so appreciated the opportunity to be there and to be able to see many of our family members. The above pictures are just a drop in the bucket of all the photos that were taken, but they give the idea of all of us enjoying the occasion.
If you are wondering why there is a tractor intruding in the wedding pictures, it is because there is a story to be told that I thought should be included in our May blog. A senior couple who had been called to our mission with gardening as part of their assignment, came to their assigned area trailing that tractor. The Elder was a farmer who thought like a farmer…why use a tiller when you can use a tractor? He called some of his farmer friends and a company who sold tractors and to make a long story short, that tractor is a donation to the Navajo Nation, to be used for the gardening project in perpetuity. When the farmer and his wife return home, the tractor stays. I took the above picture the morning after said tractor had tilled up 21 gardens in a day. I guess we can say that even though a tractor is a machine, it is a sacred and dedicated machine to all those who will benefit for years to come thanks to an Idaho farmer who had a very fruitful idea and some very special and generous friends and ward members.
