Trying to keep updates coming.....

We had Release Time with the two older groups today. This is a photo of our best group :) the 6, 7, and 8th Graders. Jailyn, DonShay,Shania, Vera, Kelsey, Tyra, Matthew, and Timothy are in the back.....Daniel, Jasper, and Floyd are sitting down. Marissa is missing :( This is the group that sits so attentively during the lesson. They maybe don't sing real loud -- but ....you know....they might see me singing!!!!! We went over Psalm 121 --- we learned it last year..... and 2 of them could say the whole thing (with a picture book for help)....and I really think several of the others were just not saying it out loud.

They are always waiting for us when we arrive at school and hurry off to the van. It's fun with this bunch!!! It's fun with all of them....but there is more "restlessness" with the other groups.
Driving home one night the snow was all sparkly.....and in the morning it was still crisp and bright and sparkly. It was really a glorious morning. The snow flakes were flat and many were triangular in shape. Those 3 white specks on the photo are snow flakes coming down, and you can see the sparkles in the snow bank. I love these unusual kind of things that God gives us.
Today when we arrived home we noticed this "pond" that was forming just off the driveway. There is a huge stream of water feeding this pond and then the runoff is headed right to our driveway. ........ Our drive is a mess anyway - we have one rut that's about 8 inches deep for about 40 feet, so we don't take the car any place right now. As you can see we still have a lot of snow that needs to melt.

We are now at 6 skunks, 2 possums and one cat -( he got away in a HURRY!! when we opened the door) -- that's a lot of skunks but we are really afraid that there are more!! So we set the traps again tonight. When you think about it....those 6 could have multiplied into ???? who knows 15 - 20 - ?? 25 ??? YIKES!!!

We would ask you to pray for David -- he is a native Pastor that we really think a lot of. However, he needs our prayers right now. We don't want to put it all down on the internet what has happened and so you are clueless as to how to pray. But God is all-knowing and if you would just lift him and his family and children up to God......we would appreciate it and so would David. He has spoken to our group at the Prairie Light Youth Camp and is really "on fire" for the Lord.

Gary's procedure is scheduled for March 10 (Wednesday) at 11:30 in Rapid City. This Doctor is a specialist and feels that there will be no problem removing this polyp without going through any major surgery. We are very thankful for that!!

Well - I am looking at out a foggy world. It was a gorgeous day...but suddenly at about 5:30 the fog started to come in. Gloomy!!

Love to all of you!!
Gary and Barb