Traveling the Mission

Open roads
Standstill in rush hour


   The church owns a new Chevy Truck 2016 that attaches to a nice white trailer that is used to set up and take down apartments for the missionaries.
    So far Elder Barfuss and Elder Tuck made a visit to Huntsville, 2 hours away, to get a bedbug infested mattress. They replaced it with a new twin mattress adding a bedbug bag over it. Hopefully the new mattress can stay free of them, since the landlords cooked the apartment at 165 degrees!!
AL 459  There is another highway under us!!
    The trees that line the highways are quite beautiful, but it is difficult to find landmarks and the roads look all alike in the beginning!!
Elder and Sister Sullivan-hand made quilt


















                                                                                                                             


    Elder and Sister Barfuss traveled to visit and deliver supplies of light bulbs, chairs and bug spray to Elder and Sister Johnson in Northport, Elder and Sister Christensen in Jasper; who treated them to a great clam chowder lunch, and Elder and Sister Sullivan in Montgomery who shared her hand stitched quilts.  These visits were traveled over three days this past week.
     Elder Barfuss proposed a list of  young missionary apartments that each of them could check every six weeks to two months. This would help to lighten the load of 93 total apartments that Elder Barfuss is responsible to check every three months!  Steve proposed changes and Sister Tuck retyped the checklist in Excel that includes the Co2 alarm, smoke alarm, clean kitchen stove, fridge, sink and counters, bathroom tub and toilet, bedroom and living/study areas.
     Most of the apartments are kept pretty well, but some of the carpets are in great need of a good cleaning. Sullivans have taken it on themselves to clean the carpets in all the ones they check on a regular basis with a dirt devil shampooer that is labor intensive.  When we inspected one that had a newly cleaned carpet, we were impressed with how good the place looked and felt.
Sister Sullivan's turned needle Easter quilt

Christmas table quilt done by Sister Sullivan



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