I love rain

Dear Jessie,

It was so nice to visit with you this afternoon. I'm glad we could connect and visit.  I forgot to ask - are there any people you are teaching that we can pray for by name?  I hope you have a great week until we can talk again.

Much love,

Dad

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
9:44 pm

Everyone is feeling quite a bit better today, but poor Nathaniel still has a cough and stuffy nose.  Poor kid.  I am going to ask Mark to help me give him a blessing tonight.

At work today we uncovered some fraud that one of our members was an unwitting participant in.  Scammers make me so frustrated.  They cheat other people and don't care whom they hurt.  All they care about is getting money.  Sometimes money disgusts me.  I want sufficient for my needs.  I want my family to have sufficient for their needs.  I want my neighbors and friends and people I don't even know to have sufficient for their needs.  And once we have enough for our needs and reasonable wants, with a little left over to save for the future, that's enough.  At that point, more doesn't bring any additional happiness or contentment.  In the hands of the righteous, more money brings the ability to do good and minister to others.  In the hands of the wicked, it brings only more greed and envy.  It's a sad irony, but the more you have of something you don't need, the less fulfilling it is.  Bah!

Okay, enough ranting.  Nathaniel and I spent a little time outside tonight.  We'll have another tomato ready tomorrow.  There weren't any more strawberries tonight.  I found a grape branch that had broken off the vine so I took it to the animal yard and fed the goats.  They were very happy to eat the grapes.  Nathaniel and I sat and watched the goats and chickens for several minutes, and I noticed that the goats have started eating the bark off the apple tree.  That's bad, so Abbie and I wrapped the trunk in chicken wire to hopefully keep them from killing the tree.  Side note – Anise's cheek is doing MUCH better.  So happy for that.

Thankful: I am thankful for rain.  We got a little rain this afternoon, and it is delightfully cool tonight.  I am also thankful that I got to talk to Jessie this afternoon.  Julie and all the kids were on a hike so we had a little time to ourselves.  It was just nice talking to her.

Ministering:  I sent a text to Jared Robinson to check on his mom.  I didn't get a reply from him.  I'll try giving him a call tomorrow.

More later…

Lunch today was so yummy with a homegrown tomato slice!