June 8 - 13, 2009

Another great week in the best mission there is! Among the highlights were the mid-week FM Group safety meeting. Sister Parkerson & Huffaker made a sumptuous Mexican luncheon for the meeting. They also spent much time in working the historical gardens at the Smith Farm. Elder Parkerson spent time loading the dump truck with the big CAT backhoe-loader and grading off a washed out area of path at the Pagent Stud Shelter. He also took the "zero turn" mower and mowed an acre of lawn at the "old farmhouse". On Thursday & Friday Elder Parkerson installed an outdoor outlet in an inconspicuous pace outside the Peter Whitmer Farm house and commenced training on " old log restoration". Elder Young will not be able to finish it all before he goes and they have designated me to finish restoring some of the rotting logs.

The Weekend

A weekend with nothing to do? NOT We went strawberry picking, shopped for some stuff we needed and while Elder Parkerson got a wood turning lesson from Elder Young, Sister Parkerson got a wood working lession on working with a scroll saw from Sister Young. After the strawberry picking they all had to be hulled and frozen. Of course given our family we had to watch the fire truck across the street from our house doing a training exercise. In the evening we enjoyed a beautiful sunset over the Harris Farm.

A Family Weekend June 5 & 6, 2009

On John and Kate's first time visit we started our walk in the Joseph Smith Sacred Grove and learned about 30 different types of trees and Joseph's vision of Heavenly Father and our Savior. We showed them some of the witness trees that would have been there in Joseph's lifetime.

Here we are relaxing on the beautiful lush green grass in our yard. I can't remember if this is Curtis or Lilly in the picture too. Katie and John are looking happy to finally be here, too.

At the Joseph Smith Farm we got to see how their bees would have been kept in 1830. Katie also got to help me water the garden.
We also got to visit Lake Ontario. It looks like an ocean. The rocks to build Martin Harris house came from here and are all over the beach. We also got to look at the lighthouse and this giant Weeping Willow Tree. I wonder what stories it holds.

Well we decided to pick up a new vehicle. We are called to change the toilet paper & towels. Fix the lights. Wash the buidings and clean the dryer vents. We cut the downed logs, mow the lawns, fix the broken stuff. We empty the trash, paint the walls, kill the ants. We fabricate what needs fabricating. We drive the carts, zero turns, tractors, backhoe, the dump truck and the "Dooley" So when something needs doing - who ya gona call -
The F M Missionaries.............................



When a way to get people up to the parking lot lights to fix them while waiting to get the man lift fixed Elder Parkerson was commissioned to build an attachment for the fork-lift. This was the result. >>>>>>>>>>

The well cover at the Peter Whitmer Farm historic site needed to be scraped down and re-painted. Elder Parkerson is right on it.














Sisters Huffaker and Parkerson had a mega squirt gun fight! Not really they got to pressure wash one of the missionary apartments. That day it was in the 50's. Would have been more fun I am sure on a hot summer day.

Also tasks this week were to clean out a dryer vent in the apartment building. Must have been 10 pounds of lint - vent was almost completely blocked off. Elder Parkerson loves to shop tools. He found a great one at Lowe's for connecting the cordless drill to a rotary brush that can reach all the way through the dryer vent. A shop Vac hooks to the other end. It comes with several attachments for various applications. Sister's Parkerson & Huffaker worked diligently on the Historic Gardens at the Smith Farm.

May 30 weekend

It was a beautiful Sunday. We rode down to our assigned Ward with the Picanco's and hosted a picnic lunch with the young Missionary Elders assigned to Geneseo Ward. We ate at the Letchworth State Park Dam Site. Its their "Grand Canyon".