Serving a mission in Ohio

Squirrel Tactics! So I have a question for you.  When a squirrel runs across the road in front of your car - you have all had that happen right?  When he gets to the double yellow line that is painted down the middle of the road - what does the squirrel do?  I will answer that a little later. The last few weeks have been filled with higher temperatures, more humidity and lots of rain.  Quite often we pick up the mail and the paper will not make the paper sound because it is too damp.  Wheat Thins are not crunchy and Oreo's are soft.  Kind of reminds be of being back in Taiwan.  All except that there are way too many cars and way too few bikes and almost no school uniforms. A few weeks ago we went on an early Saturday morning "hike" in the Caldwell Nature Preserve" about five miles up the road.  The top picture is from one of those trails.  There was so much moisture in the air the the sun beams were everywhere!  We also found a spider who was a master enginee

Mt Ary Forest Much has happened since the last post.  It seemed like it would never really be spring.  I am still wondering if spring ever came.  I think we just kind of leaped into summer.  Everything is green, the temperatures are in the upper 80's.  Doesn't cool off all that much at night.  Humidity is high and in the next 10 day forecast we have 10 days of rain.  Mostly thunderstorms - but it is still rain.   Since last writing we have sent off another group of missionaries.  Going home after be faithful servants of the Lord.  We once again had the opportunity of seeing them off.  Every six weeks we witness the miracle of missionary life. We were with them from seven in the morning till late that night.  Sad to see them leave but happy for them as they start the next phase of their lives. This is just a little visual of how spring/summer is here in full force.  From our second floor balcony we sometimes can see some little critters.  At one point we had