Catching Up

Dear all,

Howdy; J. here. It's been a while since we've posted, so I thought we, well, should post.

Things are moving along at a fairly rapid clip here in Hattiesburg. My dear wife planned and ran an excellent Day of Service last weekend, so I'll include some of the pictures below. Suffice it to say that the Hattiesburg City Council wants her to come to the next meeting. Pictures appear below--I apologize for the lack of pictures with Melanie in 'em; she was the main cameraperson.

We also went to the Baton Rouge, LA temple a while back, so I'll put the pictures here--I've been told by some folks that they've never seen one of the church's "small" temples before, so you can check it out.


There was lots of painting involved in the Day of Service. This is the base of a large smokestack that, for obscure historical reasons, Hattiesburg has made part of the park where we were giving service.
Here's part of the work crew--we're getting instructions from Ms. Jones, who was from the city. She really did a splendid job, I must say.

...again, the crew.

...and they needed us to restore the basketball backboards. Man, if one more kid throws a rock at these things, I'm going to, as they say in the South, tear them up.

This is the Baton Rouge temple, with me in front for size perspective. Many of the church's meetinghouses are larger, but this is plenty for us.

...and this is also where the hurricane relief project for Baton Rouge was headquartered last year. There's an amazing picture of everyone kneeling (I think) in front of the temple during the administration of the sacrament--I'll have to see if I can find it. I'm sad that I wasn't there.

Anyway, I hope all is well with everyone. Laissez les bon temps roulez.

-J.