Last Sunday for our "Come Follow Me" study we read from Mosiah 2:17, "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." We gave ourselves a challenge to do acts of service as a family every day this week. The current corona virus restrictions gave us some new opportunities. For example, our local library is closed, but our neighborhood has 3 little libraries located in a park and along a walkway. Anyone can take a book or leave a book. We sorted through our own books for kids and teenagers and left several at one of the little libraries. Brandan and Gibson straightened all of the books so the library looked tidier.
We made a few corona care kits with art supplies, puzzles, baking ingredients and beauty masks and dropped them off to friends. This is a photo of Gib with one of the kits. We also took dinner and a jigsaw puzzle to our missionaries, dropped canned food off for low income senior citizens (our senior center, which provided low cost lunches, is closed) and participated in a digital baby shower. Our service projects were a highlight of the week for us and will become part of our family corona culture, the things we do to find meaning, take advantage of our unscheduled time and be proactive during unsettling times.
Brandan made a lip sync video of the kids. They drew faces on their chins and sang along to several songs. Their upside down mouths are very funny to watch.
We tried out a trail we've never hiked before, the Applegate Ridge Trail, also known as ART. We had gorgeous views of the Applegate valley. The Siskiyou Mountains are in the distance.
We stopped for smoothies after the hike. Hiking is another important part of our corona culture.
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