Monday afternoon I took a break from my financial duties and drove to the feed store in Davies to get some corn for feeding the ducks I have adopted. The store is on Orange Road which I believe at one time was the main East to West road in Davies. After Griffith was built it turned into a quiet, tree lined drive along a canal. It runs for many miles and all along the way there is a bike/walking path, picnic areas, and bridges. These pictures show just one small section of the path and the beauty. It is almost possible to ignore the sounds and sights of the heavy traffic rushing by just across the canal.

  

Tuesday’s breakfast. I seldom eat cereal for breakfast but I did on Tuesday. As I sat the bowl of brightly artificially colored cereal down next to my morning reading of Jesus the Christ, I thought it made an interesting picture. I can assure you that my spirit was much better fed than my body this morning. As mentioned before all white, wild ducks are seldom seen here. The flock I feed has two. One is almost pure white – Whitey and then there is Spot. Two anhinga chicks were born a few months ago and it has been fun to see them grow and learn to dive for food. They can stay under the water for many minutes as they look for and scoop up their food.

  

Wednesday night we went to Fort Lauderdale ward’s missionary correlation meeting. It is one of those meetings where you have to have been there to understand. Bishop Brown is on top of what is going on with missionary work in the ward. Brother Acevedo the ward mission leader and brother Beale his assistant are also fully committed to the work. The 8 missionaries who are assigned to the ward are hard working and seldom does a week go by with out at least one baptism. But all of this is done with a lot of smiles and not a little laughter. This combination has led to the ward having 75 convert baptisms so far this year and bishop Brown is aware of everyone of them and the ward is working hard to make sure they stay active.