Lesser Things

For the past couple of days I’ve been working in the office at Cookson Hills Center. When persons come to Cookson to receive help of any kind, they have to fill out a basic information form. I’ve been entering some recent information from the forms into a database that dates back a couple years. There are over 850 individuals in that database! As I was working on it, I noticed that there were people whose annual income was $2000 or less. It’s so hard to believe that people live on that amount of money.

Well, I decided not to tell people that Monday was my birthday since I was just going to celebrate it when I got back home. I didn’t even tell Anna! When I talked to my mom though, she suggested that I tell Anna and that we treat ourselves to a nice meal. So, we went to town and ate a wonderful dinner and the waiter made a sundae for us:

Although it was somewhat stormy on our way to Tahlequah, the sky was beautiful on the way back:

Anna and I have become really good friends with the Polar Bear Dog:

The new mission team that’s here is a youth group from San Antonio, Texas. It’s definitely a different dynamic than the group from last week, but I’m hoping to get to know this group just as well.

Hasta luego,

Meredith