Heigh Ho!
This week we've spent more time outside in people's gardens than I think
I've ever spent in our own yard at home...Sorry Mom!
Lately for one of our gardening projects, we've been helping a Japanese
grandmother work on her garden. It wasn't actually hers, it belonged to her
grandfather, but when he passed away no one looked after it, so she's decided to
plant her own vegetables. We started one week by weeding the entire thing
(pulling out these three-foot tall weeds). This past week we started digging
trenches for water to get to the vegetables. The garden itself isn't too big;
it's roughly 10x8 meters, but it took us about three hours to dig four trenches,
every thing is measured down to the exact centimeter so we have to measure it
out first and then draw lines in the dirt and THEN we can start to dig. Even
though there were HUNDREDS of spiders, I actually had a good time. We all told
stories and laughed while we worked. It felt good to be out of a dress and to be
covered in mud. In fact, I think sister missionaries should do activities like
this on a regular basis. Haha we just had fun, and I'm actually looking forward
to grabbing my shovel this Wednesday and going back to work.
We've been coming home exhausted, sunburned, filthy, but so dang happy
every time. It feels so good to give all the strength and time you can to
someone else and know that even though you hate the spiders and even though
there are a hundred different things that you have to do, you're helping her.
"We dig dig dig and dig dig dig, it's what we like to do!" - the Seven
Dwarfs from Snow White
P.S. While writing this post, I thought of three other Disney references
that have to do with digging. Who can guess them all?
