A day of preparation. Canning for Emergencies.

We as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in preparedness. We believe that we should have food on hand in case of catastrophe (of which we have seen in hurricanes, and other natural and man-made happenings). Here are some pictures of our "fun" day preparing!

 Three hard working ladies... OOOOPs, 2 and 1 =3 workers and the assembly line!

 The cabinet that holds the #10 canning machine the branch bought. It is quite a lot of work regardless, but also very rewarding. Bob Bassham built this cabinet, and it is a VERY NICE piece of furniture in it's own right!

 Some of the items used to can, and box the results of our hard labor.

 The assembly line.

 Spaghetti in a #10 can? Yep, it works! But you have to cut the spaghetti down to size.

After ALL that hard work, we have to clean up for the next day.

Trunk or Treat!

Halloween becomes Trunk or Treat. Kids get their fill of candy, and a fun day dressing up as what ever character they want to be. Fun day at the Bassham's!

 President and his family.

 The Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz. Cute!

 Ron Child, Kenny Heath, and Bob Bassham enjoying the fire.

 The Barn!

 Sister Bassham and her jogging outfit!

 Kathy and others opening their trunk to goodies for the children (some were older).

 Bob was given a plaque for his beautiful work on building so many things for the branch from his woodworking talent. He is a perfectionist extraordinaire! Wonderful woodworker!

 People enjoying the company of the night. What a great time.

 A Fairy God Mother.

 Ben played Dick Tracy. I didn't know he was into that kind of nostalgia!

 Sister Buchanan as Little Red Riding Hood!

 A CUTE little Fairy!

Can we get some more candy? Sure!

Ben's Baptism

Ben is a 13 year old who was so excited to be baptized. Here are some pictures:

 Elder and Sister Clement with a smiling Ben!

 Ben's cousin's from Fayetteville.

 President Ochoa and Ben high fivein'!

Brother and sister Christman with their grandson Benjamin.

Ancestors Found in Mountain View, Arkansas!

So, we decided to take some time out on our p-day to search for Kathy's great grandfather, and great grandmother. First we went to findagrave.com, and entered the names of those whose graves we were looking for. In this case we were looking for Raleigh Cunningham East. We entered Arkansas (mostly a guess, but with some knowledge about where they may have been buried. There are no promises here of course, but someone had already found and entered their location, and magically the location showed up in Mountain View, AR. This town was only about 45 miles from Cherokee Village, so we planned to use a future p-day to drive to Mountain View, and find the cemetery. The cemetery according to findagrave.com was named Case Cemetery. However the name has since been changed to East Richwoods Cemetery (with a note that it was originally called Case Cemetery). The web site gave us the location, and we drove to it. This is what we found. We were so excited:

This is the location of Raleigh Cunningham East and Annie Kendrick resting place. Birth and death dates are correct for both of them.

Raleigh Cunningham East

Annie Kendricks (But using her married name)

Close up of Raleigh's headstone. The orange color is moss that is growing on both headstones.

Close up of Annie Kendrick's (East) headstone

This is just a photo looking to the southeast of the cemetery.

Kathy at the east gate to the cemetery, with the name displayed as it is called today.