Welcome to our new site!

Sorry that we abandoned the last blog spot - but difficulties with it caused us to just start over again. At right is a typical picture of the streets in Fairfield, the little town we have moved to. It is small, friendly, and yes, those are dirt roads you see. There are only two paved streets in town, the main road through the center of town, leading up to the ski and recreation area 12 miles north of town, and the one next to the schools, although the one next to the schools is only paved for about two or three blocks. We love our town. We feel that this is where we should have settled when we first came to Idaho and we are sorry that we wasted 5 or 6 months before the Lord finally convinced us that here is where we should be.

Jeff has had a good start to the school year. He seems much more relaxed and is enjoying himself here, more than he did in Carey. We would love to say that his football team is better than it is, they are 0-7 at this writing. They seem to have talented boys, just haven't found the right combination to pull off a win yet.

At right is a picture of the high school end of the Camas County School. It is a K-12 with a little less than 200 kids total. The high school portion is less than 70 kids total. It is very personal and appears to be lacking in little or nothing in terms of enthusiastic teachers. As we understand it, the school district is one of the least funded districts in Idaho, but the facilities are by no means sub-par.

Our little branch building is to the right. Yes, you read that right. We live in the midst of Mormon country and yet we have a little branch here. As we understand it, there was a thriving ward here in the past. When the logging industry and the mills here in town died, in the late 70's and early 80's, the town itself almost disapeared. Along with it, so did the ward. We are here hoping to help rebuild the church in our little corner of the world.