Evangelical Friend Helps Prepare A Small Garden Spot For Several Tomato Plants

Our Evangelical friend has one of the lots here at the lake where he plants a garden. I mentioned to him that we will miss not having a garden this summer. We eat lots of fresh produce from the garden in Boise in the summer. He offered to help prepare a little area where we could plant a couple of tomato plants, a couple squash and a couple of cucumber plants. Sister Anderson typically makes a green salad for the Elders each week. Each member of our family would know exactly what I am talking about, since the green salad was fairly standard fair for many meals as our children were growing up. Even though he chose to discontinue our Thursday meetings, I thought that would be another opportunity to visit with him, plus it would benefit us in providing a little produce. I contacted the owners of the empty lot behind us, and mentioned that I wanted to put in a couple of tomato plants and would share with them should they come down. They were fine with that. Our Evangelical Friend came over on Monday morning and we prepared a little area to plant several plants. He did way more than I expected, he brought over some composted manure and other organic ingredients to mix in with the soil. I thought it to be a very kind and generous act on his part. As missionaries we are always looking for opportunities to serve others, but in this case a good friend provided service to us.