“We need thousands of more couples serving in the missions of the Church. Every mission president pleads for them. They…can leave the grandchildren. Those little darlings will be just fine, and I promise you will do things for them in the service of the Lord that, worlds without end, you could never do if you stayed home to hover over them. What greater gift could grandparents give their posterity than to say by deed as well as word, “In this family we serve missions!”

-Jeffrey R. Holland


Thursday, August 30, 2012

On a mission and still they feed the multitudes!!

(Note:This post is made by Miriam Jones, daughter-in-law of Sam and Marilyn)
This is a breakfast quiche/casserole. I made it with lots and lots of zuchinni, yellow squash, onions, red potatoes and tomatoes. I picked all this fabulous produce at the Jones plantation last weekend. Sam planted it all last spring. And now, as they serve a mission in Kosovo, we still reap the benefits of his amazing garden!! Dalynn and Devarie have been trying to keep the massive garden under control...but there is a LOT of garden!!

It made me so happy that even with the parents half way around the world, we were still able to take home a haul of their produce...just like every year. I LIKE things the same every year. I miss Sam and Marlyn, like everyone else does. But their produce makes me smile! I walked around the plantation checking out the massive pumpkins coming on, a billion of them, seeing the apples that are nearly ready, snacking on raspberries, picking corn, and loving it all!! Ellie eats the corn on the cob better than any other veggie on the planet!! Sing praises!! We've eaten a ton and have more to eat, and I froze six bags of the pure gold! I also froze big bags of zuccini and yellow squash for future soups and meals, and we'll eat red potatoes for a few weeks!!

THANK YOU Sam and Marilyn for your fabulous garden!!! And thank you to the Cache-Valley family for keeping up with it!

 Marilyn added....

THE TRUTH OF THE STORY....DALYNN,  DEVARIE AND DARLA   DID THE WHOLE GARDEN....

PLANTING,,...WEEDING......,IN FACT,   DALYNN  PUT IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.....