Cows can get depressed?

(Elder Slade)

To the best friends and family a person could hope for!

I hit my 4 month mark this week! Other than that, it wasn't a very eventful week. We did see a miracle the other day though. As we were driving, we saw a family that we've been trying to work with for a while now, playing outside. We havent been able to get a hold of them since the quarantine. We parked, and walked back to them and now we have contact with them again. And it was all because we were randomly driving back from an appointment. So yay!

On Saturday, it was Elder Baron's birthday! And as celebration, mother earth decided to send snow, in the middle of May. It's a birthday miracle! We also were given a random sandwich from a family in a park we were having companionship study in. That was a highlight of the week. I also got attacked by a random really chubby kid! Were supposed to try to keep social distancing, but when we were over for dinner at one house, this kid came out of nowhere and hugged me. It was a bit awkward.

The title comes from me. We were in the car and we hadn't talked in a few minutes. We were driving past fields and pastures and I broke the silence by saying, "Can cows get depressed?" My companion broke out laughing, but I thought it was a valid question! I mean, they eat the same thing day after day, they are always looking down, and they only can say one word. And depression is just physiological, so wouldn't it make since that cows can get depressed? The train of thought that got me there was a lot weirder though, and I won't get into that deep subject. Thinking about cows being depressed is depressing though, so I'll stop. But food for thought, aye?

Something that's been on my mind lately is the idea of hope. There is hope in every situation! No matter what the circumstances, there is always hope.

Hope for the quarantined missionary, hope for the struggling student, hope for the jobless parent, hope for the lonely, sick, and afflicted. There's even hope for the depressed cow (lol, sorry!). When we have hope, especially the hope that comes from the Atonement of Jesus Christ (see Moroni 7:41) we can get through all things, and we can do it with happiness as well. I'd invite you to look for the hope in your lives. It can always be found.

Interesting fact: potatoes are among the most environmentally friendly vegetables. They’re easy to grow, and don’t require massive amounts of fertilizer and chemical additives to thrive like many other vegetables do. That's probably why they don't taste good. Because they don't take as many nutrients from the ground. Thanks potato for your contribution, but I think I'll pass.

Pictures (Sorry, not many taken this week):

1. The snow

2-3. We made some impressive cookie creations, including: The Mohawk, The Threesome, The Sdoughman (you get it! Like snowman, but with dough! Haha...nevermind), The Collosal cookie.

They all just ended up as piles, but they tasted good.

4. The perfect representation of the Idahoans desire to give us food. They offered to feed us dinner, but we already had a dinner set up. I'm seriously surprised I'm not fat right now.