Yesterday, several of us expressed our disappointment that we did not have the chance for much downtime to process our visit thus far, nor a lot of time to spend with our host families.
Then it snowed… and snowed.
10-12 inches of snow later, with more on the way and “blustery” winds predicted, we found ourselves restricted to our guest quarters with plenty of downtime and the opportunity for considerable time with our host families. Lorin and I have been staying in the beautiful guest house of Mark and Bonnie Wagner. We accompanied Bonnie to the village of Petersburg after breakfast to collect some groceries before the predicted wind arose. The Wagners reported that when the snow builds up and the wind blows, drifting snow can become a significant hazard. We made it to town with no difficulty, perused the small grocery store (well-stocked with considerable variety of products), then in search of postcards we visited the wonderful and charming Leifeld’s, the hardware/furniture/clothing/toy/knickknack/and-just-about-everything-else store that one often finds in small towns. We found our postcards, and visited with the owner Jim Leifeld - who has lived there his entire life - about the town and some of its religious history. Lorin was pleased to purchase a snazzy pair of new gloves:
Is he showing off his gloves, or acting like a mime?Then we headed back to the ranch, where we spent a lovely afternoon enjoying the silence of falling snow, bulls across the road slowly turning from black to white and quietly munching their hay, and soaking in the chance to simply be in Nebraska.
Breakfasting bulls.
Brian demonstrates that in a rural setting, sometimes the pastor will have to shovel the walkway.We heard a rumor that some others in our group might be snowmobiling today. We’ll check into it and report back soon. Hopefully, there will be photos!
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