One of the things you learn about serving with the young missionaries in Arkansas is that they have to be careful about the miles that they travel each month. They are allotted so many miles per month and although it is unclear what will actually happen if they go TOO far over, they work very hard to figure out their milage and what they can and can not do during the month. Considering that some of their areas cover 50 miles in every direction from where they live with lots of tiny towns, it is tricky business. They use members where possible but that isn't always available. We are one of the back up plans. This past week, the Mena elders were tight on miles, so Gary met them in Waldron for our zone council and then all of us took them back to Waldron so they could do some work there before returning to Mena which is about 30 miles further south.
Not to want to waste a chance, Gary had found a cemetery which didn't seem to have had many photos taken. The weather was beautiful and it was in a small valley area between two bands of hills on either side.
This one was for three triplets daughters of a family who lived only a day or two. This one was actually already in Find A Grave, but someone had cleaned the marker since that photo was taken so it was nice to switch it out for a clean grave marker photo. They get a lot of mold and grime on them over time and it becomes hard or impossible to read them. I am not sure who cleaned this one, but they did an excellent job. We haven't learned that art yet.
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