Sketchbook: The good ol' days

Remember when all the countries were getting along? And we celebrated each other? Yeah, those were good times.

The good news is, college football starts this weekend. 
 

Sketchbook: Security blanket

That's not how it works...
 

Sketchbook: Font choices

I wonder how many missionaries have encountered Bigfoot here in the Pacific Northwest?
 

Sketchbook: Everybody clean up, that's the thing to do

I had companions and companions who were a mess. It was a lot easier to deal with the clutter!
 

Sketchbook: Oh give me a home

If they were Roman buffaloes they'd be wearing togas! 

Sketchbook: We welcome you today!

We had a linger longer "saladpalooza" and someone brought a green Jello salad with shredded carrots and pineapple. Was it sincere, or was it ironic?

And since you asked, yes, someone else brought funeral potatoes. Does that count as potato salad?
 

Sketchbook: True to the faith

There are some who think that kids on the trek should experience everything. But sometimes it's a little challenging to come up with blizzards and mobs, so they settle for the little things.
 

Sketchbook: Free kick

There's got to be some way to keep track of who's nice to the missionaries!
 

Sketchbook: Telemundo

We've been watching the World Cup games on Telemundo. For one thing, there are way fewer commercials. The announcers are way more enthusiastic. And I'm pretty sure I'm learning vocabulary they'd never teach on Duolingo!
 

Sketchbook: Home away from home

It's probably just coincidence, but when all five of our boys were in the Young Men's program at the same time, it seemed like our opportunity to clean the church came around a lot more often.
 

Sketchbook: For those who don't know me

We've all been there, haven't we?
 

Sketchbook: Hair today

It's a little sad when a missionary starts to go bald while out on a mission. But we can still do jokes about it — as long as they don't get past the sketchbook stage!
 

Sketchbook: Hungry?

I like the idea of these missionary heads gobbling up everything in sight. But when I tried to move it beyond the sketchbook, it looked a little gruesome!
 

Sketchbook: Never can say goodbye

If there's a recurring theme in the books of Moses, it's the notion that people a resistant to change. Nobody really wants to leave Egypt!
 

Sketchbook: May the Fourth

Luke often reminds me of an earnest, new missionary, fresh from the MTC. He goes barging in with great intent, but not much of a plan.

Han, on the other hand, is a senior companion who is two transfers away from going home.

Happy Star Wars Day!
 

Sketchbook: Monday, Monday

Mondays were our P-day. We were excited to see them come, but by the end of the day we were often worn out. These missionaries are probably at the end of a P-day Monday rather than at the beginning!
 

Sketchbook: That stinks

Scatalogical humor has no place on this website, thank you very much.

Maybe he should have been sitting on a stool in the corner a la Dennis the Menace. But I liked the idea of bubbles in the tub.

And this is as far as this sketchbook is ever going.
 

Sketchbook: In the court of Pharaoh

Although this does correspond with this week's Come, Follow Me, it's easy to understand why this stayed in the sketchbook.
 

Sketchbook: Spiritual GPS

They say that patriarchal blessings can be like a spiritual map. But sometimes it only becomes clear when you look back!
 

Sketchbook: For our day

There are a LOT of podcasts about the scriptures and about the Church. Some of them are really good. Others? Well, they run the spectrum. The thing to keep in mind, in my humble opinion, is that podcasts can make a good supplement to scripture study. But nothing beats being in the scriptures yourself.

That's my soapbox for the week!