One thing to say for the week of October 20th through October 26th... "That deer is D-E-A-D"

 We had our once-a-transfer District PDay on Monday, October 21st, but we did not attend this one.  We were helping at the Kitchen longer than normal.  That was alright, because we didn't really want to travel to Petoskey to look for Petoskey stones again.  LOL.

Wednesday, October 23rd was a day to remember.  We picked up Elder Azevedo and Haws from their apartment and headed to Petoskey for District Council.  It was just beginning to get light at about 7:45 a.m.  We were following behind another vehicle, but not too close I promise.  It's a good thing Elder Gibbons doesn't hardly drive the speed limit, because out of no where I looked up just in time to see deer eyes staring at me just outside where Elder Gibbons sat driving.  We did NOT hit the deer.  The deer hit US!

Poor thing.  It was a doe and a fairly young one at that.  You can't even tell it's hurt, but when the insurance representative jokingly asked if we got the license plate of the other person, I quipped, "Yep.   D-E-A-D."  Aren't I clever?  The good news was none of us were hurt and our car was still drivable, but...

We actually made it to our District Council on time and called insurance right away.  I am writing this 13 days later and we just took our car two days ago into the Toyota dealer here in Cheboygan to be fixed.  They say it will take about two weeks.  We feel very blessed because we have heard horror stories about how long it takes to get parts up here.  No kidding we know a man at the Kitchen that hit a deer and the body shop was three months getting the parts in.  I think since the car is a Toyota it made a big difference.  We feel very blessed, really.  The insurance company has been amazing.  They say it won't affect our insurance record because it was a no-fault accident.  I guess deer don't count.

Here is the picture of our missionaries at District Council that day.

We still like the deer in our backyard.  We just prefer not to have them meeting us on the road and because hunting season has started, "they" say the deer are moving around and this is the time of year deer run ins increase.  Here is a buck we saw "rubbing" one of the trees.  It was cool to watch him.

During this week we began to see the weather change.  One day it was 75 degrees.

A couple of days later it was cold and misty.