The amazing, delicious donuts my Mom made for all of us on Sunday.
Now that I have your attention… LOL!!! I really have nothing to write about the donuts – I shared their story of Facebook. I just had to post the picture one more time. 
As I write this, people, especially young people, are arriving in Indianapolis from all 50 of the United States, as well as Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Some 55,000 FFA members and sponsors will be here this week for the 2012 National FFA Convention. Some will arrive by plane, some by bus, and may God bless our drivers, our kids came by van. 3 loads of them.
I have the distinct pleasure of helping sponsor the Sandy Creek chapter – all 20 (ish) of them. The nerd in me just did the math; that is .0363% of the attendees. Not 3%, .03%. Wow!
What an encouraging site to see – kids that are excited about agriculture and leadership! I will fill by blog this week with pictures and stories of what’s going on. For now – here is a picture I took Sunday afternoon – offering up a little serenity to my fellow sponsors.
Good luck, be careful and HAVE FUN!! Being around all those great young adults…how could it be anything other than a good time? I’m sure you’ll walk away with a higher degree of respect for our future Ag (and world) leaders than when you walked in. Anxious to hear all about it! God Bless!
PS-so sorry to hear the devastating news about the wreck that claimed the life of one of your local kids! My heart is with your community.
Thank you for your kind words! It will definitely take time for our community to heal, but it is nice to see the senior class really pull together – just such a sad reason. Wish us luck today – I have certainly been blessed to have such a great group of kids to work with and bring here!!!!
Our community suffered a very similar situation. We will be recognizing the 4th anniversary of a terrible accident which took the lives of three of our kids only a mile outside of town. It was the worst time ever but the kids were able to lean on each other and pulled each other through it. We were just talking about the three tonight at our church youth gathering. At the time, it felt like we would never be able to move forward (even a little). Being around kids just make you feel good – I wish you all the best!