Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise before the Lord! (Ps. 96)

I(Todd) was blessed to be able to spend the last three days in the mountains with a really good friend of mine, his son and two of his son's friends.

Scott Roloson is a missionary to South Africa who is here in the States for furlough. He claims that the whole time that he is in South Africa he dreams of snowshoeing in the Adirondacks. I am glad that I was able to share that experience with him once again. Hopefully it will last another four years until his next furlough.

We hiked from the garden parking lot in to Slant Rock lean-to on Wed. The next morning we awoke to a couple inches of fresh new powder. We started up the trail towards Haystack mountain. On the what we thought was the summit it was windy and low visibility. Later we realised that we had actually been on the summit of little Haystack. We headed over toward Basin Mnt and the weather improved. At the trail junction Scott and two of the boys headed towards the summit while the other boy and I waited for them. They soon returned victorius. Then after sliding down to the lean-to we climbed into our bags. This morning we awoke to a couple more inches of fresh powder. Amazing that God can take a speck of dust and make it as white as snow! We made really good time on the hike out as it was mostly downhill. Overall a great time in God's creation with fellow believers.

We hope to stop at the camp (Die Kroon) that Scott works at in South Africa on our way into Lesotho in the fall.