We got home last Saturday from our 2nd Montana Dinosaur Dig. This was a lot different weather-wise than the 1st dig in July. It rained two of our digging days so we had to be flexible. Our host, Otis Kline, did a fantastic job with the 17 team members. We did excavate on Tuesday all day. The team members found a variety of cool fossilized things such as dinosaur bones, fish scales, turtle bones, etc. On Wednesday, we went to the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum where we got a tour and watched a couple of videos. It was raining so this was the perfect day to do this. Buddy and the AIG film crew (Ben Wilt and Ryan Vogel) also worked on getting footage in the museum for the new children's videos that Buddy is doing. That worked out great! On Thursday, we checked out the dig site but it was just too muddy and would be too dangerous for us to climb those hills. We went to Makoshika State Park and enjoyed the beautiful view which showed the geological layers. We also stopped by their little museum where they had some dinosaur castings. After that we headed out to a nearby ranch to look for new dinosaur dig sites. The ground was still a little slippery so you had to be careful. Buddy and the film crew climbed up and down the hills getting some good shots. Buddy put his hand on a cactus while climbing and he is still feeling the prickly thorns!
On Friday our last day, Otis brought in some dinosaur bones that had been plaster-jacketed from the dig site. Everyone got a fossil to excavate out of the rock. This time you used dental picks to scrape away the rock from the fossil. It was very tedious and time consuming but rewarding when you were finished and could see the fossil. There was a lot of really cool things uncovered. I forgot to mention that it snowed on Friday, Sept. 17!
We had such a great group of people on this trip. They came from all over the United States. It is such a privilege for us to get to know this group and you become like family by the end of the week. We had a lot of wonderful teenagers on this trip as well.
We had a wonderful time with our dear friends Otis and Miriam Kline. We even got to see some friends that live in Montana. Michael and Amber and their precious little girl, Caitlin, from Baker stopped by for a visit. Rod and Marilyn Kelly from Ismay also stopped by to see us. It was so good to see everyone.
We are getting caught up at home now and will be leaving for Michigan this Saturday. We will be going to the church that we will be going to Kenya, Africa with and giving a concert. Please continue to pray that the money for our missions trip will come in by Oct. 15. Thanks for everyone who has given toward this missions trip. We deeply appreciate it. We do have our airline tickets bought which is a blessing.
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