Elena and Jonathan in the Great West District

A soft t-shirt made from recycled plastic bottles.

Elena and Jonathan have been in the Great West District since Sunday the 17th. They started out their week presenting and serving at three congregations: McCook Memorial UMC, Palisade UMC, and Wauntea UMC. Monday the two interns went to Imperial to meet with city official, Jo Leyland, to talk about recycling in that community. Jo gave the interns a complete tour of the recycling center to show how recyclables are sorted and transported. Jo also showed the interns a various assortment of recycled products. Recycled items included t-shirts made from plastic bottles, recycled toothbrushes, and benches made from recycled rubber tires and plastic.

At the Imperial City Office with Jonathan, Elena,  Jo Leyland, and Pastor Bonnie McCord (left to right).

  

Experimenting with a runoff simulation.  Elena, Shirley Ferguson, Pastor Bonnie McCord, and Jonathan (left to right). 

Tuesday the interns met with Shirley Ferguson from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to tour Hays County in an effort to explore different conservation practices. This included a 64 mile tour of Hays County that compared farming practices that conserve the land and other practices that are potentially harmful to the land. Today they met once again with Shirley Ferguson to explore Hays County by looking at the various forms of irrigation including: surge irrigation, surface or flood irrigation, and T-Tape irrigation. Tomorrow the interns will go to North Platte to examine energy production methods. Friday they will be at Crescent Lake Wildlife Refuge to look at the correlation between animals and the environment. Sunday will conclude Elena and Jonathan's week in the Great West District by presenting at Whitney Warring Memorial UMC, Crawford First UMC, and Harrison Memorial UMC. Sunday the 17th through Thursday the 21st the interns have been and will be accompanied by Pastor Bonnie McCord, who helped design this week in the Great West District for Elena and Jonathan.