June 15th 2022

A Visit From Friends

Our good friends from Utah, the Harrisons came to visit us here in Nauvoo! We had a fabulous time seeing all the programs put on by the performing missionaries and seeing the sites. If I haven't said this before, (but I think I have) Nauvoo is really a very special and amazing place to experience, especially with all the performances. The talent that these young people have is so impressive and the spirit that you feel through the words and music is very powerful! Grateful, happy, love filled tears are present often. 

We continued to do our temple work and Wynn and Kim attended the temple and would see other sites and meet us after we were done. Wynn even spent one morning doing engineering duties with Dave.  It was a delightful time spent with them! I guess that's all the words I'll write and let pictures tell the rest of the story. 

Waiting to see "Love of the Savior" It was my favorite!

There are 24 performing missionaries with additional band and orchestra missionaries.

The Trail of Hope has 6 or 7 stops along Parley's Street where the 

players (performing missionaries) tell journal stories of 

residents of Nauvoo.

The Trail of Hope was Dave's favorite presentation

Another beautiful sunset on the Mississippi

Waiting to see "Sunset on the Mississippi"

Nauvoo Brass band does a pre-show

The energy on the stage is very engaging!

Another production called "The Promise" 

All of the shows are free and the same 24 missionaries do them all! 

We went on another carriage ride....we really enjoy them

The Community of Christ is finally open so we got to get tour of their properties. 

This is the Redbrick Store

The main room in the Homestead where Joseph and Emma 

first lived in Nauvoo

A room in the Mansion house where Joseph and Emma lived later and where Joseph and Hyrum were viewed by 10,000 people after they were murdered.

We saved a turtle from getting crushed by a car. 

It also had a leach on it!!!

A real live Bambi just outside our door

We even got to see it nurse! I tell ya, Nauvoo is pretty special!