Wednesday, July 6th 2022

Nauvoo Has Come Alive!

It's been a busy two weeks. Our schedule was changed so that we could help in the baptistry on Tuesday nights. It's much more demanding physically than the other temple assignments so we come home pretty tired, but it's a wonderful place to serve. We are anticipating two of our Colorado grandchildren coming with their youth groups in a couple weeks and we hope we'll be able to see them as we serve. 

So now our schedule for the summer is:

Mon. Office/Engineer 7 to 2pm

Tues. Baptistry 12 to 8pm

Weds. P-day

Thurs. Ordinances 12 to 8pm

Fri. Initiatory Coordinators 7 to 2pm

Sat. Office/Engineer 7 to 2pm

The weeks just zip by! We have the wonderful opportunity to be in the finale of the British Pageant that runs every Weds. and Fri. nights. We get to walk up to the side of the stage with all the other missionaries singing Called to Serve. We had a dress rehearsal Mon. and I know I will be weeping every single time. It's a very powerful moment after a fabulous program to be surrounded by like minded people who love the Lord and are striving to serve Him. We are so grateful to be here and get to experience all the times and seasons of Nauvoo! 

Dave has been busy with his engineering opportunities. The Lord's  laundry stream press has been broken since we got here and Dave was able to determine the problem and make a gasket and repair it so it is now working. He was nervous because he didn't have the appropriate solvents to insure a clean surface for the adhesive to bond but he used what he had and it worked well! The laundry workers are so happy! 

Elizabeth and Mark Pierce worked with us in the Bountiful temple. They are in the Nauvoo Pageant and we got to have a nice visit with them. Such delightful people!  

We got to sit by our friends Diane and Perry at one of the shows here in Nauvoo. Such delightful people!

"This is Our Story" cast. those are not stars in the sky....they are bugs! These actors did an amazing job of totally ignoring them. It was a great show. 

 We discovered EJ Keyes and his mom, Cozette from Utah at the Commemoration of the 178th anniversary of the murder of 

Joseph and Hyrum at Carthage Jail. 

EJ is the son in love of our dear friends, 

Kevin and Sherry Figueira in our Bountiful ward. 

 The Cunninghams live in our same building and arrived in May. We went to the Commemoration with them. Dear people!

Hugh Pierce's 90th birthday celebration. He was the 1st LDS Mayor of Nauvoo since Joseph Smith!

This is a plaque by the Old Stone arch built by the saints as you come in to Nauvoo.

Scene by the stone arch

The stone arch

It is a lovely place

Dress rehearsal for the pageant

Scenes of the British Pageant 

It's really cool when the ship mast is raised.

The study of fireflies. They look like a normal beetle

Except for the underside

And then they perform their magic!