November 4th 2022
Autumn is Awesome!
I need to refer back to my calendar to even know what to report about our life in Nauvoo Illinois working in the temple. There isn't a lot I can report about our temple life other than I feel the happiest when I'm there and serving patrons, helping Heavenly Father get His children back to Him, knowing and feeling it's all because of our Savior's great life, sacrifice and love that makes it all possible. It is honestly one of the best ways to spend our time!
The window replacements still are not complete but we had a miracle with the temple being a total mess on Saturday when our 7 new missionary couples came for training. The celestial room had scaffolding, the chapel had tools all over, we had curtains down and old and new windows everywhere. It was dusty and in disarray. But, Monday when we did more training with the missionaries doing ordinances, it was orderly and clean. It was amazing to see the transformation.
All the remaining windows were put in the Assembly room which is rarely used and temple work goes on and then the workers come in and work while we are done for the day. This means they have to always put away their tools so it will take longer but this way the temple can be open!
The first day open for patrons after the closure, was Tuesday Oct. 25. We had full sessions every hour!
Our winter schedule is as follows: Monday P-day, Tuesday 6 am to 12. Dave is engineering and I was office but they have three other very strong, capable ladies there so I'm back on regular shift work. They were needing more help there so it makes me happy to be where I'm needed most. Wednesday 2 pm to 8pm shift work. Thursday 8am to 2pm shift work. Friday 2pm to 8pm shift work. Then Saturday 7am to 1pm, office and engineering. It's wonderful to be back in the temple full time!
Here in Nauvoo they have a festival called Bootiful Nauvoo. The community, mostly missionaries draw on then carve 500 pumpkins that they line Mullholland Street with. It's quite a sight. They have a costume parade before dark and then light the pumpkins. The missionaries make kettle corn and prepare little bags of it and give it away. It was fun to be involved. I drew on two pumpkins and somebody else carved them. I could only find one on the street though....
We are back to cleaning the temple twice a month and our night was last night. I vacuumed the whole spiral staircase from the 5th floor to the basement and the other front staircase from the 5th floor to the basement of the temple! I'll have to count how many stairs sometime...it was a challenge for me and made my back hurt but I was happy to be able to help clean the house of the Lord!
A cool thing that is happening here is birds. Thousands of red winged black birds fly in unison whirling and swooping making shapes and patterns in the sky. It's so mesmerizing, beautiful and curious. It's usually done at sunset. I googled it and it says they are deciding where to roost together for the night, safety in numbers. It's called murmurations. It probably happens all over but it's especially noticeable here and I'm grateful to have discovered it.
Our time here is running out so we want to appreciate and be aware of all the things of living in beautiful Nauvoo.
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