Sunday, Sept. 14 – Loved church again today. Elder
Epperson was transferred- we felt bad about that – but Elder Wilcken is the new
Elder with Elder Hensley. I took
pictures of them after church and sent them to their Mom’s and have heard back
from each of them. Elder Wilcken has a cleft lip and palate. It made me so homesick for Kade. I just wanted to give him a hug. Sister Howell went home this week and now
they have a threesome – Sister Egget, Sister Zomora and Sister Felix. It will be fun to get to know them
better. We stopped at the Gothic House
on the way home and got some fun pictures.
Dad and Elder Davis were good sports and put on the costumes. We had our choir picture taken on the temple
steps, then choir practice at the stake center and then a Carthage Crime Scene
fireside by Dr. Dunn at the Visitor’s Center.
It was full, interesting evening.
Monday, Sept 15 – We had a good day at the
temple. We led the 9:00 session – only 7
people though. We came home and then
went back to do 2 family baptisms. I ended up doing 4 names for Sister Wilson and
Sister Hanson. Dad was baptized for 1 but he baptized Brother Thaxton for about
7. These 2 are names that we will take through for our “white Christmas.” We have been encouraged by President McArthur to take a name through from baptism to sealing. We have found a family, Fred (father) whose work is done, but not his sealing to his wife Lilian. Lilian (mother) whose work has not been done and Ernest (their son) whose work has not been done. We will do the work for Lilian and Ernest and then seal Lilian and Fred to each other and then Ernest to them. Getting involved in family history has been a really rewarding part of our mission for me. I forgot to take a brush to the temple with me so I looked a bit scary when we left after the baptisms. It was our big temple group
FHE cowboy wiener roast at the end of Parley Street. It was so much fun, but a
little cold. We had rain this morning
and we were thankful we didn’t get wet. Our temple president, President McArthur is in the BYU sweatshirt in the second picture. He is wonderful!
Tueday, Sept 16 – Believe it or not, but I am still
trying to figure out a schedule for living life here in Nauvoo. I decided last week to do housework all on
the same day so this morning was spent cleaning. I went to Sister Robison’s art class from
3:30 – 5:00 and Dad picked me up a bit before 5:00 for our temple shift at
5:30. We had 2 sisters that came for the 8:00
session so most of us were there until 10:00.
There are only 7 on our evening shift and one of those is our
coordinator. One sister went home sick
and they sent another couple home a bit early because they have to be back
early in the morning. We were working with
a pretty slim crew.
Wednesday, Sept 17 – Kathy Crockett woke me up with a phone call
to walk at 8:30. I got to bed pretty late last
night and didn’t set an alarm. We still
got a walk in. The only thing I
accomplished was to lift weights before we had to leave for the temple at
noon. We had a quiet afternoon. I missed a prayer circle because I didn’t get
released from initiatory in time. This
Tuesday went much smoother than last week.
We came home, ate and then went back for our 2nd cleaning assignment at the temple. I did lots of vacuuming and cleaned 9 big
silk flowers arrangements with a blow dryer on low. There were still patrons in the temple so I had to carry them to a room where I could close the door before turning anything on. We have to be back early in the
morning.
Thursday, Sept 18 – The temple was good. Dad and I were able to do Lilian and Ernest's initiatory. I had the Celestial Room at 9:00. I love going in there early in the
morning. It is so beautiful with the sun
coming in. There was a beautiful young
sister that came in to sit for a little bit.
We visited for a minute as she was leaving and she shared with me that she is overwhelmed with being a mother. I tried to encouraged her to enjoy the journey, that her children will only be little once and then grown and gone. She gave me a hug as she left and told me that she had needed our conversation. There are so many sweet experiences that have come as we've been in our different assignments. I'm so thankful for each of them. We also led the 11:00 session. That always makes the shift seem faster. We also went to the Community of Christ Visitor's Center and watched the video there. We missed that when we did their tour - their machine wasn't working.
Friday, Sept 19 – Day off. We went on the carriage and wagon rides this
morning. We had such a gorgeous day. We also went to see the Old Arched Bridge. It is so pretty. We decided to go to Rendezvous again tonight. And it must be about time to come home. I think I’m getting on Dad’s nerves. Well, I've probably been on his nerves long before now . . . . .
Carriage Ride - King Follett well
Wagon Ride - Joseph Smith's Red Brick Store
Dad at theStone Arched Bridge by the Nauvoo State Park
Saturday, Sept 20 – We had a really busy day at the
temple. The session we were supposed to
follow was small but the next few sessions were so big they couldn’t fit everyone in. They have asked me to be the initiatory
coordinator every other Saturday morning.
I’m nervous about that. There has
to be a happy medium between nothing happening on Tuesday nights and crazy busy on
Saturday mornings. We also had a sister
go through initiatory this morning for her mother-in-law who passed away 1 ½ years ago. It was a really tender time for all of us
involved. We invited our neighbors (the Johnson's and Andelin's) over tonight to watch the movie "God Is Not Dead." McKechnie's didn't come - they had company from CA. Good movie and even better company!!
Love each of you! We are so thankful for the gospel and for our testimonies. Thank you for being so wonderful! Please "make good choices!"
Love, Mom and Dad / Grandma and Grandpa / Elder and Sister Hall
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