'Home Sweet Home'

This is our home now (April 2009), past the big red barns, on a dirt road, with black Angus cattle at our back door. We have 9 ft ceilings instead of 6 ft., yeah! It is just 1/4 mile to "Inspiration Point" were Joseph road many times to ponder & pray & look at the Mississippi. We enjoy walking there, much wild life, the other night we saw a mother deer and her fawn, know wonder Joseph loved it there. The lightning flies are awesome to watch at night; what a sight for little kids, they look like hundreds of twinkling stars bouncing around the grass and trees.

'Biker Missionaries'

E/S Williams in front of the Scoville Bakery, we give out thousands of little ginger bread men monthly. On a beautiful Sunday many bikers come into Nauvoo traveling along the Mississippi River. They say when they enter the city limits they feel something different . They come with fantastic, expensive bikes, some with women, with leather & tattoo's. It is interesting visiting with them, and they are interested in what we have to say, they love the beauty & peace of the Temple. We took liberty & sat on this Harley, a lot different than a covered wagon or hand cart.

Days in Nauvoo

The Presidency served the Young Performing Missionaries (40) a grilled chicken dinner, in President Ludwig's yard. The YPM's are young people from all over the world that have come to Nauvoo to entertain with song, dance and various musical abilities, they also serve in the sites when not busy; they are fantastic. They are here for 3 months and are set-apart missionaries during that time, what a marvelous opportunity for them. This day we had a scrumptious meal for them. Until Pres. Edstrom, Elder Dean Hughes (the author of all of the 'Children of the Promise' books, him and his wife are our Public Relations), Pres. Williams and Pres. Ludwig got to grilling the chicken. Elder Hughes had a flame that was about 4 feet high and just came close to melting the roof of Pres. Ludwig's house. The YMP's got a big laugh out of that, only a few pieces of chicken were blackened.

I spend a couple of days a week in 'Tickets and Tours'; S/Trotter, S/Moffit. If you call for reservation on tickets I just might answer the phone, I would be glad to help you. So many people ask how much they are, we are glad to inform them, there is no charge, we want them to enjoy, feel the spirit that is here and no that they will feel different when they leave here.

Our P-Day was spent going to "Dickson Mounds". A Museum about mounds that were found filled with the remains of lamanite people. The DNA says they are possibly some from the B of M times. Very interesting museum, of course the museum does'nt know anything about the B of M but it all could relate back to that time.

Angilee and Dan in 'Nauvoo'

What a marvelous time we had with Dan and Angilee, now they too feel the spirit of Nauvoo. We met them in front of the Beautiful Nauvoo Temple, which they had an opportunity to attend one morning. They enjoyed all the sites, E/Williams narrating the carriage ride up to 'Inspiration Point', visiting the women's gardens, tour of Heber C. Kimball's Home & Carthage Jail and of course the hi-lite of their trip was seeing us as 'Jed & Annie' at Rendezvous. But we didn't get any pictures of that because it is quit a secret plus you would all just laugh. It was so fun to see them, family is always the best thing on this earth.

Mississippi River

We cross the Mississippi River on this bridge on our way to Ft. Madison. On our way back we have to pay $1.00 to cross. This is a moving bridge, it splits in half and opens up to let the tugs go through. During the summer this happens quit often, the tugs push 15 barges caring coal and corn which holds the equivalent of 870 semi's, there are no weight limits on the river. It is very interesting to see this happen, but delays our grocery shopping up to a 1/2 hr. sometimes.

Post Office

S/May an 80 yr old sister from Nevada, is the #1 missionary here in Nauvoo. She is at her post each day with a smile, sings, acts, dances and plays the xylophone each evening for our 'Sunset by the Mississippi' program. She promised the Lord that she would do what is ever ask of her, she is a true pioneer woman, she is being very blessed. It was fun working with her in the Post Office, we told how the mail worked, people would write a message horizontal and then turn the page and write on it vertical. It would safe paper because the cost of mailing a page was 5 cents. Which was a lot in those days. They even folded the letter to make an envelope to safe money.

MTC Group

Our great MTC Group, we meet every 5th sunday and have dinner, visit and play games. The Walkers from Utah and the Dicksons from Washington State, good, good friends and people.

We are meeting in our home this evening.