Our Mission to Palmyra

Dearest Children, Grandchildren, Family and Friends!!  This week has flown by but it has been a good one.  Dad posted most of the pics this week but I have a few.  Here are some that I forgot to post last week.  A little over a week ago, we went walking in the early morning and this is what 91% humidity looks like:  The sun trying to peak through. A closeup view Same scene from further away.  Notice the towers set up for the pageant. Here is a scene we saw today after a downpour.  Here it will pour down rain for a few minutes and then the sun will come out only to start it all over again.  LOVE this area, truly!!  Never a dull moment in the weather! Monday was a sweet day!!  I worked in the baptistry all day.  The first patrons that came were a missionary couple who brought with them a fairly recent convert who was doing work for her mother...the baptism, initiatory and endowment.  There...

Dear family and friends Sad and happy to say that one-third of the mission is complete and we have two-thirds to go. As in all things, marking time wastes the opportunities while seeing what has been accomplished gives satisfaction and joy and spurs you forward to greater efforts for the time remaining. We'll be home in twenty weeks, and in the meantime we are reveling in the Spirit. Monday we were treated at FHE to Bob Parrot, the Church's forester. He has responsibility for maintaining the Sacred Grove and other forests around Church history sites including Kirtland and Harmony Priesthood Restoration. He does not have a degree, just a love for the woods and a lifetime of experience. The Sacred Grove was in a dying condition because the Facilities Maintenance people were keeping it park-like, removing all leaves and dead branches. Many members preferred it that way, but it was killing the grove. Brother Parrot became involved through a series of "coincidences"....