I couldn't get the video to show up so I am attaching the link. We'll see how this works.
Excellent advice from Elder Busche in 1996
Suz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAjZ8mfoYw
Friday, August 15, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Saturday 2 August 2008
P-Day again and we went to Burlington to pick up my boots. After shopping, we went to the Blacksmith Shop, so Carolin could go on a tour. We serve there, together, tomorrow. Rendezvous tonight and the men really messed it up. Near the end of the show, all the men sing “Willingly”, a song about leaving Nauvoo, willingly, because we have to. As we sing the last verse, the house lights come up, and we march down the isles, to finish the song. Some how, we skipped two of the verses, all of us, and finished the song on the stage. We never did walk down the isle. When the song ended, everybody just stood there and somebody said “that was good, now what”, so we just walked out. All the cast was laughing, but the audience didn’t know what was going on. Another fine performance by the Nauvoo Seniors.
Sunday 3 August 2008
Testimony meeting and most of the testimonies were those leaving in the next two weeks. When Carolin and I were in the MTC, we were told by many people; leaving our Mission would be harder then leaving home to go on our Mission, and those were the sentiments of most of those speaking.
After the meeting, we changed and went to the Blacksmith Shop. Another couple, Elder and Sister Duke, served with us. They both had been at that Site a number of times before and told us, the Sisters just sit in the waiting room, while the Elders conduct the tours. I asked Carolin to be with me, so she could mention the items I might forget. She does such a great job of including the children, it helped me, because she would suggest things like having one of the little boys turn the wagon wheel, to oil the spokes, after it was made. The parents wanted pictures and the little boy seemed proud to be helping. She would also mention some things I hadn’t told the people in the tour, so I was able to do a better job. It was an enjoyable morning. I liked giving tours in the Blacksmith Shop because I have been there so many times, I know all the information. We have a wooden horse foot and oxen foot to demonstrate shoeing. I told the kids, we had cut the a foot off a horse and cow, so to be looking for a three footed horse and cow, as they walked around the fields. Most of the kids just thought I was being dumb, but one little boy looked very concerned, so I had to assure him I was kidding. Being Sunday, they don’t want us to light a fire in the forge and make horseshoes. I would have liked to do that, but it was still all right.
We had Zone Conference at 7:00 tonight. The Young Performing Missionaries sang, President and Sister Ludwig, spoke. It was a good meeting.
Monday 4 August 2008
Back to work. We changed a light bulb on the picture of Christ, in the Visitor Center, put some PVC underground, for a service change, and fixed the feed to a sump pump. Not bad for 6 hours. It was hot today. 94 degrees and 90% humidity. The heat index was 107 and they put the horses away at noon. The horses can’t work when the index is above 103, but it is all right for us old folks to be out in it, we don’t get hurt, we know where the cool places are.
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Today, Carolin and I saw David Price, a young man who was our Elders Quorum President in the singles ward, when we first served there. He was only there for a short time before he got married. Now he has a two year old daughter.
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Changed a few lights in the Visitor Center, and talked with Elder Swallow for a couple of hours. We had a lot of world problems to solve. Elder Pace called from Carthage, saying his power was out. We started for his place and got to Hamilton, when he called and said a guy across the street had dug up the line and would have it fixed in an hour, so we came back to Nauvoo, just in time to quit for the day. Another hard day at NRI.
Tonight at Rendezvous, we talked with Peggy Webb. She is the daughter of Dave and Gayle Garrick. I never imagined, we would see so many people here, we knew.
Friday 8 August 2008
After work, I went to an area where the Kimball boat landing had been, in 1844. The landing belonged to Hiram Kimball, husband of Sarah Granger Kimball, who had a store West of their house. The landing appears to have been West and North of the house, where the ground slopes down to the water. The books indicate the river bank, all along the Nauvoo side, dropped sharply down to the river, so the landings were located where the ground sloped naturally, as it does at the end of Parley Street. The landing at the end of Main Street, by the Nauvoo House, was probably the steepest climb of the four landing in Nauvoo. Journals tell of the climb up from the dock to the Prophets home.
Saturday 9 August 2008
We went to the largest Flea Market in Missouri today. Got up early and left by 8:00. The drive was an hour and a half; through hollers, over hills, around and around bends, until I didn’t know which direction I was going. We wondered how anybody could find the largest Flea Market on all these country roads. We made it. Two dollars to park, another two dollars to rent a 4-wheeler, if you wanted one. That was the first indication of how big the largest Flea Market really was. The second, was a sign indicating the parking areas; North area, central parking, and overflow parking. We decided to decline the 4-wheeler and started walking. Carolin had an umbrella, because of the sun, so she made out alright that way, but after two hours, and much looking at tools, farm implements, and picture frames, which had been left laying around for way too long, we called it quits. Two hours didn’t get us to very many of the vendors who were there, so I guess it could really be the largest Flea Marker in Missouri.
Sunday 10 August 2008
Normal sacrament meeting. I was assigned to help prepare the sacrament and clean up after the meeting. Carolin and I served in the Brick Yard, with the McKissicks, in the afternoon. It was a nice experience but we only had 4 tours. Sundays are slow.
This evening was a fireside given by the great, great grandson of Parley Pratt, Paul Debry. He talked about the five Pratt brothers. He gave a lot of information on the Pratt family.
Monday 11 August 2008
The Young Performing Missionaries will be leaving soon and tonight was their talent show. We are exposed to professional performers, in the movies and television, and come to expect that level of ability, in all the show we see. Quite often, the shows of amatures are a disappointment, but tonight we saw talent as good as any, available anywhere. It is hard to imagine, this much talent in one small group of young people, but they did have to audition, and they came from all over the country. One girl came from Anchorage, Alaska, one from Texas, and all in between.
Tuesday 12 August 2008
I was told this morning, Elder McKissick will be going back to the Sites. Next week I will be the Lone Ranger. We finished the outlets in the Webb house, put batteries in two apartments smoke detectors, fixed the walk lights in front of our apartment, drove a ground rod for another house, and prepared the area around a water tank for the service to the pumps.
Tonight we have Sunset. One more show on Friday and we will be through with Sunset until next summer. The Sites have changed to winter hours, but NRI will still start at 7:00 and quit at 2:00, until the weather gets cold and the days are shorter.
P-Day again and we went to Burlington to pick up my boots. After shopping, we went to the Blacksmith Shop, so Carolin could go on a tour. We serve there, together, tomorrow. Rendezvous tonight and the men really messed it up. Near the end of the show, all the men sing “Willingly”, a song about leaving Nauvoo, willingly, because we have to. As we sing the last verse, the house lights come up, and we march down the isles, to finish the song. Some how, we skipped two of the verses, all of us, and finished the song on the stage. We never did walk down the isle. When the song ended, everybody just stood there and somebody said “that was good, now what”, so we just walked out. All the cast was laughing, but the audience didn’t know what was going on. Another fine performance by the Nauvoo Seniors.
Sunday 3 August 2008
Testimony meeting and most of the testimonies were those leaving in the next two weeks. When Carolin and I were in the MTC, we were told by many people; leaving our Mission would be harder then leaving home to go on our Mission, and those were the sentiments of most of those speaking.
After the meeting, we changed and went to the Blacksmith Shop. Another couple, Elder and Sister Duke, served with us. They both had been at that Site a number of times before and told us, the Sisters just sit in the waiting room, while the Elders conduct the tours. I asked Carolin to be with me, so she could mention the items I might forget. She does such a great job of including the children, it helped me, because she would suggest things like having one of the little boys turn the wagon wheel, to oil the spokes, after it was made. The parents wanted pictures and the little boy seemed proud to be helping. She would also mention some things I hadn’t told the people in the tour, so I was able to do a better job. It was an enjoyable morning. I liked giving tours in the Blacksmith Shop because I have been there so many times, I know all the information. We have a wooden horse foot and oxen foot to demonstrate shoeing. I told the kids, we had cut the a foot off a horse and cow, so to be looking for a three footed horse and cow, as they walked around the fields. Most of the kids just thought I was being dumb, but one little boy looked very concerned, so I had to assure him I was kidding. Being Sunday, they don’t want us to light a fire in the forge and make horseshoes. I would have liked to do that, but it was still all right.
We had Zone Conference at 7:00 tonight. The Young Performing Missionaries sang, President and Sister Ludwig, spoke. It was a good meeting.
Monday 4 August 2008
Back to work. We changed a light bulb on the picture of Christ, in the Visitor Center, put some PVC underground, for a service change, and fixed the feed to a sump pump. Not bad for 6 hours. It was hot today. 94 degrees and 90% humidity. The heat index was 107 and they put the horses away at noon. The horses can’t work when the index is above 103, but it is all right for us old folks to be out in it, we don’t get hurt, we know where the cool places are.
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Today, Carolin and I saw David Price, a young man who was our Elders Quorum President in the singles ward, when we first served there. He was only there for a short time before he got married. Now he has a two year old daughter.
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Changed a few lights in the Visitor Center, and talked with Elder Swallow for a couple of hours. We had a lot of world problems to solve. Elder Pace called from Carthage, saying his power was out. We started for his place and got to Hamilton, when he called and said a guy across the street had dug up the line and would have it fixed in an hour, so we came back to Nauvoo, just in time to quit for the day. Another hard day at NRI.
Tonight at Rendezvous, we talked with Peggy Webb. She is the daughter of Dave and Gayle Garrick. I never imagined, we would see so many people here, we knew.
Friday 8 August 2008
After work, I went to an area where the Kimball boat landing had been, in 1844. The landing belonged to Hiram Kimball, husband of Sarah Granger Kimball, who had a store West of their house. The landing appears to have been West and North of the house, where the ground slopes down to the water. The books indicate the river bank, all along the Nauvoo side, dropped sharply down to the river, so the landings were located where the ground sloped naturally, as it does at the end of Parley Street. The landing at the end of Main Street, by the Nauvoo House, was probably the steepest climb of the four landing in Nauvoo. Journals tell of the climb up from the dock to the Prophets home.
Saturday 9 August 2008
We went to the largest Flea Market in Missouri today. Got up early and left by 8:00. The drive was an hour and a half; through hollers, over hills, around and around bends, until I didn’t know which direction I was going. We wondered how anybody could find the largest Flea Market on all these country roads. We made it. Two dollars to park, another two dollars to rent a 4-wheeler, if you wanted one. That was the first indication of how big the largest Flea Market really was. The second, was a sign indicating the parking areas; North area, central parking, and overflow parking. We decided to decline the 4-wheeler and started walking. Carolin had an umbrella, because of the sun, so she made out alright that way, but after two hours, and much looking at tools, farm implements, and picture frames, which had been left laying around for way too long, we called it quits. Two hours didn’t get us to very many of the vendors who were there, so I guess it could really be the largest Flea Marker in Missouri.
Sunday 10 August 2008
Normal sacrament meeting. I was assigned to help prepare the sacrament and clean up after the meeting. Carolin and I served in the Brick Yard, with the McKissicks, in the afternoon. It was a nice experience but we only had 4 tours. Sundays are slow.
This evening was a fireside given by the great, great grandson of Parley Pratt, Paul Debry. He talked about the five Pratt brothers. He gave a lot of information on the Pratt family.
Monday 11 August 2008
The Young Performing Missionaries will be leaving soon and tonight was their talent show. We are exposed to professional performers, in the movies and television, and come to expect that level of ability, in all the show we see. Quite often, the shows of amatures are a disappointment, but tonight we saw talent as good as any, available anywhere. It is hard to imagine, this much talent in one small group of young people, but they did have to audition, and they came from all over the country. One girl came from Anchorage, Alaska, one from Texas, and all in between.
Tuesday 12 August 2008
I was told this morning, Elder McKissick will be going back to the Sites. Next week I will be the Lone Ranger. We finished the outlets in the Webb house, put batteries in two apartments smoke detectors, fixed the walk lights in front of our apartment, drove a ground rod for another house, and prepared the area around a water tank for the service to the pumps.
Tonight we have Sunset. One more show on Friday and we will be through with Sunset until next summer. The Sites have changed to winter hours, but NRI will still start at 7:00 and quit at 2:00, until the weather gets cold and the days are shorter.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sunday 27 July 2008
The Lyon Drug was a good experience. It was nice to finally serve at a Site with Carolin. I didn’t try to memorize the dates and events of the Lyon family, I just read it from the script. I did have fun showing the kids the ivory handled tooth brushes, and telling them if the people didn’t brush their teeth, the other alternative was to have them pulled. Then I showed the kids the tooth puller. It looks like a plumbers basin wrench. We should be able to be at the Sites every Sunday, from now on.
The Mission had a fireside for us, put on by the Nashville Tribute band, as a tribute to the Prophet Joseph Smith. It was supposed to be outside on the Sunset stage. An hour before start time, the lightning started with the rain right behind. The performance was moved to the Visitor Center, but the rain came down so hard, Carolin couldn’t run 20’, from the car to the doors, without getting soaked. She had a rain coat with a hood, but the rain was driven so hard, by the wind, everything below her coat got it. I had to park and run into the building, and really got wet. With so many wet people in that auditorium, it smelled like a wet dog.
Monday 28 July 2008
We got information, on the lights above the relief map of Nauvoo, in the Visitor Center, this morning, to order replacements. I helped pour more concrete, at the NRI compound, fixed lights at the Family Living Center, and put a few bulbs in the Sites. “Exciting”. We have Sunset tonight.
Sunset was rain out again, tonight. Only 5 more shows, and Sunset will be over for the summer.
Tuesday 29 July 2008
This afternoon, I went over to the site of the “Tomb of Joseph and Emma”. The Church has been buying property in Nauvoo, when ever they can, and in one of the recent purchases, they acquired the tomb, Joseph Smith had constructed, where he and Emma would be interred. After 160 plus years, the stone work is in bad shape and dangerous, so NRI enclosed the area with a chain link fence. We were told, the tomb has three large rooms, but you can’t tell from the outside, it just looks big. The location is grown over with brush and trees now, but the Church has plans to restore it and open for tours. I haven’t heard why it was never used. The local people thought it was a wine cellar, used by the old settlers, who had a winery. The Church found a paper, with the floor plan and location detailed, so they feel confident it is the tomb.
Carolin and I visited Sister Memmott, who has pneumonia. She has been sick for quite a long time but is getting better slowly.
Thursday 31 July 2008
Today, I visited the Nauvoo Historical Society and Museum. It isn’t very large but the people are interested in talking, and they know a lot about the town. I found the location of the Nauvoo Expositor. The building is gone but it is fun to see the spot. I also bought a copy of that one addition of the paper which caused all the trouble.
Friday 1 August 2008
We started the day with a breakfast for all the couples who will be leaving in August. There are 19 couples and 5 single sisters. When they leave, all the young performing missionaries, band members, and young sister missionaries, will also leave. That is the time we will go to winter hours, at the Sites. We will start at 11:00 and close at 5:00. Sunset will be over and Rendezvous will only be one show.. It will be quite a change for those of us still here, but, that schedule will make it possible for me to go to the blacksmith shop, in the morning, and play with the forge and anvil.
Elder McKissick is back with me for awhile. We got some conduit ready for a service change, at one of the missionary homes, changed an exhaust fan, and a few light bulbs.
The Lyon Drug was a good experience. It was nice to finally serve at a Site with Carolin. I didn’t try to memorize the dates and events of the Lyon family, I just read it from the script. I did have fun showing the kids the ivory handled tooth brushes, and telling them if the people didn’t brush their teeth, the other alternative was to have them pulled. Then I showed the kids the tooth puller. It looks like a plumbers basin wrench. We should be able to be at the Sites every Sunday, from now on.
The Mission had a fireside for us, put on by the Nashville Tribute band, as a tribute to the Prophet Joseph Smith. It was supposed to be outside on the Sunset stage. An hour before start time, the lightning started with the rain right behind. The performance was moved to the Visitor Center, but the rain came down so hard, Carolin couldn’t run 20’, from the car to the doors, without getting soaked. She had a rain coat with a hood, but the rain was driven so hard, by the wind, everything below her coat got it. I had to park and run into the building, and really got wet. With so many wet people in that auditorium, it smelled like a wet dog.
Monday 28 July 2008
We got information, on the lights above the relief map of Nauvoo, in the Visitor Center, this morning, to order replacements. I helped pour more concrete, at the NRI compound, fixed lights at the Family Living Center, and put a few bulbs in the Sites. “Exciting”. We have Sunset tonight.
Sunset was rain out again, tonight. Only 5 more shows, and Sunset will be over for the summer.
Tuesday 29 July 2008
This afternoon, I went over to the site of the “Tomb of Joseph and Emma”. The Church has been buying property in Nauvoo, when ever they can, and in one of the recent purchases, they acquired the tomb, Joseph Smith had constructed, where he and Emma would be interred. After 160 plus years, the stone work is in bad shape and dangerous, so NRI enclosed the area with a chain link fence. We were told, the tomb has three large rooms, but you can’t tell from the outside, it just looks big. The location is grown over with brush and trees now, but the Church has plans to restore it and open for tours. I haven’t heard why it was never used. The local people thought it was a wine cellar, used by the old settlers, who had a winery. The Church found a paper, with the floor plan and location detailed, so they feel confident it is the tomb.
Carolin and I visited Sister Memmott, who has pneumonia. She has been sick for quite a long time but is getting better slowly.
Thursday 31 July 2008
Today, I visited the Nauvoo Historical Society and Museum. It isn’t very large but the people are interested in talking, and they know a lot about the town. I found the location of the Nauvoo Expositor. The building is gone but it is fun to see the spot. I also bought a copy of that one addition of the paper which caused all the trouble.
Friday 1 August 2008
We started the day with a breakfast for all the couples who will be leaving in August. There are 19 couples and 5 single sisters. When they leave, all the young performing missionaries, band members, and young sister missionaries, will also leave. That is the time we will go to winter hours, at the Sites. We will start at 11:00 and close at 5:00. Sunset will be over and Rendezvous will only be one show.. It will be quite a change for those of us still here, but, that schedule will make it possible for me to go to the blacksmith shop, in the morning, and play with the forge and anvil.
Elder McKissick is back with me for awhile. We got some conduit ready for a service change, at one of the missionary homes, changed an exhaust fan, and a few light bulbs.
Tuesday 22 July 2008
They split Elder McKissick and I up today. The plumber needed a hand, so McKissick will help him and I will work alone until another plumber comes to the Mission, hopefully soon. I have been quitting at noon, because of the lack of work, and welding in their shop. I have been practicing with the TIG Torch and later I’ll work on the MIG machine. I also go to the Blacksmith Shop and listen to the different presentations of the Elders who serve there.
Tonight, at Rendezvous, I was talking to some of the Missionaries outside the building, and as I turned around, two ladies sitting on the bench said, “you are Jim Horan’s brother”. I was quite surprised. They were Dr. Gunn’s wife and her friend, who also worked in the Doctor’s office, where Doris had worked years ago. They had known Jim and Doris for years.
Thursday 24 July 2008
The 24th isn’t any special day in Illinois. The paid employees at NRI get today and tomorrow off, with pay, but it is just another day for the Missionaries. I spent the day visiting the Sites to replace burned out light bulbs. I had a lot of business. With all the buildings the Church maintains, I’ll bet I could stay busy full time, changing bulbs and fixtures. I did get some “real” electrical work, for next week. The Visitor Center has been having trouble with the power to their computers, so I told them I would find a way to get another circuit to their counter. I’ll look foreword to that; although, when I fix the lights for the Sisters in the Sites, I do get a lot of cookies.
At Sunset tonight, Matt Bishop, from Alpine, came up on the stage after the show. It was good to see him again, with all his family. I’m surprised at how many people we have seen, we know, in the short time we have been here. Last Monday, the 21st, we had been here 8 weeks..
Friday 25 July 2008
Another youth group came from Oklahoma this morning, looking for a service project. We supervised them while they cleaned up some of the areas around the trailer court. They were only scheduled to be in Nauvoo for the day, and I thought they should be seeing the Sites and going on the Wagon Rides. Service projects are good, but can be done in Oklahoma, anytime. Some of those kids will probably never come to Nauvoo again.
Saturday 26 July 2008
P-day today and we slept in, till 6:30. We went to Burlington instead of Keokuk because I had to get heels put on my boots and Burlington was the closest shoemaker. As usual, I got turned around in this flat country, but I had a compass this time, so it wasn’t bad at all. Carolin and I had our first companion Site assignment together today. Our P-day ends at 5:00 PM, so from 5:00 to 7:00, we served in the Nauvoo Visitor Center. Answered a lot of questions about schedules and programs, but nothing monumental happened in those two hours. Maybe next time. Tomorrow, after Church, we will be in the Lyon Drug Site together, from 10:00 to 2:15. That is the, “Lyon Drug,” Site; not the Lyon,”Drug Site”. I think the official name is the Lyon Apothecary and Variety Store but nobody ever calls it that
They split Elder McKissick and I up today. The plumber needed a hand, so McKissick will help him and I will work alone until another plumber comes to the Mission, hopefully soon. I have been quitting at noon, because of the lack of work, and welding in their shop. I have been practicing with the TIG Torch and later I’ll work on the MIG machine. I also go to the Blacksmith Shop and listen to the different presentations of the Elders who serve there.
Tonight, at Rendezvous, I was talking to some of the Missionaries outside the building, and as I turned around, two ladies sitting on the bench said, “you are Jim Horan’s brother”. I was quite surprised. They were Dr. Gunn’s wife and her friend, who also worked in the Doctor’s office, where Doris had worked years ago. They had known Jim and Doris for years.
Thursday 24 July 2008
The 24th isn’t any special day in Illinois. The paid employees at NRI get today and tomorrow off, with pay, but it is just another day for the Missionaries. I spent the day visiting the Sites to replace burned out light bulbs. I had a lot of business. With all the buildings the Church maintains, I’ll bet I could stay busy full time, changing bulbs and fixtures. I did get some “real” electrical work, for next week. The Visitor Center has been having trouble with the power to their computers, so I told them I would find a way to get another circuit to their counter. I’ll look foreword to that; although, when I fix the lights for the Sisters in the Sites, I do get a lot of cookies.
At Sunset tonight, Matt Bishop, from Alpine, came up on the stage after the show. It was good to see him again, with all his family. I’m surprised at how many people we have seen, we know, in the short time we have been here. Last Monday, the 21st, we had been here 8 weeks..
Friday 25 July 2008
Another youth group came from Oklahoma this morning, looking for a service project. We supervised them while they cleaned up some of the areas around the trailer court. They were only scheduled to be in Nauvoo for the day, and I thought they should be seeing the Sites and going on the Wagon Rides. Service projects are good, but can be done in Oklahoma, anytime. Some of those kids will probably never come to Nauvoo again.
Saturday 26 July 2008
P-day today and we slept in, till 6:30. We went to Burlington instead of Keokuk because I had to get heels put on my boots and Burlington was the closest shoemaker. As usual, I got turned around in this flat country, but I had a compass this time, so it wasn’t bad at all. Carolin and I had our first companion Site assignment together today. Our P-day ends at 5:00 PM, so from 5:00 to 7:00, we served in the Nauvoo Visitor Center. Answered a lot of questions about schedules and programs, but nothing monumental happened in those two hours. Maybe next time. Tomorrow, after Church, we will be in the Lyon Drug Site together, from 10:00 to 2:15. That is the, “Lyon Drug,” Site; not the Lyon,”Drug Site”. I think the official name is the Lyon Apothecary and Variety Store but nobody ever calls it that
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