August 29, 2021
This was a fun week in the gardens! At Lyon Drug, I pulled a lot of the lemon balm out of one of the garden beds and we planted a perennial garden there. This week I'll be pulling the annuals from another bed and planting perennials in it. It'll be fun to see how they look next summer when they get larger. I'm sure it will be beautiful! I also cut down a lot more plants - all of the sweet fennel. The sweet fennel is interesting - it looks like dill weed and smells like black licorice. I also spent a lot of time removing garlic chives from the mint flower beds. It doesn't matter how much I remove, the next day they are back. It reminds me of repentance - I also have to do that daily. I repent one day and the next day, I get to do it again. Little things are always creeping in and trying to take over, much like the chives in the mint beds. It takes constant work and effort to keep our lives on the path back to Heavenly Father.
I attended the planning meeting on Boo-tiful Nauvoo this week and it's going to be a fun time! There are many on the committee so my job will be a lot easier than I initially thought. I will be coordinating the mission side of things - seeing if the Teamsters will have a wagon in the parade, organizing the missionaries to carve pumpkins, and organizing the kettle corn making and bagging. I know the mission will come through with a lot of help.
I also attended a meeting with the FM Outreach Committee where we discussed some ideas to help the community - things like a blood drive, an outdoor movie night and several other ideas. This was the first meeting that I was invited to. I love planning things to help the Nauvoo community,
You guys, Nauvoo is so beautiful! As I go around right now, the flowers, the grass, the trees, the cornstalks, everything is so beautiful and brings me so much peace. There will be a lot of pictures on the blog this week because everywhere I went, I saw beauty and I took a picture!
Every Thursday evening, the YSMs present "Women of Faith", an online live tour that portrays the beginnings of the Relief Society. We met this week as Senior Sister Missionaries and watched the performance. If you'd like to watch it, please go to nauvoohistoricsites.org and schedule a tour. You can also schedule several of the other sites for live tours over Zoom.
Nauvoo is still a happening place - we are still giving tours, the YPMs are still giving performances that are amazing and as I mentioned before, Nauvoo is beautiful! I went to "Sunset by the Mississippi" this week with Sister Elia. It is now indoors but is still a great show!
As of tomorrow, the State of Illinois is once again requiring masks in all indoor areas. BOO!!! I really hope we don't end up in lockdown again.
Doug and I were asked to speak in church in two weeks on "What it means to live a Christ-like life". If you have any stories, Conference talks, scriptures, ideas, that are on that subject, I'll welcome them!
Elder Burns is working on a leaf trailer to hopefully make gathering all of the leaves easier. He said if it doesn't work then it'll be a mighty expensive failure. Haha! I'm sure it'll work. He's really great at designing and fabricating things that the mission needs.
A quick funny that happened this week - a group of YPMs of the Nauvoo Brass Band came to see the gourd tunnel. One of the Elders walked in and said, "This is gourd-geous! That was a good one! Haha!" It made my day!
I forgot to mention that E/S Dixon left and this week several more head home. It's always sad seeing them leave.
I'm grateful for the blessing of serving as a missionary here in Nauvoo! I love the forever friends that I have made! I love my Savior and the peace I feel through Him.
The "after cutting back"
The "after removal and before planting"
The "after we planted the new perennial garden"
It's going to look so nice!
The "leaf gathering" project that Elder Burns has been
working on.
The gourd tunnel is looking sadder
everyday but people still find it
amazing and love to see it.
Sister Shingleton & Sister Christiansen
👆👇 I spent the evening with both
companionships working on fleece blankets.
It's a great way to spent my time!
Sister Bybee and Sister Bliss
These caterpillars are all over the garden and
we love it. They will become monarch
butterflies. They are a welcome addition
to the garden.
The bunnies, however, are not welcome in
the garden! They eat everything - including
the vines to the gourds.
I can't remember what this is called, but it's
from a tree at Sara Granger. It's not edible but
sure looks cool.
Since the interns have left, we now get to do the
watering of the planters. This was us filling up
with water on my first day doing it.
View from the Visitor's Center
"Sunset by the Mississippi" is now indoors. I
miss the outdoor stage but the show is still
amazing and full of energy!
A pic of Lyon Drug garden.
This hibiscus is huge. It's called a dinner-plate
hibiscus for a good reason!
I forgot to post this in last weeks letter
but it was great being on a call
with all of my kids for my birthday!
It's so beautiful here!
The Nauvoo Historic Sites Mission August 2021
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