Sept. 13, 2021
Hello dear friends and family!
A lot of this week was spent working on talks that we gave in Sacrament Meeting at the Fort Madison Branch. We were asked to talk on "what it means to live a Christ-like life". I chose to speak on charity, the pure love of Christ. Elder Burns spoke of some of the attributes of Christ.
Doug was finally able to see a doctor about his headaches. When he told her that he has had continuous headaches since he had the Covid shot, she told him that she has had many patients come to her with the same thing. It was nice to have validation that it was from the shot. She told us that this is all so new that they aren't sure how to treat it yet. Doug will be getting an MRI to get a baseline reading and see what's going on (pending approval from insurance). As the doctor left, she told us to hope they could find something that'll work and to have faith. After almost four months of constant headaches, he's ready for them to be gone! His asthma also kicked up a few notches after the shot so he's been struggling with that. He goes to a doctor for that this week. I'm hoping they can get things under control. I've been sleeping on the couch for several weeks now because his wheezing and coughing was keeping me awake. I'm ready to sleep in a bed again, although I have to say, we have a very comfortable couch so I've been sleeping fairly well. I often joke that I'm going to take the couch home with me. Haha
I spent time this week digging out more lemon balm and a lot of the annuals from a couple of beds around Lyon Drug. We then planted perennials in them and then mulched the beds. I'm so thankful for the other garden sisters and their help.
In a few weeks, the General Relief Society President and I believe the General Primary President will be here, along with another General Authority for Stake Conference and some other activities. They will be doing something in the Women's Garden so we spent time there pulling weeds from the brick walkways and will be working on getting that area as beautiful as we can before then. The gardens have been closed all summer. They are getting new bricks on the walkways and they were supposed to be done last May. Due to a lot of different things, etc., it is still not done.
I feel bad! We worked really hard planting all of the flowers and no one was able to see them. We'll see how much they get done before Stake Conference since they are actually back working on it.
We went to Iowa City on Saturday and did a Costco run! It's been awhile since we were there and I forgot how expensive it can be! Ouch! Haha
I can't believe that our first group of YSMs leave next week. That's come way too fast! I am going to miss these sweet sisters so much!!! They bring such a great spirit and so much joy to my heart! I sure love them!!!
We are staying real busy here but we love it and are so thankful to be serving in this beautiful city of Nauvoo!
If any of you are interested in being in the Nauvoo and British Pageants here next summer, go to nauvoopageant.org and fill out the application. It's a great way to spend your summer vacation! If you are interested in being a YPM, they are also taking applications at https://research.
Love to all!
Sister Burns
Each day we get to water the flower pots and garden areas that don't have water.
This was my turn watering. The mornings are now cool, so it's jacket in the
mornings and sweating in the afternoons.
Some of the Lyon Drug gardens.
This is a quote that I really like!
This has been fun to watch! This last little bit, we have had a lot of caterpillars. They have now made their cocoons and some have emerged as beautiful butterflies. It's amazing to think of all of the things that Heavenly Father created for us! Some of the sisters and I were saying the other day that some of those creations could have been left off of the ark - mice, snakes, skunks! Lately, wasps and hornets could be added to that list! E/S Elia both were stung multiple times and so was Sister Coffman.
A fun memory that popped up from a few years ago
We took a few minutes and watched "Youth of Zion". The Elders on the back are
kind of hid but it was a fun show and I love hearing them sing!
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