October 17, 2021
As I have sat today and listened to three of our recently returned YSMs give their "homecoming" talks, over YouTube, it has brought to my mind that there are many benefits that have come from the Covid pandemic. It was a blessing in my life to listen to these amazing young women give their reports on their missions. Pre-covid, this would not have happened. Another great benefit is the Virtual Zoom tours that we are doing in Nauvoo. Anyone, anywhere in the world can now "visit" Nauvoo via the virtual tours. If you'd like more information on how to do one, let me know or visit nauvoohistoricsites.org and schedule a tour. I'm being trained in "Women of Faith" and will start doing that in the next few weeks. I'm pretty nervous but also excited to be doing this.
This past week we again said goodbye to 11 more YSMs. 
It's so sad to see them go but I'm also excited for what the future holds for them. They are amazing women!
It's so sad to see them go but I'm also excited for what the future holds for them. They are amazing women!I had my first week in Conservation and my fingernails have never been cleaner! Haha! Working in the gardens, they were always dirt stained and had dirt under the nails. I do miss working in gardens but Conservation is pretty good also. The sisters that I am working with are amazing and so far, we work together pretty well. We had to clean and prepare five apartments this week, in addition to cleaning a few homes. I helped clean the Snow home. I cleaned the basement and that was kind of scary! I'm glad that I don't have a basement laundry! I was asked to remove the drapes and make them shorter and add tie-backs to them. I'm still working on them. I found that in Conservation we do a lot of laundry and cleaning but it's enjoyable with the group of sisters.
Friday, the Nauvoo Brass Band gave a concert in the FM parking lot for us as a thank you for all we do for Nauvoo Historic Sites. It was a fun concert. We also made around 200 bags of kettle corn for the concert and missionary movie night, which we missed so we could see "Sunset" one last time. It was a good warm up for the 3000 bags we get to make this week for Boo-tiful Nauvoo.
Since the YPMs are leaving this week and their last performance is tonight, we went to as many shows as we could. We attended "Sunset by the Mississippi" a lot! I love that show and the performers. We also went to "Love Of the Savior" today. Ugg! The mission is going to be so different with all of the YPMs and YSMs gone. However, they'll be back in March so we have that to look forward to!!!
A lot of the missionaries went to the Amana Colonies yesterday (Saturday). It's a fun collection of shops and eateries. There was a lot that I would like to buy but I came home empty-handed. I have to remind myself that what I buy has to make it home somehow. We all joined together for lunch and that was fun.
Doug is still having his headaches. His MRI didn't show anything. They are going to try a few different things but still don't know what to do since the headaches caused from the Covid jab are all so new. It's a guessing game.
We had a great talk on faith today. I loved when Sister Urry said that faith will move mountains and then went on to say that those mountains aren't the dirt and rock mountains but the trials we go through each and every day. If we have enough faith to pray, even when we don't feel like we should, that's enough faith. Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." I had never thought of that mountain as anything but a regular old mountain. I love the ah-ha moment that I had during the talk. Even at my old age, I'm still learning. I'm grateful for that and pray that I can continue to increase in faith.
I love my Savior and I love that He trusted us enough to serve in this beautiful city of Nauvoo. I love that He knows each one of us. I saw this the other day and really liked it.
Sending love to each of you!
Sister Burns
Group photo on my first day in Conservation.
Back: Sisters Peterson, Heward 2nd row: Me, Sisters
Virgin, Wood Front: Sisters Darton, Brown, Levesque
Missing is Sister Law.
Some of the Conservation Sisters. We took a little side trip
to see this beautiful, big tree!
This is the basement of the Snow home. I cleaned this. It was
kind of scary when I first went down but not so much after
it was cleaned. I think the foundation is really interesting.
Haha!!! This is what happens when you put the wrong
type of soap in the washer. I still don't know who did
this but we all had a good laugh! It reminded me of when I was dating
a guy (not Doug) and he put liquid dish soap in the dishwasher.
There were suds all over the kitchen. That was fun to clean up! Haha
I bet you can't guess what song I was singing all day long!
Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Are you singing it now? Don't you love me?! Haha
Making popcorn for the Nauvoo Brass Band Concert and for
Friday Night at the Movies, Mission style. Also, it was a
great practice for what's coming up with Boo-tiful Nauvoo!
L-R Sisters Bowman, Darton, Virgin, Peterson
Elders Brown & Bowman stirring the kettle
Sisters Levesque and Brown, catching the corn
Lunch with some of the mission at the Amana Colonies
A small glimpse of the street at the Amana Colonies
The Amana Colonies, looking the other direction.
A last picture before they all left. Sisters Bernhardt, Earl, Hughes and Sheppard
Goodbye our lovely YSMs! You will be missed. Good luck at home and
in your future endeavors! Keep in touch!
I really liked this thought.
Nauvoo Brass Band. They are small in number
but mighty in sound.
Sister Gardner playing the "hosaphone" Haha!
It was a crowd favorite.
Some fun Halloween decorations.
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