June 28, 2022
Friday we were at the Pageant Country Fair area wood chipping all of the trees. We had just emptied the trailer of wood chips and were waiting for it to return when I heard the first few measures of music from the start of the Nauvoo Pageant! It was all I needed to be deliriously happy and to head over to the stage! I couldn't help myself! It was so great to see so many friends there! Paul Walstead, Cynthia Collier, Gayle Lockwood, and many others. The core cast was on the stage rehearsing yesterday and yep, I was one happy girl! I told my gardening people that they could tell me to be quiet if I started getting on their nerves talking about Pageant! I guess I wasn't too bad because no one told me to be quiet.
We've been having problems with the irrigation system that waters the sites so many of the flowers were pretty sad looking when I went to water them, by hand, this week. Many of them were limp and just lying on the ground. After I watered them, to my delight, they perked up and looked beautiful again. It made me think of how we can quench spiritual thirst. We need to water/feed our spirit daily. Jesus Christ is our Living Water. Elder Wirthlin said, "It is only this 'living water,' the gospel of Jesus Christ, that can and will bring a happy, a successful, and an everlasting life to the children of men." We grow closer to our Savior by having daily scripture study and prayer. These are so important! I know that I can tell the difference in me when I miss a few days. President Nelson said, "Nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon, and regular time committed to temple and family history work." Ensign, May 2018, 95.
Random happening that I forgot to mention a few weeks ago - someone poured cremated remains in the Women's Garden. I very carefully and respectfully covered them up with mulch. I can appreciate that someone would want to do that, the Women's Garden is a beautiful and peaceful place, but still!
We have two new couples on the garden crew and it's been so nice! Elder Downard, I'm sure, appreciates having a few more Elders to help and we've been getting things done a lot faster!
We were finally able to attend the NPM show, The Promise, on Saturday. It was so good! We went with E/S Bowen. They are pretty new missionaries. Sister Bowen serves with me in the gardens. It's been fun getting to know her.
We welcomed E/S Stringham to the mission this past week. We are their trainers. I hope we've done a good job.
Friday we had our welcome/farewell breakfast. We said welcome to E/S Stringham and E/S Bowen. The hard part was the farewell to E/S Wood. I served with Sister Wood in both gardens and Conservation and I love her and will miss her!!! Good thing I'll see her again!!! They sing a Farewell Nauvoo song that is like a funeral song. It brings out the tears. I told them that I want "Happy Trails to you" sung at my farewell breakfast! Haha
There's been so much going on and it's only getting busier! We are tired but things are great! We are thankful to be serving our Savior here in Nauvoo!!!
The Pageant Core Cast performing
"Our Story Goes On"
This is how we roll when we are waiting for the trailer
to return with more wood chips. There was one bench
so we all crowded on it!
Sisters Rasmussen, Stringham, Bowen, Coffman, me, Haynie, and Julie, our
wonderful intern. We are missing Sister Downard.
E/S Wood receiving their FM Flag
Our FM Missionaries are such hard workers! Here, Elders Wood
and Bowen and Adam (full-time employee) work to repair a
broken water line.
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