Fully Engaged

    The time here so far has been in preparation for the summer season. We will have lots of visitors come to enjoy what is here.  I have served in every site except a couple so far and will hit them this week. I love serving in every site and can't say that I have a favorite. Every site ties into a gospel message and a testimony of what the saints accomplished here. I do like to serve in the Family Living Center where I can demonstrate spinning, however. Darren is on the wagons driving the horses every day now. They take turns driving or giving the narration. He is really great at connecting with the people.  He also does the Oxen Ride.

 

 We also get the opportunity to serve in other ways such as planting flowers. Here we donated some time to plant the flowers at the end of Parley Street near the statue of Joseph and Brigham.  This week we will clean the statues in the women's garden.

   Everyone who serves here participates in the productions.  "Rendevous in Old Nauvoo" is put on every night but Sunday year round. It just inIt wcludes the senior missionaries and is delightful with song and a little dancing and a lot of acting.  We are in 3 numbers there. The other production that we are in is "Sunset on the Mississippi". This production is put on from Memorial Day through Aug. 15.  It stars the Young Performing Missionaries who are here for the summer  with the seniors as backup and a few numbers of our own.  There are 3 casts that rotate and perform 2 nights a week in each production, so we are in productions 4 nights a week during the summer.

     Once in while we get the chance to have some socialization and recreation. Saturday we went with our cast of the productions down to Hannibal, Missouri and took a dinner cruise on the Mark Twain Riverboat.  It was a beautiful evening and the sunset was gorgeous.

with Sister Finlinson