Our First Weekend
Saturday morning started with a visit from Bishop Gerald Causse, the presiding bishop. His responsibilities include the church historic sites. He noted a few of the ways The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is unique. He bore testimony of the first vision, saying that we pray differently because of the First vision. The heavens are not sealed. We have a living prophet. Bishop Causse spoke about President Nelson. He said he'd never known anyone so old who was so interested in the future.
It was a wonderful way to start the day. Afterwards we hurried up to Burlington, Iowa, about 40 minutes north. Burlington is much bigger than Keokuk. I'm sure we can find anything we need there.
Later we met the seamstress director to choose our costumes, should we need them. As FM missionaries we won't have a lot of opportunity to dress up, but there will be times when we need to be in costume.
We spent the rest of the day unpacking and getting a little more organized. The days fly by. I'm ready for them to slow down a little.
This morning church started at 7:50. We met in the chapel for sacrament meeting, then moved to the Visitor's Center for the other meetings. The theme for sacrament meeting talks was Follow the Prophet. The talks were about two pioneers who stayed faithful through all the persecutions of the early church members. I'd never heard of either one of them - Joel Johnson and Gardner Snow. I love Nauvoo.
This afternoon Dee and I visited some of the sites in Nauvoo. We really enjoyed visiting with the missionaries in each site as well as learning about the people who lived in the homes. Everyone is so welcoming.
Our first weekend has ended. We are still in training tomorrow and Tuesday. Hopefully by Wednesday we can get to work. Right now I'm going to go watch another sunset on the Mississippi.
P.S. While we are having this wonderful experience we are ever mindful of our family and friends in NC as they deal with Florence's flooding. So far we don't know of anyone who has been without power for very long or have flooded homes. But I'm sure there will be a few Helping Hands weekends. Thank goodness for your willingness to help.
Sounds like you are having a great time
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