Barrow's Illinois Nauvoo FM Mission: This old house

On Sunday, June 23, Kelley texted that she needed help. She'd been down with a terrible earache - the weekend they moved into their new house. Mckay had come to help and they got all moved in, but now she was facing a week of her home in boxes, too sick to take care of the boys, and Andrew leaving town. Dee and Ann spent a long time Sunday night trying to get her there somehow, but tickets to Canada at short notice were over $1000 one way. We were only 11 hours away by car, but we are on a mission. On Monday morning at prayer meeting I noticed that the mission president was there. He often attends our FM prayer meetings, so that wasn't unusual, but it did make it easy for us to talk to him. Dee and I stood up after prayer meeting was over and just talked about whether we should say something. Then there he was, standing in front of us. Now that is unusual. We explained our dilemma and he simply said, "If you have the impression that you should go, then maybe you should go." Well, what parents wouldn't think they should go. So this week was spent serving in Canada. By the time we got there Kelley had gotten some better medicine and the pain was being controlled, but as soon as the pain medicine wore off she knew it. I was able to unpack her kitchen while she got some rest. Dee was able to fix several wiring problems and some other things. And all three of us kept up with the children. Dee also became acquainted with the house's construction, so that when Kelley "Face times" a problem with him, he'll know more about the house. One day we cleaned up Kelley's old house, which turned out to be a very good thing, because the next day the landlord called to say the people who had been in the house for 20 years before Kelley, wanted to move back right away. It was like that house was just made available for the Miles. So our being there made things better for Kelley and for that family. And for us. It was a good week to be gone from Nauvoo. It rained a lot and we didn't even miss our dancing - it was rained out. We got back Friday and danced on Saturday. But I didn't get around to doing a blog - so here it is.