MONTH IN REVIEW………………

These are some of the decorations in front of and around the temple.  It was beautiful and all of the greenery was real.



So much fog here that comes off of the Mississippi, I guess.

This is a beautiful picture of the American Eagle.  The river is full of them and they feed here every winter……………………….









The Joseph Smith Homestead…………………….

Mom said to me the other day, “You kind of live in a bubble.” I know that I certainly do.  I know nothing of the things that are going on in the world and it frankly takes some of life’s stresses away.  I don’t know who is killing who, or what thing Obama is doing now that will mess up my posterity’s life, and that eases my stress to some degree.  I have made amazing friends here, people I could spend the rest of eternity being around, friends like I have rarely had in my life.  I think it is because we live in this bubble, we spend almost 24-7 together and we are all here for the same reason, to serve the Lord.  Quite a unique set of circumstances that may never happen again.  So I need to take it all in and I try.  (That however does not preclude me from being homesick!!!)

SOME OF MY FRIENDS……………………………………………………

Sister Christensen at her best…..

Elder Dahl zipping up Elder Christensen’s coat.  A big man with a big heart doing a big act of love…………

Sister Sanders, she is a hoot.  She used to be a Sweet Adeline and she is full of old ned.

Elder Wise whom I adore.  He is the Santa in all of Gregg Olsen’s paintings.  He is autographing one of the pictures for us in John Taylor.

The Rawlings.  She is a true lady.  He is from Greek origin and so we get to learn how to make Baklava this coming week.  She is 70, can you believe it???? He does a lot of the painting here in Nauvoo.

Elder Newman pulling a rabbit out of a hat for his magic trick!

The Monney’s.  They actually have a son named Gamble.  He is a major in the army.  Major Gamble Monney!!!!!

Elder Jennings, he is a visa hold for Brazil.  What a missionary he is! He has a heart of gold.

The Taylor’s from Alaska.  They are in charge of the pageant.

Richard conducting another meeting.  He will be doing that a lot.

Elder Christensen, my little chocolate chip!!!!!

The Munhoz’s from Brazil.  She is learning English, you should see our conversations, lots of hand gestures and laughter.

Sister Poulsen she was in our MTC group.  We are buddies, she is also the director of Rendezvous!!!!!

Elder Wise again during one of our more serious discussions.

This is one of the get-ups that Elder Johnson put on as my prompter to try and throw me off.  It is a goal of everyone in the mission to help him.  Last night at Rendezvous, he wore metallic, 4” fake eyelashes………………

These are the Wards from Malad, Idaho.  They have served three missions here in Nauvoo.  I just love to tease Elder Ward, we go round and round.  They make this place just plain fun.

The Newmans playing George and Agatha. They do such a great job, she is really letting him know her opinion right now, don’t you think?  So you can see that we have a great group here, more coming and some sadly leaving all of the time.  They say Nauvoo is a revolving door……………….