Nauvoo Mission week 2

Wow!  We are actually in Nauvoo and trying to get our feet on the ground.  It has been pretty hot but not too much humidity so we have tolerated the heat so far.  But today, the humidity is high and it's up in the mid 90's so we are noticing the heat today.  We have had a little block of time this afternoon to stay at home and finish getting our things put away and organized.  Our training is done and now all we need is some good experience so we can do our jobs. 

Our visitor center training tour in Salt Lake

It's hard to believe that last week at this time we were still in Provo.  As part of our training we went to Salt Lake to the Visitor's Center and took a tour for about two hours.  It's amazing how different the tour guides seem when you look at them from the perspective of knowing in a short while we will be on the guiding part of the tour.  We paid close attention to what they said and how they said it. 

In the Tabernacle during more of our training tour

When we stopped at the handcart monument at Temple Square
we thought of our family trek at Martins Cove last summer and
our good friends, E/S Jones who are currently serving a mission
at Martins Cove

This is our Visitor Center Training Center fellow missionaries.

We had a great visit while at the MTC with Sister Peterson who
served in Armenia while we were there.

                                                
We looked back at the last ten days and we were amazed at the MTC experience.  When we got there there were 3400 missionaries and before we left on Wednesday the total was up to 4000.  It was an amazing sight to see all those young missionaries preparing to go to all corners of the world to invite people to come unto Christ.  It touched our hearts to see the goodness in so many young people.  And don't forget all those older youngsters trying to keep up!

Our Van and trailer at a hotel while on our way to Nauvoo

We drove home Wednesday afternoon to pick up our "stuff".  We are so grateful to our children and neighbors who helped us.  Our children have not once complained about us leaving again-we are so blessed.  AND we are so excited about this mission because they are all coming to visit Nauvoo while we are here.  We have many friends and family members who have promised to come also.  We are very pleased that we got a nice apartment that will be big enough to house those who would like to stay with us.  They highly invite us to have family and friends because it is such a great place to visit.  We are so impressed by the shows  and productions that go on here.  The City of Joseph  Pageant is going on right now and it is amazing. 

We had a wonderful tour of Carthage Jail
on Sunday afternoon.  Fantastic Sabbath day
after our Church meetings

 

People have been so nice to us since we arrived on Saturday.   We had a nice trip on our way and had no trouble with the car or trailer.  Many people showed up to help us move in.  Our down-stair neighbor invited us for dinner.  On Sunday we had dinner with the Call's who are from Rigby, and live about 1 mile from our house there.  We have met about 5 different couples who are from Rigby and the surrounding area.    We were reunited with Elder Devin Davis who served with us in Armenia.  He is in the Pageant and the  show called Sunset on the Mississippi.  Sunday he played his violin in Church.  We knew in Armenia that he was musical but we had no idea the depth of his talent.  We love the reconnection with Armenia and all the memories it brings. 

 

 

 

From Left to Right:  President and Sister Call (1st Counselor in
Mission Presidency; they live just one mile from our house in Rigby)
Pincock's and E/S Jones from Canada (they were in the MTC with us and
he is the veterinarian )

OUR APARTMENT

Our home on Parley Street!!!! We live upstairs.

Isn't this so cute.  We have the whole upstairs, even the back part that is brownish in the picture.  If you go down the street to the right of this picture it takes you to the river and "The Trail of Tears" that the pioneers used to depart from Nauvoo. We can't believe that we actually live on Parley Street !

The kitchen

The bedroom (notice the treadmill)

The living room (still have some unpacking to do)

The view from our back door and deck

mother deer and her two fawns in our backyard


Everything is going very well.  It has been fun to learn how to do the tours, we had to audition for our part in the Rendezvous Show, Elder Jones had a birthday yesterday so we invited them to dinner and the list goes on and on.  There's a saying that goes around here that "The Nauvoo Mission is not for Wimps!"
We love you all and look forward to sharing with you our adventures and hope that you will tell us  what you are doing and what is going on a home!  We love you all.   Elder and  Sister Pincock