Week Eight--seems like only yesterday!

Dear Family and Friends,

It's been a little bit  quieter this week.  David had several days off  and has been recovering from his nose bleed episode from last weekend.  He seems to be doing fine-just a bit more tired than usual.  Last Tuesday I took him to the doctor to get the packing out of his nose and the doctor said he didn't have to come back.

Nose plugs are gone!!!  Thank you all for your prayers.

I've had some free time to sew and work on projects this week.  I got some doll clothes done for the grand daughters and got them mailed off today so watch for them and  let me know when they arrive.  I also sent two random letters to grandsons so hope you are the lucky ones this week!

We got our first speaking parts in the play "Rendezvous In Old Nauvoo".  We were kind of excited and studied them hard enough you would have thought they were star parts.  We each had two lines.  At least we didn't forget them when we performed on Friday, but I need to work on the acting part now.  David did great. 

I got to work at the Land and Title Office this week.  I learned how to run the computers and burn the CDs for the information.  People love to come in and get their information about their ancestors who lived and/or died in Nauvoo.  I also got to serve at the Riser Shoe Shop with David on Saturday.  He taught me how to make shoes like they did in the 1840's.  I think I will try making a pair for myself  some time soon.  Ha-ha.

The George Riser Boot Shop ( we served there together this week)  Sister Pincock can now make shoes.

We got our apartment cleaned and all the washing done this weekend so we decided to fix dinner and have guests over.  We had a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and even had some pumpkin pie.  It got us feeling in the mood for fall except it's been in the high 90's this last week and is suppose to stay there for at least another week   We'd sure like to entertain some of you so come whenever you can!   This is a crazy party place this week.  Everyone is having parties.  There are going away parties, MTC parties, "cast" parties, a Rigby party, teamster parties-you name it, it's a party.  You can tell  it has slowed down here.  We were invited to a MTC part last night for all those who didn't have a whole group of people in the MTC at the same time.  There were 7 couples at our party who came to Nauvoo by themselves or with just one other couple.  We had delicious food and then rushed off to a fireside.  Susan Easton Black Durrant and George Durrant (famous LDS authors) have arrived in Nauvoo on a Temple Mission.  They spoke to us about Emma Smith.  They have done extensive research on her life and their comments were very interesting. 

David had an early shift this morning, so I decided to go on a horse and wagon ride.  I have not had a chance to go on one yet.  It's different from the carriage ride we took a couple of weeks ago.   The wagon goes all around Nauvoo and gives  you an overview of everything there is to see and do.  It takes about an hour and is very enjoyable including a ride along the Mississippi River for about a mile.  All the beautiful Lily Pad flowers have died and are gone now.  But the river is a delightful sight and I enjoyed my ride.       

We have spiritual experiences daily, including a visit from Lloyd Newel on Sunday.  His daughter is serving a mission here and they came to visit her, he spoke to the Relief society sisters and told us they had taped his parts with the Tabernacle Choir this week so no one would ever know he was gone.  They just slip his parts into the live broadcast.  David received a Priesthood blessing last week before leaving for the hospital, and had numerous visitors and treats and kind words shown to him for his recovery.   We have wonderful experiences with the Nauvoo guests as we tell them about the history of Nauvoo and the restored gospel of  Jesus Christ.  It's a great place to be.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you and hope you all come to Nauvoo to see this great place.

Some very pretty flowers near the Family Living Center



Such pretty flowers

Love,  Elder and Sister Pincock

Week Seven

Good morning or afternoon or whenever you receive this update.

We have had a very eventful and interesting week.  We were glad to hear that our good friends Sherwood and Georgia Ricks have returned home safely from Ukraine.  Sister Pincock keeps a journal and writes in it every day so it is easy to remember the events of each day in the week.

The tourists visiting Nauvoo has sure decreased since the Pageant has concluded and the young performing and core cast members have gone home.  In some of the sites where we are assigned we may go an hour or so between visitors in the morning hours then in the afternoon it gets busier but not like the first month we were here.  At least we now have a chance to catch our breath between tours and demonstrations.  We are finding that a lot of those visiting are older, non-members that live near Nauvoo.  They find it is easier to travel when the crowds are gone.  And it provides us more of an opportunity to discuss the Gospel and bear a testimony to them.

Monday morning we worked together at the Pioneer Pastimes.  We go to the site and get all the games, playhouse and class room open.  It took us about 40 minutes to get all the dress-up clothes, stilts, ring roll, play sheep and play horse all set up.  So we were ready to go by 9:30 but no one came to play until around 11:30 so we took a few minutes to sit in the rocking chairs and hold hands.  Sister Pincock got a few chigger bites on her leg.  (couldn't resist to show you the picture).

a few bites from sitting on the grass

enjoying a few minutes in the grandma and grandpa rocking chairs

here we are riding the sheep and horse

playing stick pull.  ( notice how I am stepping on his foot to hold him down)

When the kids finally started to arrive we had a good time showing them how to play the games and Elder Pincock even played "stick pull" with a young boy.  (I think the game ended in a tie).

After we got off work at 1:30 we went to lunch at Peter's restaurant and had a good hamburger and really nice looking salad.  We met the owner and his daughter.  The daughter and husband had just finished school at BYU Idaho and were headed to Michigan to start a job.

Tuesday was our preparation day so we went to our mission post office to see if we had mail and then went to the Nauvoo Temple.  I didn't remember the temple being so beautiful.   The art work in the rooms is just so nicely done.  It reminded us some of the Idaho Falls Temple.  The decor was very appropriate for pioneer times in Nauvoo and the chandeliers were some of the most beautiful that we remember.  We really enjoyed the new movie.   It was a great way to spend the morning.

mission post office and sewing room
 



the beautiful Nauvoo Temple

view from the temple out toward the Mississippi

We went to Keokuk to do our shopping at Walmart.  Got the things that we needed and stopped at Wendy's for lunch.  Love Wendy's!!!!  We had to get back to Nauvoo for our performances of Rendezvous on Tuesday night.  We are becoming more at ease with getting to our positions on stage and getting off the correct way.

We had our training meeting at 8:00 AM on Wednesday and  then we went home to prepare for our site assignments that went from noon to 6:00 pm.  Elder Pincock went to the Browning Home and Gunshop and Sister Pincock went to the Lucy Mack Smith home.  Elder Pincock like goes to the gun shop because there are so many different times you can bear your testimony to the people in your group.  He especially likes to stop in the backyard of the home where you can see the temple and talk about the little baby of the Browning's that lived only 5 weeks and bear testimony how we can be bound together in the temples as a family forever. Sister Pincock enjoyed the Lucy Mack home but was catching a cold so was glad when she could go home to rest.  She took the next two days off because of the cold and need to get some rest. 

Elder Pincock worked at the Tin shop, Riser Boot Shop and the Brick yard during the last three days of the week.  George Riser, proprietor of the boot shop lived in Ohio and when he heard about the Church, sold his business, packed up his wife and little boy and drove the 600 miles to Nauvoo.  When the little boy got sick and was administered to by the Prophet Joseph and Orson Hyde and was healed immediately the Riser's went to the Mississippi River the next morning to be baptized.  They had to break the ice in the river but they wanted to be members of the Church.  When the family moved with the saints West, George opened the first shoe shop in Salt Lake Valley.

While at the brick yard Elder Pincock gave a tour to the Kevin Hadlock family, son of Steve and Becky Hadlock of Rexburg.  They were touring Nauvoo and it just so happened that it was Elder Pincocks turn to do the demonstration.  How fun it is to see people that you know from home.

Sister Pincock was feeling better by Saturday and went to the Cultural hall to do the tours there. One of the sisters that she worked with is a sister of Debbie Horsley.  When I was learning about banking in Payette Idaho back in the middle 70's Spence and Debbie also lived in Payette and he was learning about being a mortician.  So we have known them a long time.  Anyway, the missionary sister said that they Horsley's will be in Nauvoo next week so we hoping that we can see them.

Saturday night, (early Sunday morning about 1:30) Elder Pincock woke up with a nose bleed.  It was really bad and we couldn't get it stopped so called the mission doctor who immediately came to our home and when he saw the situation told Sister Pincock to call 911.  The ambulance came and took Elder Pincock to the Burlington Hospital where they were finally able to get the blood stopped.  They put a inflatable balloon in the nose and filled it with air.  He said it was painful and could not talk because the nose packing went so far into the cavity.  After a few hours the hospital said it was okay to go home so we arrived home about 6:00 AM.  Elder Pincock laid on the couch to rest and about thirty minutes later needed to go to the bathroom so got up, went to the room and passed out on the bathroom floor.  Sister Pincock called 911 and the ambulance had to come back to the apartment and take him back to Burlington (a 40 minute ride).  During the next 40 hours the hospital did all their tests' etc. to make sure he did not have any heart or brain damage and released him Monday afternoon.  He does not know how long they will keep the balloon in his nose but hoping that it will not be long.  It is very uncomfortable!!  Of course with the tubes hanging out his nose he cannot go out to do his tours so he is hoping that the balloon comes out soon.



what a pain in the neck (nose)

It was a trying time for Sister Pincock having to drive back and forth to the hospital but she is doing okay and is glad to have her husband home. So Sunday and Monday were spent at the hospital and today, Tuesday, is our preparation day so we can get some needed rest. 

We love each of you and pray for your success in life and the ability to withstand the temptations of the adversary.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and we are so grateful to be able to serve Him.

Sunset over the Mississippi at the end of Parley Street.

Love, Elder and Sister Pincock

News for Week 6

Hello to you all again:

My, how fast time seems to pass by!!  We had a great week of working in our various historic site assignments and really enjoy being able to bear our testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  

On Sunday after Church we went to Elder and Sister Jones home for lunch and it was very nice.  Then we rested during the balance of the afternoon and that evening went to the Young Performing Missionary Sociable.  It was a wonderful evening of music and spiritual feeding.  Many of the young performers sang and read entries from their  journals about their 3 1/2 month experience while serving here in Nauvoo.  They are very special and we can see why their mission here during the summer is so important.  If any of you have children or grandchildren that can play musical instruments, act, dance and sing and are not married have them consider applying to serve here in the summer.  It is an experience they will never forget!!!


Young Performing Missionaries

On Monday Sister Pincock served at the Lyon Drug and Variety Store.  The doctor that owned the business relied on herbs to heal his patients and we have included a couple of pictures of the more recent herb garden.  You can actually go and pick the herbs that we want to have.  That night we went to Sunset by the Mississippi and saw Ann Hymas from Rexburg.  She is the daughter of Jerry and Lynette Sanders of Rexburg.  She was here to surprise her son, Elder Foster, who plays in the young missionary band.  Then we took a nice drive along the Mississippi river and enjoyed a beautiful evening looking at the lily pads.

Herb garden at the Lyon Drug Store

Ride along the Mississippi

Lily Pads

Elder Foster

Elder Pincock served at the Printing Office on Monday and during a break in the people coming to take tours he had an chance to visit with Elder Pixler who was his partner.  As they were talking and finding out where they each lived prior to missionary service, Elder Pixler said that he lived in Gilbert, Arizona.  That just happened to be where Elder Pincock's Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Floyd Haymore lived.  Elder Pixler, said "No way"! " Floyd was the person that baptized me a member of the Church".  What a fun experience that was.

Tuesday we went on a carriage ride.  During the 45 minute ride they tell many spiritual experiences of people that lived in Nauvoo. The driver of the carriage was Elder Boyle from Rexburg.  He is the brother of Nyle and Lee Boyle of Rexburg.   In the afternoon we attended the musical production of High Hopes and Riverboats.  The young performing missionaries do the show and it was spectacular.  These young missionaries are soooo talented.

Carriage Ride

Carriage ride drivers (Elder Boyle on the left)



Thorny Honey Locust Tree

Every Wednesday morning at 8:00 AM we have our mission training meetings.  They do not last too long because we have to be at our visitors sites by 8:45 but the content of the meetings is excellent.  Sister Pincock had her first assignment to play the prelude and opening song for that meeting.  Sister Pincock served at the Scovil Bakery today and told about Bro. Scovil who lost his wife and three children while living in Nauvoo.  She also gave out lots of gingerbread cookies.  Sister Pincock decorated a "Viking " candy bar for a lady who was celebrating a birthday.  Yes, we STILL love Viking Bars from Florence's chocolates in Rexburg.

Scovil Bakery

Elder Pincock gave demonstrations on Wednesday at the Family Living Center.  He showed how to make rope, how to make pottery and how to make barrels.  It is a wonderful experience to bear testimony about having strong families, like rope,  and how we should make our lives so that the Savior can mold us into individuals that will follow his commandments.

Thursday was a fun day again.  We both served together in the Visitors Center.  We got to answer questions, answer the phone, start the various films and talk to lots of people.  Sister Pincock had a minute during her lunch break to go out into the woman's garden and see the beautiful flowers and all the women's statues.  We have attached some pictures.

Sister Pincock at the Women's Statue garden

We love our grandchildren

Joseph and Emma

On Friday Elder Pincock gave tours at the brickyard.  He likes to do that demonstration because he can involve the children and bear testimony that through life's "firing" we can be stronger in the Gospel .
And he enjoys making bricks when not giving tours.  Sister Pincock worked at the Post Office today.  Besides a post office it was a dry goods store.  Postage back in those days was interesting, most letters were sent without postage and the person receiving the letter would have to pay the postage if they wanted to get the letter.

brick making demonstration

On Saturday Sister Pincock worked at the Family Living Center giving demonstrations in candle making, making bread, thread spinning and weaving.  It is hard to work at the living center because the floor is hard and we are standing for the whole 6 hours.  But we get to see lots of people.  Elder Pincock worked at the Blacksmith shop.  Can you imagine him making a horseshoe with a forge and anvil?  All I can say is that he is learning.  He did have a great experience though.  One of the tours consisted only of a couple and one other fellow.  As Elder Pincock was bearing his testimony about the truthfulness of the Gospel and the importance of us all working together to make a better community the woman said they were not members of the Church and that she was a Lutheran Minsister.  That her and her husband had come to Nauvoo to learn about the history here and learn about the Mormon religion.  He and his companion spoke with them for quite a while and they were touched by the Spirit that they felt here in Nauvoo.  Hopefully they will invite the missionaries to their home to continue learning more. 

horseshoe making

At Church on Sunday there was only about half as many as had been there for the past month.  It seems that the summer crowds are diminishing.  Only 10 Priesthood blessing the sacrament and only 16 passing it compared to the 26 the week before.  After Church we went together to work at the Seventies Hall.  It is fun to be at these sites together.  On Sunday's we work for just five hours in the afternoon but we had as many people Sunday as they had on Saturday. We had about 59 people.  It is great to tell them about the missionary program of the Church and talk about those early missionaries that left their families sick and starving to answer the call of a prophet.  We did have one couple again that said they were not members of the Church.  They lived just north of Nauvoo and wanted to see the history of their state.  We had a wonderful conversation with them and when they said that  Yellowstone Park was on their bucket list we invited them to come stay with us in a year and half.  Elder Pincock gave them our email and cell phone number and invited them to learn more about the Church and invited them to listen to the missionaries.  We hope that they will contact us.

Elder Pincock in the Seventy's Hall

After our site assignment on Sunday we got a quick bite to eat for dinner and ran to our mission zone conference where we were instructed about how to deal with adversity and how to make our lives stronger because of adversity.

Well, that will give you some idea about the work we do and the opportunities that we have from day to day.  The hours are long but we love the experiences we have and the fun people we get to meet.

Welcome home to Elder and Sister Sherwood and Georgia Ricks from Ukraine.  You are a great example.

We hope that you all have a great week and that you will do your best always. 

E/S Pincock

PS  Elder Pincock has been writing the blog lately and has taken on the role of reminding you to do your best.  Here is my thought for the day.  "It's great to be flexible.  Then you will never get bent out of shape."  Love, Sister Pincock

Week 5

Hello again:

This post will get us caught up with our weekly reports.  We had a great week with the Ingram family (our daughter Cammie, Paxton, Seth, Noah, Ace and Libby) as they visited us in Nauvoo.  We were able to spend some time with them in between our work (tour) schedule, meetings and shows that we perform in. One of the first things grandma did on Monday morning was to take the kids shopping so that they could buy their "official" Nauvoo work hats.  They all now looked official as they toured the Old Nauvoo historic sites.  

Ingram Family with their pioneer hats

When we went to work Monday afternoon the Ingram's did some of the activities in Nauvoo.  Elder Pincock was able to go with them on the wagon ride around the streets of Nauvoo.  The wagon took them down Parley Street to the edge of the Mississippi where the Saints left Nauvoo in February 1846 to begin their trek across the wilderness to the Rocky Mountains.

with Grandpa on a wagon ride.

 

On Parley Street to the Mississippi River (where the trek west all started)

The Ingram's visited with grandma while she was working at the Cultural Hall.  How fun was that!!!!  Libby even got to do a little dance on the floor in the upper dance hall where Joseph and Emma  danced.



with grandma for a tour at the Cultural Hall

Libby dancing in the upper room of the Cultural Hall(where Joseph and Emma danced)

They visited Grandpa while he was working in the Family Living Center.  They made rope, watched the barrel making demonstration, learned how to make pottery and how to weave rugs.  They also learned about how to make bread and candles.  Libby loved to play with the dolls in the Center.

Making rope with grandpa

Many of the other historic sites were visited including the printing office, Tin making shop, Lyon Drug Store and the kids loved playing all the pioneer games at the pioneer pastimes site.



at the Print Shop

On Monday night we went to the Old Nauvoo cemetery and looked at the grave sites.  We knew there was one of Elder Pincock's relatives buried there and sure enough, we found the spot.  John and Mary Marsden Pincock lived in Nauvoo and both died before the saints left.  John was 51 years old and Mary was 56 when they died.




Grave marker of Elder Pincock's Great, Great, Great Grandfather and his wife

The picture below is of the Ingram family at the pioneer memorial at the Old Nauvoo Cemetery.  The cemetery sits on a wooded hill and is kept up very nice.  There is an information booth where the names of all the people that are buried in the cemetery are listed. 



Ingram family at the Old Nauvoo Cemetery

On Tuesday, we all went to a performance of "Just Plain Anna Amanda.  It was darling and the kids all loved it.  Then Ace and Libby were even able to get their pictures taken with the stars of the show.


kids with performers of the play--Just Plain Anna Amanda

On Tuesday night we did our 1st Performance (on stage) in the musical show called Rendezvous.  It is done by the senior missionaries and is lots of fun to watch.  I think we were pretty nervous to be on stage and hoping that we did not sing the wrong song or dance at the wrong time.  I think we did okay.  At least we didn't get FIRED after the show!   How good we look!

with Grandma and Grandpa at Rendezvous (a musical about people in Nauvoo)

us in our costumes at Rendezvous

The Ingram's spent some time on Parley Street reading the faith promoting quotes from some of the saints that left Nauvoo and their testimonies of the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  It was fun for them to look out across the Mississippi and imagine what it was like for those pioneers to leave their beloved city on a cold freezing day in February.   They also got to visit the Nauvoo Temple and spent a morning at the Carthage jail.  The boys all talked about the bullet hole in the door from that evening in 1844.

Ingram kids looking across the Mississippi where the saints crossed the river

Ingram kids at the Nauvoo Temple

On Wednesday night we were on stage with other senior missionaries and the young performing missionaries and the young band missionaries.  This group of young missionaries come to Nauvoo for 3 1/2 months in the summer and sing, dance and play music.  They are wonderful and sooooo talented.  We even asked one of the girls if she had been on Broadway in New York because she had such a wonderful voice and smile.  She said that she had not been there but she was going because that was her dream.  For those of you who knew Elder Davis in Armenia, notice the young man in the front row with brown pants just left of the microphone.

Young Performing Elders and Sisters

On Thursday we had to say goodbye to the Ingram's.  it was so much fun to have them here and show them a little of what we do each day.  We are grateful that they made it home safely.


On Friday morning we went to our first mission "breakfast".  This is a breakfast where the new missionaries are welcomed and goodbye said those that are leaving to go home.  There was tons of food and we again were blessed to be sung to by all the young performers that will be leaving in two weeks.  They will be missed by all of us.

monthly breakfast with all Nauvoo Site missionaries

Young Elders and Sisters singing for us before they leave for home


It was a wonderful week and we are receiving so many blessings from Heavenly Father that we just cannot count them all.  It is a wonderful experience to bear our testimony to those that come to the various historic sites.  The Holy Ghost does fill our minds and mouths with just the right words when we need them.  The other senior missionaries ( about 200 of them) are so helpful and willing to help us learn what we need to.  Next week we will tell you about some of the family connections we have made and some of those that we have known for many years that were here for the pageant, visit here or serve as missionaries here. 
On Sunday we were blessed to hear from another General Authority, the 3rd one in three weeks, Elder Greg Zwick from the Seventy Quorum who is over the Missionary Assignment Committee.  One of the interesting things he told us is that as of July 2, 2013, there were 74,060 missionaries in the field.  There are 11,895 elders who have received their call, and 6,520 young sisters who have received their call and 1,393 Seniors who are on missions.     Seniors, don't let this opportunity slip by you.  It is so worth it!
We are busy and fall in bed each night but we are having a marvelous time.  We love you all and hope that you all have a great week.  Always do the best you can. 

Elder and Sister Pincock, (grandma and grandpa)



Week Four

Hello Everybody!!!

We are a week late.  Hope that you did not miss our update too much last week.  It is the very busy season here in Nauvoo because of the Pageant and all of the other vignettes that tell the stories of the people that lived here and their experiences in Nauvoo.

Lilly pads in the Mississippi with their white blossoms

Above is a picture of the Lilly Pads on the Mississippi River.  You can see that the beautiful white flowers are starting to bloom.  Because of our busy schedule, I'm not sure if we have missed the full bloom or not.  We did not get a chance to drive back there to see.  We will check it out on our P-Day on Tuesday.  

line of people waiting for the vignette about the TRAIL OF HOPE on Parley Street

Two weeks ago our speakers in church were Elder Craig Christiansen, of the Quorum of the Seventy, and his wife Debbie.  Above you can see the Seventy Hall on Parley Street and the line of people waiting to go down the trail of Hope by lantern light.  Along the trail the young performing missionaries acted as the people whose stories are recorded on the reader boards.  Their talents just keep going on and on.  You can see the sun setting  and the mini tours ready to begin.  It was a great experience.   We were just told tonight that this event had been canceled because it had rained all day and the forecast was for more rain to come.  But you can see that the rain didn't matter to people.  They wanted to see the story.  At the very last minute it was decided that if people were there to participate then the missionaries should be there to perform.  There was no more rain during the evening and the vignette was wonderful.  Most of us did not get the message that it had been canceled and when the young performing missionaries got there there were hundreds of us waiting in line for it.  It was a Nauvoo Miracle and we are so glad we got to see it as it was the last performance of the year for this event.

On Monday I met a Sister while serving at the Wilford Woodruff Home who is a relative of the Pincock family.  She is a descendant of the King line.  We let her take the Pincock History book and she was thrilled to copy pictures in that book of her family members.  I also met a Sister Hatch who was a neighbor of Ducky and Floyd Haymore (Davids aunt and uncle) in their "big" house in Mesa.  The Pincock Blog readers might enjoy this information.                                                                                                                          

Sister Pincock at the fountain in Quincy Illinois

On Tuesday, our Preparation Day,  we drove to Quincy, about an hour away to do our shopping for the week.  We stopped at this park to eat our picnic lunch and enjoy the traffic crossing the Mississippi River Bridge. 
We had several meetings with Sister Dahl this week, as she is the director of the Rendezvous  show and she prepared us to start being in the production.  I had a few fittings for my Rendezvous dress and got it finished.   We have also started participating in the outdoor stage show of Sunset By the Mississippi.  We are having a ball or do I mean bawl?  Things are happening so fast!!

Elder Pincock doing the tours at the Printing Office

We have especially enjoyed working at the sites.  This was one of Elder Pincock's assignments .  He has served at the Gun shop,  Blacksmith Shop, Tin Shop, and the Family Living Shop.  My assignments were at the Wilford Woodruff Home, Brigham Young's House, the Log School House, Sarah Granger Kimball's House,  (the real place where Relief Society started), and the Heber C. Kimball House.  You can only imagine the study time we are putting in and the remarkable amount of information we are learning about this wonderful place and the wonderful people who lived in this town of Nauvoo.
This is the stage where we perform at Sunset By the Mississippi.  Do we look as stressed as we felt after our 1st performance?


Us at our 1st performance at Sunset by the Mississippi variety show

On Friday morning, we had a special training meeting with Elder Dallin H. Oakes who spoke to us, along with his wife.  He was here attending a family reunion, and came to the meeting in tennis shoes and khaki pants. ( He also had on a suit coat.)  He had already sent his luggage ahead to the train station in Burlington because the family was leaving later that afternoon.  He gave a grand talk about the financial affairs of the Smith Family in the days of Old Nauvoo.  Fascinating!

The Nauvoo Band making their tour of Old Nauvoo with their driver, Elder Gale Harding

If you look close on the back row, some of you might  recognize Elder Foster, the son of Ann Hymas and grandson of Lynette and Jerry Sanders of Rexburg.  If I said it a hundred times I would still not be able to tell you how incredibly talented these performing missionaries are.  They equal  the performers in Disney Land.  Below is a close up of Elder Foster.  What a dedicated Elder.  Even with the tragedy that occurred in his family this summer he stayed here on his mission to serve the Lord.  Fantastic man of faith.

Elder Foster with his trumpet

Sister Pincock giving tours at the Pendleton home and log school house.

Of course I loved serving at the log school house and learning about the school system in those days.

Our daughter Cammie and her family visiting us

A highlight has been to have family members visiting and being able to share this fantastic little town with them. We had a delightful time with Cammie, the boys and little Libby. We missed Lucas who is in Minnesota and Canada fishing with his family.  We are so grateful for their visit and their safe arrival back in Rexburg last evening.  We are waiting for our next visitors.  Who wants to come next?  You are all invited. 


"Our Story Goes On" performance with the Nauvoo Temple in the background

The night Cammie arrived (last Sunday) there was a special show on the Pageant stage called "Our Story Goes On".  It was a Broadway production of our journey through life  with fabulous songs from Broadway Hits.  The temple on the hill shines above our little town and makes a perfect background for the Pageant and other productions. 

celebrating Liberty's birthday

The day they arrived it was Libby's birthday and Paxton had just had his birthday the day before.  How fun for us.  Notice the half and half cake.  Paxton with 14 candles and Libby is 3 already.  This is the little girl who was born while we were in Armenia.


celebrating Paxton's birthday


Can you tell we are busy, busy, busy, and happy, happy, happy  with just a little pinch of stress.
We are extremely fortunate to be here and participate in all that is going on and to see what an influence this history has on the people who come here to visit.  There are Nauvoo Miracles that happen daily and we are blessed to be part of  it.  Have a great week and we will send the last week's blog in a couple of days.  Thanks for your prayers and support.
Love,  Elder and Sister Pincock