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