Life in Nauvoo

Last Sunday aftenoon we took a tour through the Lyons Drug and Variety store. We thought of Grandpa Hanks when we saw all the bottles of medicine. I'll bet he's glad he was a pharmacist in the 1900's and not the 1800's!!

We attended our first Zone Conference this evening. President and Sister Ludwig both gave remarks. Sis. Ludwig keeps a running count of how many grandchildren the missionaries couples have. Tonight the count was 2,314 and she reminds us that they are all praying for us! What a sweet thought!!!!

We did a variety of things this week from checking out a possible apartment to rent in Ft. Madison (11 mi.) for pageant staff to ordering supplies such as pamplets with Vignette schedules, soundtrack CD's of pageant, and creating a poster to include in advertising that will go to surrounding communities. Glenn struggled with setting up accounting sheets on the computer but I think he has that under control - somewhat! I spend a lot of time on the computer keeping track of forms and payments that are being sent in by family casts, volunteers and staff.

We have been stretched to our limits at times but are feeling the blessings of a loving Heavenly Father.

This is one of my favorite scenes in Nauvoo - the statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in front of the temple. Every time I see this statue I think about the strong bond between the brothers and how they both sacrificed so much. The big Mississippi River makes a beautiful backdrop.

In spite of all the rain we have had, the tulips have been in full bloom. The tulips around the temple are planted so close together that it is a solid bed of plants. So gorgeous!!