tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43829202624981265912024-03-05T19:39:55.083-08:00Walton's Mission to NauvooOur mission to Nauvoo will be an adventure! We want to capture it all - so here we go!Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-125326227804356592016-10-27T12:39:00.003-07:002016-10-27T12:50:43.749-07:00The End of our Mission in Nauvoo - Some Firsts and Some Lasts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Our friend Stuart gave Bryce a gift - a biker scarf! A whole new look for a missionary, don't you think? Stuart has been a member of the church for a year now and we are so proud of him.</h3>
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This was one of our last days serving at the Historic Carthage Jail and as full time missionaries. What a sweet gift our mission has been! Behind us are portraits of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith. </h3>
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This is the archeological dig of the Edward Hunter home just west of the Nauvoo Temple. There are up to a hundred uncovered home foundations just like this west of the Temple. Amazing!</h3>
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Our last performance in Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo- here with Sis. Lowe, the director. Just for the record, we still know our vingette lines for Peter and Abigail!</h3>
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A couple of days before our last day at Carthage, the flowers were all taken out in preparation for planting tulips. Was it ever bare without the previously lush flower pots that are now empty and stacked neatly on the left side of this picture. </h3>
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So sad!</h3>
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See... I told you they were lush!</h3>
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This picture was taken just before we left our mission. Good friends, Stuart and the Strouds (now serving in Carthage), were there for the send-off.</h3>
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With our trailer in tow, we said good-bye to our Nauvoo Mission.</h3>
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We went back to the apartment to pick up our food for the road and to lock our keys in the house for Sis. Hopkin to get later. One last picture before we say farewell! Quite surreal!</h3>
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We spent the night at the Marydale B&B right by Adam Ondi Ahman and were treated to an amazing breakfast. We highly recomment this B&B.</h3>
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We really enjoyed the peaceful and reverent feeling at Adam Ondi Ahman. We had never been there before. It was beautiful.</h3>
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Then we drove to Far West. The Far West Temple site was fenced in like any other Temple with beautiful flowers. The four cornerstones are still there and are protected by glass boxes. </h3>
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This is the view from the Temple site in Far West.</h3>
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This street sign is just at the corner of the Temple site. I thought it was fun!</h3>
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After that, we visited Historic Liberty Jail in Liberty, MO. </h3>
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It was interesting to visit church history sites before Nauvoo. About the jail itself, we had not known that the floor of the basement cell is original. The presentation was very emotional for us.</h3>
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This is the Visitor's Center in Independence. They too had a wonderful presentation where a young sister missionary took you through various stations/scenes having to do with church history. </h3>
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This sign is kitty corner to the LDS Visitor's Center. </h3>
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We also were able to attend the Kansa City Temple too. </h3>
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October 1st between the morning and afternoon sessions of General Conference is is when we were released as full time missionaries via Facetime with our Stake President who was in SLC for Conference. That night we went out for dinner and felt completely invisible. No one noticed you! With your missionary tag, everyone glanced your way and at your tag. Then you would say hello and it opened up conversations too. The other difference we noticed after we were released was the absence of the "mantle of a missionary". </h3>
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After the church history sites we travelled to Branson, MO for a few days. It was a good transition and we learned an important lesson - too much free time is actually boring. Don't get me wrong, we enjoyed our stay and all the wholesome entertainment - it was amazing! And we enjoyed the food, as you can see. BUT, it was good to move on the Aurora, CO where we visited Megan, Jared, and their four kiddos. We no longer had any free time to spare! And that was fine with us!</h3>
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When we arrived on Aurora, CO, the Merrills had a welcome home from our mission sign for us on their garage too. That was really fun. The next two weeks was full of soccer games and halloween parties at school and going to the Denver Zoo and the Denver museum and science center, and helping Megan start a new quilt and watching Cubs games and BYU games --- you get the idea!</h3>
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We celebrated Bryce's birthday early and it was a real surprise!</h3>
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We had fun watching Logan play soccer and Jared play soccer with an adult league and we also froze to death watching Jared's Varsity boys soccer team play one night. </h3>
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Go cubbies!!! On to the World Series!</h3>
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We went to trunk or treat parties, played at the park, went to a Fall festival and carved pumpkins. After 2 weeks of fun, we said goodbye and headed to Salt Lake. We stayed with the McKnights from our mission and had mucho fun seeing several people from our mission over the 4 days we were there - Curtises, Lisa Brown, Sis. Allen who we all greeted at the airport as she arrived from Australia, Couches, Veenkers, and Clements. We also visited with Bryce's brother Jim and wife Leanne. We did sessions at the Provo City Temple and the Salt Lake Temple. We also saw the new display at the Church History Museum of the early history of the church. It was so well done. Lots of interactive displays and inspiring art work. The painting of the martyrdom that follows is the whole reason I wanted to see the new display. I had heard about it while serving in Historic Carthage Jail. It shows the events from both sides of the door - the mob on the left and Joseph and Hyrum Smith, John Taylor and Willard Richards on the right. </h3>
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This is a painting of the Nauvoo Temple. I think it is of the Temple in the 1840's rather than today. But either way, to me it is a statement of the faith and dedication of the early Saints and of today's Saints around the world. The early Saints were asked to do hard things and God asks hard things of us as well. Our challenges are taking place in 2016 with much different obtacles than the early Saints had. But in many ways it is the same as we, just like them, take care of our families, ourselves, strive to serve like the Savior did and to fulfill our responsibilties to take the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world. We need to stand for and be immersed in what is right and true. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints IS right and true. </h3>
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And so tomorrow we make our way north to Canada. In the last 18 months we have made lasting friendships, been changed forever by our missionary service as full time missionaries, seen things and felt things we will never forget, and overcome challenges and done things we never thought we'd do. I now know why people often refer to their missions even 30-40 years later - because it was an amazing, life changing, unforgetable experience. We are so grateful to have been full time missionaries in Nauvoo, Illinois. </h3>
Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-32378635790223258252016-09-14T13:08:00.001-07:002016-09-14T19:43:19.771-07:00An Unexpected Church History Gem!<br />
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Just a few miles NE of Carthage is the little hamlet of Webster. It was originally called Ramus and I'd heard about it when I worked in the Lands and Records site in Nauvoo. We didn't know what we'd find, but we sure found more than we expected. </h3>
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As we read this sign on the main road, we knew there was more LDS history here than we knew about. We wondered if we could find the old cemetery mentioned on the sign. </h3>
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You have to read the sign - it's like being there!</h3>
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Sure enough, with the help of a Webster resident, we turned left at the old store on the corner and followed the road left and around to the old cemetery. </h3>
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We found the graves of the original settlers who came to Ramus in 1826 and who were converted by missionary Joel Hills Johnson. As you can tell, the Perkins family decendants put up a new marker in 2000.</h3>
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The exciting find of the day was this headstone of Wilkins Salisbury and his wife Katherine Smith Salisbury. She was the sister of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Salisburys lived in the area and Joseph and Hyrum visited here often.</h3>
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After the cemetery, we went back onto the main road to see if we could find the town square mentioned on the first sign we'd read. Back behind the little park/playground area we found an old church. Beside it was this door. Curious! This says: "this is the foundation of original brick Mormon church. First meeting house in Illinois. Built 1840. Torn down 1897. Joseph Smith spoke D&C 130 (April 2, 1843) and D&C 131, May 16-17, 1843. Inside the perimeter of these white stakes you may probe 15 inches below the sod and touch the original stone. Foundation undisturbed since 1890's." It goes on to say that the church beside it was built using the lumber from the LDS church by this person's ancestor. By the way, it was for sale. </h2>
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Bryce is standing by one of the 4 corner markers of the LDS church.</h3>
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This is the church beside the original site built out of lumber from the LDS church. Bryce is standing at the same marker. </h3>
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These are some original bricks and a cornerstone from the LDS church. The whole "jaunt" to Webster was like a treasure hunt and we were not "skunked". Great little discovery.</h3>
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In June before the Pageant started in July, Nauvoo hosted the BYU group "Noteworthy". They were a very entertaining a cappella group. </h3>
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In July we welcomed David, Lana, Austin, Zoie and Nixen to Nauvoo. They saw all of Nauvoo and had a great time. This picture is taken in the home built by Joseph Bates Noble who is Bryce's 2nd great grandfather and David's 3rd great grandfather, and Austin and Zoie and Nixen's 4th great grandfather. Get the idea???</h3>
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Stilts at the Fair before the Pageant were a BIG hit!!!</h3>
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I really like this picture of all of us in the miniatures of Nauvoo.</h3>
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Hotchkiss Street will never mean the same again, I can tell you that!!!</h3>
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David and Austin tried to beat the record but didn't quite make it. It was fun to watch them try!</h3>
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Zoie and Nixen had fun in the sack race. </h3>
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Bryce was able to demo how bricks are made behind the scenes. He'd spent all winter making bricks so it was fun to show of his skills! </h3>
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Mom and Jack and Greta Floyd visited in July too and they saw all around Nauvoo. I love this picture of faithful members of today'Relief Society - standing in the parlour where the meeting was held to discuss forming a women's organization on March 4th, 1842</h3>
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We went to Bentonsport which is an official part of the Mormon Trail in Iowa. Mom and the Floyds loved everything about Nauvoo and the surrounding areas. It was so fun to have them here. </h3>
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Sometime this summer, we went with our friend Stuart Deathrage to a few church history areas in Missouri. This one is where Parley P. Pratt preached near Clarksville.</h3>
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This was Louisiana, MO where Stuart just had to take us to a favorite donut shop. There was a barge passing by and I got a great picture of it, don't you think?</h3>
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Feeling discouraged, Parley P. Pratt climbed at the top of this rocky area to pray. The locals were very impressed with Stuart's knowledge of the area. </h3>
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It's been over a year that Bryce baptized Stuart and it only seemed fitting to take a picture by the sign of the Pittsfield Branch building. </h3>
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Then we went to an obscure cemetery that was full of Deathrage ancetors! We took lots of pictures and copied them off for Stuart. He LOVES doing genealogy!</h3>
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We also had fun with Annelisa and Kyle. They saw everything. It was their first time to Nauvoo and they loved it! They saw the vignettes, the two Pageants, the Young Performing missionary shows, the street performances, Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo (starring us) and Sunset by the Mississippi (starring us)!!! Come to think of it, all our visitors saw all of these amazing things. No wonder they looked so tired at the end of their visits!</h3>
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When we were in Bentonsport with Annelisa and Kyle, the Indian arrow head museum was open. This is the result of 60 years of one man collecting arrow heads in the area. It was impressive. He made all the wood displays and wall inlays himself! He'd built a cool barn for them all too - see next picture. </h3>
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Bryce caught this picture of the Mississippi. Beautiful!</h3>
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By far, the best part of the summer performances are the two Pageants - the Nauvoo Pageant and the British Pageant. They follow much of the history of the early Saints and the many inspiring stories about them and the Prophet Joseph Smith. The actor who portrayed Joseph this year was Dallyn Ballis. He was excellent.</h3>
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Of course, there was lots of dancing and fun mixed in with the stories. </h3>
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It was always a thrill as a missionary to come up on the stage at the end of the British Pageant singing "Called to Serve". I took this picture and sadly, we do not have a picture of us up on stage. BUT WE DID IT, really we did!!!</h3>
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Annelisa and Kyle and I talked with Dallyln Ballis after his "King Follett Discourse" vingette. He was very gracious and talked to us a long time about preparing for his role as the Prophet Joseph Smith. As we have served here in the Nauvoo mission, our testimonies of the divine calling of Joseph Smith as a Prophet of God have deepened. It has been an incredible journey for us. </h3>
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After the summer rush was over, BYU Vocal Point came to perform. They were AWESOME! Their director is a man named McKay Crockett. We'd watched him on TV when he sang with Vocal Point on the Sing Off competition a few years ago. We LOVED watching them every week and eventually coming in 2nd place. </h3>
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Well...he was nice enough to let us take our picture with him. I even told him how I like his name when I heard it on the Sing Off and hoped someone would name one of our grandkids "McKay". He thought that was pretty cool! </h3>
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Summer brought buying garden vegetables at the local Carthage farmer's market. It was alot of fun and a good chance to visit with the locals. It's all a part of missionary work! We have invited so many people to Nauvoo in our visits around Illinois and Iowa! Many people didn't even know there was a historic village in Nauvoo let alone about all the free shows and entertainment all summer! </h3>
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In August, we went to the Hamilton, Illinois tractor fair about 12 miles away from Carthage. There were a couple of hundred tractors displayed and in the parade. Never seen anything quite like it. Mid-westerners are very proud of their vintage tractors. And so they should be!</h3>
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One day, we sat in Iowa's largest rocker. You had to be quite creative getting in and out of this in a skirt!!!</h3>
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Bryce had a bit of trouble himself when he tried to drive this old gal! </h3>
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One night we were able to go out to dinner with Stuart Deathrage and the Sister missionaries also serving in Nauvoo whom we were with in the Missionary Training Center almost 18 months ago. They are Sister Hardy, Sister Webb and Sister Joines. </h3>
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ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF THE SUMMER WAS ATTENDING THE NAUVOO TEMPLE WITH STUART DEATHRAGE. It had been a year since his baptism and he was so excited to go to the Temple for his own endowment. The Sister missionries are from left to right, Sis. Schenck, Sis. Stirling, Sis. Nelson, and Sis. Lynn. Sis. Lynn and Sis. Stirling taught him the missionary lessons. They and their companions were able to come to the Temple too. It was a great day!!!</h3>
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It turned out that the man we'd asked to take our group picture was someone Bryce "knew". He was a member of the singing group "The 3 D's" which was a singing and comedy group from BYU back in the the 1970's. They had come to Calgary when Bryce was about 14 years old and made a big impression on him. Small world.</h3>
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I like this picture of me in my "Abigail" outfit. Bryce and I have been "Peter and Abigail" for about 16 months. It has been so much fun. And to think that we only have 3 performances left until we go home! Wow! </h3>
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The thing we will miss most about our mission is being missionaries. What I mean is that we'll miss wearing our badges and being official representatives of Jesus Christ with a mission to bring others to Him. We'll miss testifying of the great faith and sacrifice of the early Saints and how their examples strength our testimonies and our lives. We'll miss being in the historic Carthage Jail where we have had numerous opportunities to testify that Joseph Smith was called by our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ to be Their Prophet. His mission? To restore the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth in these Latter Days. The title - the Prophet of the Restoration - has such greater meaning now!</h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-10757499696366075262016-08-16T10:41:00.001-07:002016-08-16T10:48:02.029-07:00Corn fields, Mounds and Carthage Visitor's Center<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We've seen alot of CORN on our drives between Carthage and Nauvoo! See how tall the corn grows here!</h3>
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One day we drove about 8 minutes north of Nauvoo on Main Street and happened upon a park of ancient Indian Mounds. </h3>
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There are 20 acres and 10 mounds. This is the largest one. They date 300 BC to 500 AD. </h3>
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You can see a mound up close on the right then another farther down on the right. </h3>
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At the Carthage Visitor's Center people are welcomed by these beautiful portraits and statue of the Savior.</h3>
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In this room the visitor's get to watch a short video clip before touring historic Carthage Jail. I love the peaceful feeling in this room and the I enjoy the artwork around the room. </h3>
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The artwork follows the Restoration from the appearance of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ to the Prophet Joseph Smith...</h3>
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to when the Prophet Joseph received the Book of Mormon plates from the Angel Moroni...</h3>
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when the original apostles Peter, James and John restored the priesthood to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith...</h3>
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to the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on April 6, 1830.</h3>
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This oil painting is when the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum Smith left Nauvoo on their way to Carthage and looked back upon the Nauvoo Temple.</h3>
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This original oil painting is of Joseph Smith teaching a small group by the Mississippi. The artist, Theodore Gorka, painted himself into the picture. He is the man holding the hat. The man holding his chin is the man who taught and baptized the artist. WE LOVE SERVING AT THE HISTORICAL CARTHAGE JAIL AND VISITOR'S CENTER. It is quite an experience!</h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-41350677945667850912016-07-01T08:00:00.002-07:002016-07-01T08:12:45.550-07:00Our Pre-Farewell to Nauvoo ---- We're Moved to Carthage!<br />
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We have a new assignment and will now serve daily at the Historic Carthage Jail and Visitor's Center. As a result, we physically moved from our lovely upstairs apartment at 920 Hotchkiss. Our move brought feelings of "leaving Nauvoo" even though we had 4 months to go! So, to celebrate our time thus far in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission, we thought it would be nice to reminisce a bit. </h3>
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Elder Walton made some improvements in the front garden while we'd been here. The first picture of the house is when we first arrived... and this picture above is 14 months later. TA-DAAA a beautiful garden.</span></div>
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While living in Nauvoo we made friends with the cardinals.</h3>
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Elder Walton pounded rods into recognizable shapes, preferably small horseshoes.</h3>
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Sis. Walton can't be "sterotyped" as your typical print-shop apprentice. She minds her "p"s and her "q"s, doesn't rearrange the furniture and knows what it really means to "cut to the chase". </h3>
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Elder Walton fit right in at the Browning Gun shop as everything there is really old. </h3>
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Elder Walton welcomed many to George Riser's shop, </h3>
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and after the tour gave everyone "the boot". </h3>
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At the Post Office, Sis. Walton told many about the 1840's postage problems. Remember, there is never a problem with "knee-mail" (prayer). </h3>
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We sometimes served together in the Family Living Center. Sis. Walton borrowed the "take-home" shawl loom and made 2 shawls at home. </h3>
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Elder Walton had a barrel of fun showing how a cooper plied his craft. </h3>
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Brick making is an ongoing work of art. Each brick receives personalized attention. In the 1840's it took 40,000 bricks to make a small home at a cost of 2 cents each. </h3>
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These souvenir bricks are made by the missionaries everyday and they stock up in the winter months. They have to stay ahead of all the visitors. </h3>
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Sis. Walton got cultured at the Cultural Hall. Even though we now live in Carthage, we still perform in "Rendezvous" (on this stage) and "Sunset" (the outdoor stage). That's a total of 4 shows a week.</h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sis. Walton's favorite places to serve were the homes of Brigham Young, John Taylor, this pictured here - the home of Heber C. Kimball. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Elder Walton discovered that he likes pottery and might </span><span style="font-size: small;">just take a class or two when he gets home. He also learned how to make rugs on a loom. (see below)</span></h3>
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The Land and Records site was Sis. Walton's "second home". (Note: relaxed position for photo only)</h3>
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This was our temporary apartment until the apartment in Carthage was vacated. The Horlachers were moving into our old place and we moved into their place in Carthage. It actually all worked out well. </h3>
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This is the Bushnell House and it has 5 apartments in it - two apartments on the main floor, 2 on the second floor and one on the third floor. Our spacious apartment is on the main floor. </h3>
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We now take tours through historic Carthage Jail recounting its history and the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum on 27 June 1844. It is a place of peace even though something sad happened here 172 years ago because we remember them and their accomplishments. In the Prophet Joseph's short life of 38 years he accomplished all that our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ asked him to do. He restored the gospel of Jesus Christ along with His priesthood which is the authority to act in God's name. He translated the ancient record - the Book of Mormon-which stands as a second witness of Jesus Christ. Through the Prophet Joseph, all the covenants and ordinances necessary for all of God's children to be able to return to Him were restored. Joseph truly the "Prophet of the Restoration". </h3>
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The Lucy Mack Smith home is open and if Bryce had his way...</h3>
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...it would be called the Joseph Bates Noble house - after all Joseph built it and he IS Bryce's 2nd great grandfather!</h3>
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We thought we'd stop in at the Riser Boot Shop but nothing too serious was going on there.</h3>
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I've served at Brigham's home many times and thought we'd check on the....</h3>
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... two baby robins on the window ledge just outside the counsel room window. Cute! </h3>
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We'd never been in the above ground cellar at Brigham's home. It was cool and comfortable. </h3>
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By Lyon's Drug Store, we spotted a bee in the herb garden. Too bad we hadn't our bee box with us!</h3>
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This homey picture is of the side door of the Mansion house. </h3>
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This lovely creature was donated to historic Nauvoo and will add a new dimension to our "rides"! </h3>
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Nope, just kidding! These two camels live near the small town of Kahoka, Missouri 20 minutes away from Keokuk, Iowa. They were actually for sale but we didn't think we could get them home to Canada at the end of our mission!</h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-49135245264471823552016-05-21T12:05:00.002-07:002016-05-21T12:05:55.579-07:00A Litte Bit of This and That!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is us at the Sarah Granger Kimball home enjoying all the wonderful peonies. They were beautiful! </h3>
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Bryce and I have learned how to chat with people who write in to mormon.org. Only full time missionaries can do this. The young sister missionaries here in Nauvoo have taught us how to do it and we're enjoying it. I helped a man in Nigeria who wanted to meet with the missionaries. </h3>
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Bryce chatted with a man in Poland who had some questions about the purpose of life. </h3>
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One day last week I helped plant flowers. It was alot of fun working and visiting together. </h3>
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Yup, that's me digging in the dirt! I have to make a correction because I actually learned that it isn't dirt, it's soil. </h3>
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The full time employedd and master gardener Richard places all the plants and...</h3>
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TA-DA! Instant garden! Now squint and imagine these plants a foot tall and so full you can't see the soil! That's what they'll look like in the not too distant future! Oh to have this kind of weather in Calgary, Alberta!</h3>
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For one of our days off, we visited Kalona, Iowa. It was settled by the Amish and Mennonites in 1846. It's a quaint little town with many fun things to see.</h3>
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We quickly learned about the goodies at the Kalona Bakery! Cinnamon rolls and berry pies! Delish!</h3>
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In one of the historic houses, we admired this beautiful organ. The old hymn book on the organ looked well used. </h3>
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We thought the "spork" was an innovative idea! </h3>
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This is the sign on the original well shown below. </h3>
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This is where Grandma and Grandpa would live after they'd moved out of the "big house" when the next generation moved in. (Don't get any ideas you kids). Grams and Gramps now live in this cozy dwelling. Inside it didn't look too bad. They'd eat their meals at the "big house" with the rest of the family if they wanted. </h3>
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This was the train station. The office was on the main floor and the station master and his family lived upstairs. They'd sure have to learn to sleep through anything!!!</h3>
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Bryce was trying to get some information but "Mr. Manne Quin" wasn't too helpful. </h3>
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We liked these old train lamps. </h3>
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This buggy pulled into the local hardware store. We saw several Amish around town. </h3>
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We also saw some other forms of transport and agricultural equipment. </h3>
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I'm sure this was a few steps up from the horse and plow but not quite a John Deere yet!</h3>
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The John Deere factory is in Iowa and their patented color started early. </h3>
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These are butter pats that are placed on the dinner table - one for each person to put their butter on. Various types and qualities. I thought they were so cute that when we found some with roses on them at a Kalona antique store, we bought them. </h3>
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Lost Bryce for a while then found him wearing this. Didn't know I should have been looking for Abe Lincoln! </h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-68968562696818016472016-05-14T08:35:00.002-07:002016-05-14T08:35:38.374-07:00Dear Waiter, Did You Know...?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One day at a restaurant in Quincy, Illinois, Bryce put the crayons provided to work on a missionary message for our waiter. What can be more important than to know who you are, why you're here, and where you're going? </h3>
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Or course, when our food arrived, we enjoyed every delicious bite! </h3>
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It was St. Patriack's Day and I chose traditional corned beef and cabbage -- yummy! </h3>
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At the end of the meal when our waiter came, Bryce invited him to watch the video on the pass-along-card. The Savior IS the most important part of this life. </h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-40482874678462597662016-05-04T20:12:00.004-07:002016-05-04T20:23:23.180-07:00One Peaceful Walk and Two Discoveries Two days ago Bryce started his day at 7am helping in the flower garden's. My day didn't start until 9:45 am so I decided to go for a walk. I decided to walk down to the Smith family historic sites. No one was around but the chirping birds. As I walked past the Mansion House and the old Homestead and the graves of Hyrum Smith and Joseph and Emma Smith, many of the events that happened here so many years ago came to mind. The great faith of the Saints, their love of God and of His prophet Joseph Smith. I felt so grateful to be here in Nauvoo how my love for these people has deepened.<br />
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Emma and Joseph Smith's "Mansion House". </h3>
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The old homestead and graves of Hyrum Smith, Joseph and Emma Smith.</h3>
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Graves of Joseph Smith's parents.</h3>
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Graves on right, homestead in middle and Mansion house back far left behind the trees. </h3>
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Flowering tree near Joseph Bates Noble's home. (Bryce's ancestor) Isn't it beautiful?</h3>
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Beautiful tree along the way. Not sure what kind. </h3>
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My first discovery was while serving in the Brigham Young home today. There was a robin nest on the outside window ledge. Beautiful blue eggs. I later saw the momma bird on the nest. </h3>
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Discovery number two was meeting a man that was from Byron, Illinois where Jared grew up. He knew all the Merrills very well. He's now a permenant resident in Nauvoo. What a small world! </h3>
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Our mission choir leader told us an incredible story today as we prepared to sing "We Ever Pray for Thee our Prophet Dear" in Sacrament meeting. She said that she and her family decided to go to a BYU fireside held in the Marriot Center because the speaker was going to be the Prophet, President Howard W. Hunter. They didn't want to pass up this opportunity to hear the Prophet speak. At this point, President Hunter was quite frail. At one point in his remarks, a gunman rushed up to the podium and put a gun to Pres. Hunter. Apparantly, he wanted Pres. Hunter to denounce the church and the Savior, etc. It all happened so fast and no one seemed to know what to do. One of the body guards later told her that the position of the gunman made it impossible for them to rush at him without him hurting President Hunter. She said that you could see Pres. Hunter gripping the podium and shaking his head as the gunman made his demands. Then, from somewhere in the top of the Marriott Center, someone started singing "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet". From that small group, others joined in. Soon the whole Center was singing. As the singing continued, you could visibly see the stance of the gunman change and weaken. Eventually, the body guards captured him and took him away. Since our choir was going to be singing a song about Prophets, our choir leader wanted us to realize that we as Saints can support the Prophet - as we pray for him and as we follow his council and teachings. </div>
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President Thomas S. Monson</h3>
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We love the Prophets. We love Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Restoration. Through Divine protection, he lived long enough to accomplish all God wanted Him to accomplish. Jesus Christ is at the helm of His church and this brings great comfort and hope. We love the prophets God has called in ancient days and now in these days from the Prophet Joseph Smith down to and including Pres. Thomas S. Monson. Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ direct this work and Their Prophets. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is true. The Book of Mormon is true. God has a Prophet on the earth today. How grateful we are for these things. </div>
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This is the south side of the prairie grass block that is the site of the controlled grass fire each year in historic Nauvoo. At the end of the summer this grass was 7-8 feet tall. It has been matted down through the winter months. </h3>
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Lots of people show up. This is just one part. The fire dept. is there to to supervise. </h3>
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Looking at the picture below, they started the fire from the far corner. The man in the bottom right has gone from that far corner to start the fire. And boy was it hot. We all stood withing 20 feet of it just commenting on the height of the flames. That quickly changed to backing up as fast as we could. </h3>
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On March 17, 2016, the sister missionaries serving in Nauvoo gathered for the Relief Society Birthday Party to celebrate it's founding 174 years ago! That's 174 years of charitable service for those in need! In addition, the Relief Society strengthens families and helps them and others' faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement to develp and grow. </h3>
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We rode by wagon from the Nauvoo Visitor's Center to Joseph Smith's Red Brick Store where the first meeting of the Relief Society was held March 17, 1842.</h3>
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Two wagons waited for everyone to get on. These wagons didn't transport all the sister missionaries participating that day. The organizers of the event and those in the Reader's Theatre were already at the Red Brick Store.</h3>
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I took pictures of all those on the wagons. We all know each other and are way more than fellow missionaries - we're friends. </h3>
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Each wagon heard a narration about the history of the Red Brick Store. Did you know that there was a mercantile on the main floor? That the upstairs served as the headquarters of the church for much of the time the Saints were in Nauvoo? That the Saints would go to the Red Brick Store to pay their tithing and offerings?</h3>
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Everyone was excited - as you can tell from the following pictures.</h3>
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The wagons drove past the beautiful Nauvoo Temple. The 20 sisters that were at that first Relief Society meeting in 1842 wouldn't have had such a spectacular view as we all did since the original Nauvoo Temple was started in 1841 and completed in 1846. </h3>
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At the end of this road is our destination. </h3>
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And there it is. The building of today is a replica of the original which, over the years, had fallen into disrepair. As a result, and in the late 1800's its bricks were used to build other buildings in the area.</h3>
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This is the Mansion House a half a block from the Red Brick Store. </h3>
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After a group picture was taken outside, we all headed inside for the Reader's Theatre. I had time for a quick picture beside Elder Horlacher (portraying John Taylor) and Elder Blair (portraying the Prophet Joseph Smith) </h3>
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Once upstairs, we all sat and watched the Reader's Theatre which followed the minutes of the original meeting. This included how the organization was named and Emma Smith becoming its first president. </h3>
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This is Sister and Elder Blair portraying Emma and Jospeh Smith. The Relief Society started out with 20 women and grew to hundreds in the Nauvoo time period. Today, there are approximately 6 million women in 170 countries around the world. </h3>
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When the Reader's Theatre was over, there were some remarks made by Pres. Hall and we heard a special musical number by Kimberly Jo Smith - a direct descendant of Joseph and Emma Smith. I attended a fireside she gave about a year ago where she told how she joined the LDS church. (see http://lds.net/blog/life/kimberly-jo-smith/ for more details)</h3>
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The event ended with everyone receiving a flower and a commorative hankie.</h3>
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What a special memento of this historic day! </h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-13503875534255944632016-03-10T13:12:00.003-08:002016-03-10T13:25:13.295-08:00Oxen - In Nauvoo?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Oxen are a big part of the history of Nauvoo. Aren't they cute?</h3>
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We took part of our P-Day to complete our assignment to clean the reader-boards at the "ox-wagon ride" here in Nauvoo. This is Bryce - isn't he cute! (Our task was not laborious because it had rained in the last two days!)</h3>
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We enjoyed the various stories about the early Saints leaving Nauvoo with their teams of oxen. This story of Mary Smith really shows her pluck and strength! We often talk about the great faith the Saints had in Jesus Christ that enabled them to travel west, suffereing terrible hardships on the way, to an essentially unknown place. I think that God also blessed them with an abundance of determination, fortitude, and sheer grit. </h3>
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This board compares the advantages of using oxen instead of horses. It says that even a child could handle oxen even though they weighed 1,000-3,000 pounds. </h3>
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This one is Duke.</h3>
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This is Ike. I've included a video of the oxen that was taken around Novemeber (I think). They were getting ready for the Exodus Re-enactment and we happened to be at the right place at the right time to catch a short ride in the wagon. </h3>
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Sister Skinner and I welcomed 49 people into the Scovil Bakery today. We were able to tell everyone a little about his life. He had several challenges but relied on his faith in Jesus Christ and on the knowledge that he would see his loved ones who had passed away again - for we know families can be together forever! Of course, no visit to the bakery would be complete without a cookie. </h3>
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Now to tell you about the Cardinals. This is one of the many birds that come to eat at the "Walton feeder" every day. We watch them out of our eating area window. </h3>
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Notice the female cardinal hidden on the side of the tree. </h3>
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Later she is joined by a woodpecker who also likes to eat out of the feeder. </h3>
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It's so fun to watch the birds. We've also seen bluejays and robins - Spring is coming!</h3>
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Our last "Prep-Day", we spent in Springfield, Illinois seeing many Lincoln sites. It was a day full of touring interesting places, eating great food, and touring an amazing home built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903! So here comes our full day! The church with the red door was built on the site of the church that Mary Todd Lincoln attended when in Springfield. We were lucky enough to be able to get a "tour" even though they usually don't start until June. We really wanted to see the Tiffany windows that are original to this red-door-church and the actual Lincoln family pew that is on display. </div>
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The Tiffany windows had been commissioned by various members of the church for their loved departed loved ones. Tiffany art was just becoming known and so these windows would not have cost the fortune they would today. </h3>
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The window above the beautiful organ was stunning but the sun was "in the way" of a good picture. </h3>
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The Lincoln family pew - still in pretty good shape. </h3>
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It was a lovely home and much larger inside than it looks. </h3>
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The home is decorated with period pieces and using a working knowledge of the Lincoln family. For example, they knew Mary liked the color green so they made the curtains green. Wallpaper was the style then and the "carpet" on the floor is more like a large blanket-type fabric. </h3>
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This is their dining room. The tea set on the table looks alot like the Chelsea Lusterware of the 1790's that we have on display in Lucy Mack Smith's home in Nauvoo.</h3>
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That is the original door and hand-rail that Mr. Lincoln would have walked through every day for about 17 years. The hand rail is the only thing you are allowed to touch in order to preserve the artifacts. </h3>
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This bright wallpaper is the exact design the Lincolns had in their home. The one in the home today was made in Paris. </h3>
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This was Abraham Lincoln's desk. </h3>
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Mary slept in this room and the 2 younger children would have slept on a trundle stored under her bed. </h3>
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Mary had come from a home where she did not do any of the cooking or cleaning. When she had a home of her own, she found that she enjoyed doing both! </h3>
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When Lincoln was at home, he loved to be with his children. He and Mary believed in letting their children do anything they wanted. When the boys visited Lincoln's law office in Springfield, his partner said they would ransack the office and Lincoln was oblivious to it all. I guess at one time, the boys let a goat into the White House and Lincoln simply said, "Boys will be boys." </h3>
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After the Lincoln home, we started walking to the State Capitol Building. On the way, we snapped a picture of this nice looking building.<br />
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We finally reached our main objective and went inside. We were impressed with the architecture and, once inside, the intricate design of the dome.</h3>
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We were on a self-guided tour, so this is Bryce "presenting his case" infront of the Supreme Court. This room looks ordinary from this angle, but the next picture shows that the ceiling and woodwork really looks like. It was jaw-dropping because we hadn't expected to see such grandeur. </h3>
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Then we were completely shocked when we walked into the Senate. Wow!!! Illinois tax dollars at work!</h3>
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I wonder how many times a day someone looks up at "honest Abe" when things are in session?</h3>
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After the State Capitol we started walking to the Old State Capitol and happened upon Cafe Moxo - and are we glad we did. Homemade everything - and the best chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles we've ever tasted. The sandwich on the left which Bryce ordered was a little too unique for him. He thought it was pulled pork grilled cheese sandwich but instead it was pulled pork and macaroni and cheese grilled cheese. Yup, macaroni and cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich with pulled pork. He was very disappointed.<br />
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But, the red velvet cake made the "mac and cheese mistake" all better. Yum!</h3>
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This is the Old State Capitol. It is quite a grand building. </h3>
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I'm not sure if the pillars looked like this origianlly but when the renovation of the building took place within the last 20 years, the whole thing was dismantled and reassembled. Quite an undertaking. </h3>
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The various rooms were staged to looked like people (of the 1850's) had just left for lunch. </h3>
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This is the law library where Lincoln would have signed out books and practiced his speeches to his collegues. The picture below shows those who signed out books. The top right signature says S.T. Logan but is acutally Lincoln's handwriting. He was unable to check books out but his law partner Logan had authority to do so. That's a bit curious, don't you think?</h3>
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This is a small three-sided drawer that fits into the wall of drawers shown below. These draws held stacks of legal papers and policies. They were tied together with a red ribbon or tape - which led to the saying about all the "red tape" of government and the like. </h3>
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This is the Supreme Court of the 1840's. Joseph Smith actually was in this court room and the judge hearing his case was Steven Doulgas. </h3>
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This beautiflly costumed woman is "Mrs. Jenkins" whose was a neighbor to the Lincoln's and whose husband, if I remember correctly, was the driver of Linclon's hearse to the cemetery following the return of his body to Springfield. </h3>
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This is the waiting room to the Govenor's office and they have used an old drawing to recreate the exact furnishings. Quite facinating. The drawing is below. </h3>
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This furiture was in the funeral train car that brought Lincoln's body back to Springfield for burial. His body lay in state for many to come and pay their last respects in the room shown below. </h3>
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Everything in this room, except this very Washington picture, was removed for the viewing.</h3>
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It was a very nice room, but not as large in person as this picture shows. </h3>
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This is just to show that we were both there!</h3>
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Various Lincoln statues are all around the city. Quite well done. </h3>
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One of the highlights was the tour of the Susan Chase Home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. You were not allowed to take pictures inside, so you'll just have to imagine what 400-plus windows and door panes in this home look like from the inside with the light shining throught them. Take my word for it, it was beyond breathtaking. </h3>
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You can see the design in the windows here, but the colors don't show up. Every window and interior door had this kind of glass. </h3>
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The home was 13,000 square feet complete with a bowling alley in the basement! After this tour, we had 20 minutes to get over to the Lincoln Memorial before it closed. </h3>
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It might not look like much here, but it really is an impressive monument. We went inside that door in the front to his tomb.</h3>
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And who are we to argue with tradition!</h3>
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At the end of the day, we were very weary of walking. On our drive back to Nauvoo, we stopped for a bite to eat and also happened upon the Pease/Dunn chocolate shop which had been there since 1840's. Obviously, it's had some renovations over the years. But it sure was fun too see all the goodies! We broke down and bougth some carmel corn for the drive home. </h3>
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They even had free samples!</h3>
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Well, that's the end of this lengthy narration of our day in Springfield, Illinois. Almost took as long to type it up as it did to experience it!!! Hope you enjoyed it!Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-88580816732980248882016-02-24T13:12:00.001-08:002016-02-24T13:15:38.175-08:00Walton's 14 Year Wedding Anniversary <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The day started out with homemade dried cherry and almond scones. The box holds Mint M and M's. These are sooooo good. </h3>
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We went out to eat in Burlington at the end of the day. It's only 20 min. away and we wanted to try a new restaurant that came higly recommended - The Drake. We couldn't resist this photo op while we waited for our table. </h3>
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Here we are from left to right - George, Agatha, Abigail and Peter. (Those are the parts we play in the Nauvoo production of Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo). In other words, Elder and Sister McKnight, Sister and Elder Walton. We even had an opportunity to talk to the owner and invite him to come to Nauvoo. He was even going to check out the historicnauvoo.net website. </h3>
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We'd found a 10 cent candle at the thrift store in Nauvoo which was about 4 inches tall. Awesome!!!</h3>
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Of course we had to have "special drinks" for the special occasion. </h3>
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It was such a great way to celebrate 14 years of fun and adventure! </h3>
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Our Valentine's Celeberations started early and lasted 3 days! (well almost) On Friday, Bryce made us lunch and look what he made! I've never had a face sandwich before, nor have I ever made one. He hadn't either. Cool! </div>
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Then he surprised me with some beautiful roses. Hopefully, these last until Feb. 22nd for our wedding anniversary! </div>
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Then we went out to dinner in Burlington, about 30 min away. We went with Sis. Joines and Sis. Webb so we could introduce them to our friend who works at a restaurant there. She has newly moved to the area and wants to come back to church. Sis. Webb and Joines serve in the Burlington ward on Sundays and we wanted them to meet. So after a delicious meal, we headed back to Nauvoo for the 8pm Valentine's fun. It started with a chocolate, caramel and vanilla fruit dipping frenzy and the munching included heart shaped sandwiches and cookies. Doesn't get much better than iced homemade sugar cookies with sprinkles! </div>
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Then we had a concert by the Ukelele Buddies who have been practicing the ukelele for several months. This was their performance debut! Quite impressive! </div>
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Then we danced the Viginia Reel. That was fun once we figured out our right do-se-do from our left do-si-do! Not as easy as you might think! </div>
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Then some played 1840's games and some headed over to the original Nauvoo Cultural Hall for a dance. We even had live music. It was a thrill (really) to walk into that historic place thinking of all those who had walked on the same planks. </div>
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This is us learning the Spanish Waltz. Thanks to the Winns who got a video of it but you'll have to go onto Sandy Walton's facebook page to see it. Bryce and I actually got the Spanish Waltz down by the very end. We're even in the video. </div>
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This is a picuture of... yup... feet. But it's the historic planks that the feet are resting on that is the important part of this picture. We took a similar picture 8 years or so ago when we came with our family. It was a thrill then and it was a thrill last night. We love being in Nauvoo. Our goal is to let Nauvoo and the amazing stories of those early Saints change us forever. Those who come to visit may or may not know this might happen to them too. But if they let it, it does. Being here and remembering the courage and faith the early Saints had, helps strengthen mine. Love it!</div>
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Today is actually Valentine's Day and Bryce and I are serving in Riser Boot Shop. We've had no visitor's today - probably deterred by the 4 inches of snow. But we have enjoyed emailing some of the visitor's we've met here in Nauvoo. We may have also emailed a few family too. One thing we liked to shared was the link to the Provo City Center Temple open house. It's an amazing link to watch and share with our friends. It's like being there. Maybe you have someone you'd like to email it to as well. They might even ask you some questions about it. That's OK to!</div>
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Each year the Illinois Nauvoo Mission re-enacts the exodus of the early Saints from Nauvoo. Many in the community and surrounding areas participate. Each participant was able to "walk" for an honored pioneer. This means that they wore a badge showing the name of the person who left Nauvoo from Feb through October 1846. The badge also told three bits of information about them plus their birth date and place and how old they were at the time of the exodus. This was such an honor. The missionaries had submitted their own ancestor's names and could represent 3 on the walk. Others, like shown in this picture, came and selected an honored pioneer when they arrived. There were 677 tags in all. I know because it was my privilege to type them all up. As I did so, I was able to learn more about these faithful people. </div>
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We started out in the Family Living Center with a muffins, hot chocolate, hard boiled eggs and fruit. Last year 500 people came but I'm not sure of this year's tally. What I do know is that's alot of muffins!<br />
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Some visitors had small children with them and so they pulled their kids in </div>
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Can anyone tell which flag Bryce is holding up? Go, Canada!</div>
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...and then turn right down Parley Street. This street is often refered to as the "Trail of Hope". Those who walked down it that cold February day in 1846 were full of faith and hope in finding a place where they could worship God in peace.<br />
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There is a plaque on the "Trail of Hope" of an personal experience of how they saw the Temple one last time before they left Nauvoo in 1846. The original Nauvoo Temple was burned by arsons in 1848. The Nauvoo Temple of today, built in 2002, stands as a testament of the sacrifices of the Saints. As Bryce and I walked for our ancestors of Nauvoo, it wasn't hard to think of their courage. We are so grateful for the legacy of faith they have left for us to follow. </div>
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On Feb. 4th 1846, the first group left Nauvoo. Many groups followed thru February until October. It was cold that particular February and although the first wagons had to be ferried across the Mississippi, by Feb. 24th, the river froze and the wagons drove across on the ice. </div>
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Even our friend Stuart Deathrage came for the Exodus Re-enactment.</div>
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You can see our ancestor's we represented by the tags we are wearing. I walked for my </div>
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After "the walk" was over, Bryce and I took our time and walked back up Parley Street. We read the plaques and loved looking at the Temple. We love being here in Nauvoo!</div>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-26113290424555993722016-01-31T15:02:00.000-08:002016-01-31T15:04:48.366-08:00Remembering Naida Ruby Harding Walton - age 92<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Not unexpectedly, Bryce's mom passed away on 9 Jan 2016. It was her 92nd birthday. She would have been happily reunied with her loving husband Ken Walton and her parents. She had not seen her mother for eighty years since her mother passed away when Mom was 12 years old. What a birthday present!!! Happy Day! Bryce and I were able to fly home from Nauvoo to attend the funeral. We were very happy to be able to celebrate her life. She will be missed and remembered.<br />
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Mom was a loving wife, a painter, a friend, a family album-keeper, a great grandmother...</h3>
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... a game-player, a loving mother, an avid quilter, a fun grandmother, a singer and choir director, a talented poetess and valiant daughter of our Heavenly Father. We honor and love her. <span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></h3>
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The Walton siblings: Bryce, Dianne, Jim, Janet, Jim</h3>
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The Sandy and Bryce Walton Clan who attended the funeral: (back row from left) Kim and Finlay, Bryce, David, Austin (hiding), Andrew, Joanne, Brad, Jenna, Annelisa, Kyle, Mark and Daniele. (front row from left) Sandy, Zoie, Nixen, Laila, and Rylin.</h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-29229506294928194472015-12-27T12:18:00.000-08:002015-12-27T12:18:39.616-08:00Christmas in Nauvoo! <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Christmas in Nauvoo was wonderful! We've never received so many Christmas cards and goodies ever before - and all from the Senoir missionaires we love and serve with!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After the many wonderful Nauvoo Christmas activites that we enjoyed participating in - Christmas Walk, Handel's Messiah, and The Miracle of Christmas program - it was nice just sitting at home cozy and warm on the 24th (our Prep-day) and Christmas Day. Then, because of technology - our kids and grandkids were "face to face" with us! We watched the kiddos practise walking, open their gifts, do tricks and be goofy! Almost like being there but without the mess and the dishes! (Blatant plug for you senoir couples out there to go on a mission!)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The mission hosted a wonderful ham dinner on Christmas Day followed by a short program. Bryce was the MC of the program and he wrote a poem for the occasion. Hope you all enjoy it! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All in all, this was a Christmas to be fondly remembered! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Rescue<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>December 2015<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>by Elder
Bryce Walton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Santa’s sleigh ‘s on outside of town, Completely
broken down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And Rudolf’s crashed the whole team so they’re
tangled on the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If Rudolf had just seen the lighted Temple on the
hill, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He wouldn’t have hit that silo where all the gifts
would spill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Oh glory goodness, what a mess, now what would
Santa do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He’d have to get them out of there before the night
was through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And what of all the children who lived in Nauvoo
town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He could not bear to see a single face that had a
frown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Now not to far away President Gibbons watched the
sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He thought for just a minute he’d seen Santa’s
sleigh go by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Yes, there was a trail of stardust but it suddenly
took a dip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Oh what if Santa Clause had crashed and couldn’t
complete the trip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He tried to use the Internet but that thing never
worked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I guess I’ll use the telephone he nodded with a
jerk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">President Venkeer and President Hyte got quickly
out of bed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It sounded like the President thought Santa Clause
was dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">His counselors soon got to work to notify the troops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Have the District Leaders gather them in groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We had better wake the teamsters and get them out
of bed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And we’ll need the sleigh and horses especially Mic
and Ned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">By now all lights in houses were on in town and
flats <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And all were grabbing tools as they donned coats
and hats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zone leaders called the Districts and they called
every one <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Senior Missionaries were all moving on the run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">But oh when they arrived upon the crash site what a
start.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Packages were everywhere, all harnesses torn apart.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The reindeer were exhausted; they lay as in a daze <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And all the reigns and traces were tangled in a
maze<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When all the sewing room sisters arrived upon the
scene <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">They saw that Santa’s great big bag was torn from
seam to seam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Quick, grab your threads and needles; we’ll fix up
that old pack<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Then everyone pick up the gifts and help us put
them back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There’s no time now to fix this mess the Teamster
boss cried out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Now Santa’s sleigh is broken so he’ll have to use
our sleigh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We’ll hook it to the horses then he’ll be on his
way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Now the Belgians did not know that it would be a
busy night <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It would be somewhat difficult without the gift of
flight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To speed them on their way we will need to say a
prayer <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">But Santa sprinkled stardust and they rose into the
air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Whoever had seen 8 Belgians adrift upon the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mythical beasts I hear you say but I see them
flying by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Now off they went into the air to finish Santa’s
run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-58929427671799472562015-12-21T06:07:00.001-08:002015-12-21T06:07:27.924-08:00Prophet of God<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday was Sunday and Bryce and I were assigned to serve at Carthage Jail Visitor's Center. We had been there in the spring and early fall, as visitors ourselves, but had never served there as the missionaries who conduct the tours. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a sacred experience to be in the room where Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered, making them martyrs for their belief in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ here in the latter days. In that setting, it is a deeply spiritual experience to testify that you know Joseph was a true Prophet of God - just as Moses of old.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How grateful we are for the sacrifice of both Joseph and Hyrum. They were righteous men of God who were true to their knowledge that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints IS Christ's church on the earth. How grateful we are that God continues to provided us with Prophets today. We know that President Thomas S. Monson is God's Prophet today. The following quote is from the talk Pres. Monson gave Sunday morning this last October General Conference: "<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 30.6000003814697px; text-align: start;">To each of you, I say that you are a son or daughter of our Heavenly Father. You have come from His presence to live on this earth for a season, to reflect the Savior’s love and teachings, and to bravely let your light shine for all to see. When that season on earth has ended, if you have done your part, yours will be the glorious blessing of returning to live with Him forever.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How reassuring are the Savior’s words: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” Of Him I testify. He is our Savior and Redeemer, our Advocate with the Father. He is our Exemplar and our strength. He is “the light which shineth in darkness.” That each of us within the sound of my voice may pledge to follow Him, thus becoming a shining light to the world, is my prayer in His holy name, even Jesus Christ the Lord, amen."</span></h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-3657515970541790302015-12-19T07:19:00.001-08:002015-12-19T07:19:35.141-08:00NEW FOUND COUSIN<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Meet the new found cousins! Elder Burns and his wife are serving at the Nauvoo Temple. They came in to the Lands and Records Site where I was serving where we found out that we have a common ancestor - Enoch Burns. I've never met a Burns cousin before. It was pretty exciting. In Nauvoo in the 1840's, Enoch and his wife Elizabeth Pierce Burns lived in Nauvoo just north of the Temple. They went thru many hardships but held on to their faith in Jesus Christ and His restored Gospel. I was able to help Elder and Sister Burns find out more about Enoch Burns and other ancestor's they had here in Nauvoo. It was a good day.</h3>
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<br />Sandy and Brycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128859461199713837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382920262498126591.post-39930386918945121552015-12-09T21:25:00.001-08:002015-12-09T21:25:37.214-08:00It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We made sure we brought a bit of Christmas from home... to make us feel more at home. </h3>
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Our 4 foot tree has some Nauvoo wooded rounds and some "brick" ornaments Bryce made with cookie cutters.</h3>
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This is the 2nd of 4 quilts I've now made for the humanitarian efforts here in the Mission. It's fun to make quilts for others who don't have much. </h3>
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A scarf for good will. So grateful to have learned how to crochet here in Nauvoo! Thanks to all those who've taught me in the various historic sites over the last few weeks. It's fun!!! I guess you know the family will be getting for gifts over the next 10 years!!!</h3>
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This is a beautiful Nativity in the Visitor's Center. It's absolutely lovely. </h3>
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Some of the folks gathered to watch the tree lighting. I like this because the Christus is lit reminding the group of the true reason for celebrating Christmas. Various local school choirs sang before the tree lighting. </h3>
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The highlight of the evening, by far, was the Nativity. The true meaning of Christmas and a love for and belief in the Savior Jesus Christ was tangible in the room. The Mission Presidency were the Wise Men (type casting) and the missionary couple that were Mary and Joseph were tender and loving toward each other and the baby Jesus. It was the highlight for us. </h3>
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Three days later we were in Handel's Messiah with full orchestra. It was alot of fun. This will be our 12th year of singing "The Messiah". Who knew we'd be able to do it in St.Peter and Paul's Catholic Church here in Nauvoo, Illinois! </h3>
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