April 21, 2015 - Tuesday

The day dawned beautiful with no clouds in the sky.  The temperature was a brisk 38 degrees but very little wind.  So after our morning devotional and exercise, mom and I hit the walking trail at about 6:40am and enjoyed a wonderful walk around the town.  We extended our walk to about 45 minutes and came home to get ready for the day as missionaries.  The fields are all lush green and beautiful as the Spring season rolls forward.  We are sure enjoying the changing of the season here in Carthage!  Isn't this a great field of green?

And again, we had another slow day at the Visitors Center.  However, my second tour involved some family members related to Becky and Jerry Jensen from our Rigby 10th Ward.  It was Sister Jensen's Aunt Zada from Ashton, Idaho.  She came with her brother and sister on a Church history tour.  She indicated that she was 76 years old and had hoped to fulfill this lifelong dream of visiting Carthage Jail.  What a privilege it was to give her this tour.  She could not climb the stairs to the Martyrdom room but she was so grateful just to walk through the building and hear about the sacred events that transpired.  I had to take their picture!

Dolly Bardsey, Earl Jensen, Zada Wilcox

We had a very quiet day at the Visitors Center, but we are gearing up for a busy summer.  We are now getting phone calls from tour groups for this summer and we are looking forward to helping each group have a wonderful experience here in Carthage.

To close out our day, we attended our Sunset practice for the outdoor show this summer.  Our cast will have the opening show on Saturday May 23rd.  This should be a lot of fun to do, but if I had my preference.......

Tomorrow is our preparation day.  After our mission training meeting at 7:45am tomorrow in Nauvoo, mom and I are going to enjoy the day together until we meet again, tomorrow night, in Nauvoo at the Cultural Hall for the Rendezvous play.  Always busy and never a dull moment!

Thank you for joining us tonight!  Not much to report but we are so grateful for the connections we make with family and friends back home!!