The day dawned bright and sunny with temperatures around 50 degrees. It was a very pleasant morning as we exercised and took a long morning walk. Elder Hansen joined us at about the 1/2 mile point and we continued on together with him for another 2 miles. Mom and i were ready to go over to the visitors center by 8:35am. We saw a car enter the parking lot at around 8:15am so we were able to start our first tour by 8:45am..
The first tour was from a family from Mexico and we were able to give it in Spanish with the papers we had translated. The next ours was done in Japanese in a similar fashion. I am working on getting as many different languages translated from our English version as we prepare for the summer crowds. We had given over 200 tours by 3:30pm and still had until 5:00pm for others. Mom and I had to leave at 3:30pm for our opening night of Sunset. The emphasis here in this mission is the stage show. We have been asked to make sure our senior missionaries are at the Rendezvous and Sunset plays on time with no exceptions.It is an interesting requirement but we want to be obedient. However, it is still hard to turn people away from Carthage if they arrive too late to have a tour.
Speaking of stage shows, we opened tonight with the first showing of Sunset. Here are a few "action" shots of some people in their "sunset" years trying to be young again!!!
Here is an action shot of the opening day crowd at our Sunset show. They proved to be a great audience and the Young Performing missionaries did an amazing job tonight! They take their acting classes very seriously and they sure seem to love the stage!
Oh sister!! (left, on the end) - Quite a learning curve for two senior missionaries for sure. However, the opportunities to teach about Joseph and Hyrum definitely make up for what we lack on the stage for sure.
Great job on opening night! You're doing awesome!
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