November 28, 2015 - Saturday in Nauvoo

There was a lot of overcast, and, cold temperatures hovering around 32 degrees, this morning, but it did not diminish our efforts to enjoy our morning walk.  We took a brisk walk and stopped briefly at the missionary post office, one of our most favorite places, and there we found a package from home!  It was a 2016 calendar put together by our precious daughter, Ali, with pictures of all of our family, throughout, and posted on every month of the new year!  What a great and wonderful surprise!  Then we were able to talk to Isaac and sing him "Happy Birthday".   It poses a challenge each time we miss a special occasion like this but we are grateful to be able to represent all of our family in the mission field!

Our morning devotional and prayers were shared before we left on our walk.  And we returned after the walk and started getting ready for the day.  Mom worked the hardest and did our laundry before our 1:00pm shift at the Visitors Center.  I was totally lazy after my workout and hot shower.   That means I took a nap before leaving for our site assignment...  

Our shift stayed fairly busy today with lots of people in town.  Some were here for the day and others are here for the weekend.  I still find it interesting that there are people who go to historic places for a major holiday like Thanksgiving.  It will be equally interesting to see who comes for Christmas!

Mom and I got the Visitors Center ready for the debut of "A Savior is Born".  At the web site christmas.mormon.org, the Church is releasing this 2 minute video tomorrow, Sunday November 29th.  I have watched it several times already, and I don't think I will ever get tired of seeing those precious young children testifying of the Savior.  You will need to see it and let us know what you think!  And then share it with everyone you can!  Time is of the essence with the world in such commotion, and this effort by the Church is going to impact so many people for good.  We all need to be a great part of this effort!