May 16, 2016 - Monday in Nauvoo

Our P-day was well spent today!  We were up early for our morning devotional and prayers.  And we left for our morning walk at 5:30am in mid 40 degree temperatures.  The morning walk was wonderful and invigorating.  We got back to our little home at about 6:45am and got ready for the 9:00am temple session.  I took some interesting pictures along our walking path, and in front of the Temple!;

Such magnificent cloud formations!

The only Angel Moroni facing west!

A safe haven in the storms of life

We have been able to attend the Nauvoo Temple 67 times so far.  It adds so much to be able to attend a session on our P-days, and it helps us in our focus to be the best missionaries we can be.  The Scripture; 2 Nephi 2:11 - is very much alive and well here in the mission field.  But the prayers from our family and friends have been such a great blessing for us to overcome the opposition that presents itself in the mission field.  

In our pre-Rendezvous play time, before each show, we have a thought and prayer together as a cast.  The thought tonight was fairly simple and yet profound... "what if you woke up tomorrow morning only possessing the things that you thanked Heavenly Father for today?"...

We have had a great day!  After the temple session we drove to Keokuk for our weekly grocery shopping.  The time we spend driving there and back gives us an opportunity to talk with family.  We look forward to seeing how things are going back home, and we hope you enjoy the things we are experiencing here in Nauvoo, as recorded in the blog!

Mom and I have been working on our Sacrament talks for May 29th.  I have been reading up on the topic for these talks, "parables of the last days", as recorded in the New Testament.  Mom has settled on speaking about the Ten Virgins.  I am working on the parable of the goats and the sheep.  But I am not fixed on that one quite yet.  Although I do like the message it suggests on how to treat people and making the right choice!

CS Lewis may have expressed it more accurately when he said; "Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it."  Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)