July 26, 2016 - Tuesday in Nauvoo

We had another cooler morning temperature as we were up and going this morning.  After beginning our day with our morning prayers and devotional, we took to the walking trail for our morning constitutional.  It was a little challenging to get up at 4:45am this morning after getting to bed, later than usual, at 11:15pm, but it was worth attending the British Pageant dress rehearsal last night.  I was able to catch some great morning sunrise pictures!

The day dawn is breaking

This deer was waiting for two fawns behind us!

We were both serving close together at the sites on Main Street.  Mom was at the Printing Office and I was at the Browning Gun shop.  There were hundreds of guests at the Browning Gun shop today. I had the split shift, and mom had the early morning shift.  The air conditioning was not working in the gun shop when I opened this morning so I made a call to the FM for repairs.  They finally got the problem resolved just after lunch so it was working by the time I returned to close.

Our Sunset show went on as scheduled at 7:00pm tonight.  We have five more shows before the summer season comes to a close and the Young Performing Missionaries head home.  August 13th is our last performance!  Also, we are saying goodbye to our friend Sister Goodman on Friday.  She is heading home to help her ailing father who is living in an assisted living complex with his wife.  It has been a sweet experience getting to know her this last 16 months and we wish her well.

Tomorrow will be a busy day at the Handcarts.  We have nine groups scheduled and the earliest one is at 7:30am.  Again, the trekkers are being scheduled during the weekly training meeting so this will be the fifth time I will miss that meeting.  However, mom takes really good notes!