It was a beautiful morning here in Wyoming this morning. After mom and I got our day started with prayer and Scripture reading together, I took my three mile walk. Mom took her morning time to read some additional scriptures and get ready for the day. Our assignment was to work the Visitors' Center from 11:00am until 5:00pm, and we had a wonderful day meeting new people!
As we were in our correlation meeting, this morning, we got a call from the senior couple opening the center that they needed help. We were on the run from about 9:00am until the end of our scheduled shift. The visitors came from all over the world! We had some New Zealander's, some German's and a medium sized group from China, as well as many folks, starting their Memorial Day weekend early, from around the United States.
We have the opportunity to invite these precious visitor's to know more about the Church and receive a copy of the Book of Mormon. Most of the time they respectfully decline, and that was the case for mom and me today. But hopefully we planted seeds or nourished seeds already planted.
Mom and I love telling people about the sacred events that happened here in 1856. Most of the people have never heard of the history of the emigrating pioneers in the 1850's, so that opens us up for some great conversations. We even had a small car club group come through on their way to a car show in Casper this weekend. They were very kind and appreciated the way we treated them. I got some pictures with each of the couples. Can you name the landmark in the background??
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| A couple from Washington State |
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| A couple from Nebraska |
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| I forgot where this couple was from! |
The car show is in Casper this Saturday and mom and I may try to reconnect with them. They spent about three hours looking over the area and feeling the Spirit of Martin's Cove. One of the wives came very close to accepting mom's offer of a Book of Mormon. We will plan on taking a copy with us to Casper on our P-day Saturday!!
In addition, we also had a school group come to visit this historic site. What was unique about this group was one of the father's came to be with his daughter. He had been here many times over the last 40 years and knows the Sun Family well. He is a rock collector and a gemologist. He had some fascinating stories about the Sun Ranch, and told us some amazing stories about his hobby of collecting rocks. I think he will come again with his daughter. He was a member of the church and served a mission in 1974, but has since fallen away.
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| Mac and his daughter, Heaven |
Yes, that is right, he is a single parent and his daughter's name is Heaven. Her middle name is Lee, thus her two given names are Heaven Lee.... She is 10 years old and is also an avid rock collector like her dad. She was so polite and very interested in the tour she got with her class. Her mom left the family about 8 years ago to pursue other interests, and Mac, (aka Martin), is not only her father but also her best friend. He has the right idea about parenting, but I am anxious to help him reconnect with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and make this relationship eternal. Hopefully we will have more opportunities to interact with him and Heaven!
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ReplyDeleteThat's a cute name. And that's neat they are best friends! ♥
How fun if you do run into those couples in Casper on Saturday!
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Clever clever! I actually really like that name ❤️- that would be awesome if he came back in to activity with the church! Love that it’s getting busier! Have fun this busy weekend! I’m actually surprised at all the people that stop on their way through but have no idea what they are stopping at.
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