23 August 2018 - Thursday

23 August 2018 - Thursday

Yesterday, mom and I were asked to fill the Wilma assignment.  This was part of our work crew assignment today.  As we were preparing for the day, this morning, I had the impression that we should start our assignment before the Correlation meeting this morning at 8:30am.  We had just finished our reading of the Scriptures and our prayers, and had just started breakfast.  This was about 6:00am. 

Mom and I caught the sunrise at the Homestead this morning

A view of the sunrise from the corral at the Homestead

This is a view of the sunrise through Rattlesnake Pass

We rushed to finish our morning preparations and were at the Homestead by 6:30am. From there we got Wilma ready and went on to start the assignment.  By 8:15am we had completed over half of our work!  Mom and I had the prayers and the thoughts this morning, at the correlation meeting, and mom shared the message that Neil L. Andersen had on his Facebook page from the time he and his wife had just spent with President Nelson in Canada this past week.  (I put his message on the Blog yesterday).  

What a timely message, from Elder Andersen,  and so precious in our understanding of who President Nelson is!  He is God's living Prophet on the earth today!  How blessed we are to have a living Prophet!  Knowing this and following his counsel will keep us safe in these perilous times!

After the correlation meeting, we found out that Wilma would be needed in a cleaning project at the Cherry Creek campground.  Mom and I only needed to finish our project within the next hour, and then we turned over Wilma to the missionaries assigned that project.  

Isn't it amazing how the simple things we are inspired to do can make a big difference in a work day!  There have been too many days where I haven't followed promptings like I should.  But today I rejoiced that I did!  We pray for these opportunities to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and it is so neat to see the Lord's Hand in doing so!  That made my day!

Part of the cleaning assignment with Wilma

Topping off the water we used this morning

Mom and I had the assignment, with Wilma, to get the trail restrooms, bridges and statues cleaned and ready for the Trek Leader training tomorrow.  It was a sweet experience to get this work done so that others could use the Wilma truck.  Tomorrow we are assigned to be at Handcart Parking for the Trek Leader training, and we took a few minutes and washed all the picnic tables, with our pressure washer, at the Handcart Parking area.

After we turned over the truck, we headed for home.  We spent the balance of the morning and the afternoon getting ready for our friends, Keith and Bev Ramsey.  We served with them in Nauvoo and they are coming to Martin's Cove tomorrow to spend the weekend with us.  We can't wait to get caught up on the news from Nauvoo, and all the missionaries we served with there!

We also got some laundry done, and talked to some family members, and worked on our Sunday School lesson.  We are teaching Lesson #32 on Job this Sunday.  That will be a fun assignment since we have all had "Job" experiences!  This will be an opportunity for each of us to share how we have handled different Job-like challenges in our lives.  Let's see how this turns out!