Dear Everyone.
On Thursday afternoon we made it to Nauvoo. The mission secretary said, "We knew you would get here first since you had the furthest to go." Our trip through Colorado was gorgeous and we stayed the night with my college roommate and her husband, who live in Boulder. I have known Jackie since my first day of college in 1962. We had a wonderful visit with her and her husband, Dave, also a long time friend. They fed us a wonderful breakfast and then off to another 8 hour drive to Kansas, where we stayed with our son Derek, his wife, Jenn, and saw six of our beautiful grandchildren.
Everyone here in Nauvoo is so nice and welcoming. Our district leader and his wife met us at the door when we got our house and brought soup and homemade bread for our dinner. After checking in at the office and all the paperwork we had to work on, we went to our new little home for the next 6 months.
There are about a hundred places for missionaries to stay while here in Nauvoo. They draw out of a hat which one you get. At first I was a little disappointed that we would be staying in town rather than in the "flats" of Nauvoo, but we are really happy with our place. We have our own little house. We have a kitchen, living room, study, bathroom, laundry room and bedroom. We are in a regular little neighborhood. We have missionaries next door.
We took the night to move in and get settled. We were invited to go to the temple that night but we were so tired from traveling. We had breakfast with the president on Saturday, were given a huge tour of Nauvoo, including the town, by one of the presidents and the rest of our MTC group. We then met with our new mission president, President Gibbons, and he was so warm and welcoming. He and his wife had only arrived the week before.
We have about 20 young sister missionaries serving here. In the winter, when there are not many visitors in Nauvoo, they go "outbound." That means they are assigned to labor in another state. They just arrived back in Nauvoo on Thursday and were so excited to see each other again. They were the speakers in Sacrament meeting today and others spoke at a fireside telling of their varied experiences and bearing strong testimonies of the work that they did. I can only say that the church is in wonderful hands if there are other missionaries as powerful as those sisters. I hope that we can be as influential as they are. Every missionary is called to be in the place that they need to be as an instrument in the Lord's hands and I know that Dave and I are supposed to serve here in Nauvoo.
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