Temple Service
This past week we had some families who came to the temple from Australia. They were visiting some of the Church Historical sites and temples, including Nauvoo. After Nauvoo, they were going to go on the Mormon Pioneer Trail to Salt Lake City and then go to General Conference this weekend. We were in the baptistry when we saw them, so we took a few minutes to talk with them. What wonderful people with strong testimonies of the Gospel! It was a pleasure being with them in the temple.FHE Activity - "Love, Kennedy"
We have FHE activities twice a month. One is with all of the temple missionaries and the other is with our smaller FHE group which consists of five couples. Last Monday we met at the Temple Arrival Center with our smaller FHE group. President and Sister Irion (our temple president and matron) were also there. We saw the film "Love, Kennedy". This is a true story about a girl who is battling Batten disease. It is a very touching and inspiring story. She lives in West Haven, a small community close to Ogden, Utah.We very much enjoyed it and would recommend it to everyone. In fact, we heard that the mission president (over the Ogden area) has encouraged his missionaries to take investigators to watch the movie. Many of the investigators have been baptized, in large part due to the touching message portrayed in the movie.
Hannibal Trip with P-Day Group
On Tuesday we went to Hannibal with our Preparation Day (P-Day) group. Hannibal, Missouri was Mark Twain's boyhood town. There are many things in this town about Mark Twain. We saw a few of them. We went to the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum (and other buildings in that area), Rockcliffe Mansion, Mark Twain Cave (which has over 200 tunnels), and went on the Mark Twain Riverboat in the evening (it was a dinner cruise). It was a full, interesting and enjoyable day. Below are some pictures from our day in Hannibal.
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| Inside Mark Twain Museum |
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| Mark Twain Boyhood Home, other buildings and fence (he painted in Tom Sawyer) |
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| P-Day Group at Mark Twain Dinette |
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| Inside Rockcliffe Mansion |
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| Outside Rockcliffe Mansion with part of P-Day group |
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| Outside Mark Twain Cave -- the same place we took a picture of our daughter Katie and son Jake about 20 years ago |
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| Mark Twain Cave |
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| Mark Twain Cave - Jesse James Hideout |
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| Mark Twain Cave - Injun Joe's Canoe |
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| On Mark Twain Riverboat with P-Day group (and a few others) |
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| Mark Twain Riverboat |
Looks like you had a nice time. I like that pictures of you two in the cut outs, haha! Love & miss you lots!
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