Group FHE on the Brickyard, Temple Service

There was a Group FHE activity this evening at the Temple Arrival Center --  Elder Munoa (a Nauvoo Historic site missionary) spoke about the history of the Historic Brickyard and told what is going on there now.  He said that about 1 out of every 7 homes in Nauvoo in the 1840s were made out of brick.  There were 7 brickyards in operation then and they produced millions of bricks every year.  He also sang a couple of songs (and played his guitar) that he composed (and another site missionary wrote the lyrics).  It was an interesting evening.  We have been to the brickyard a couple of times since we have been here and always enjoy our time there.

This is a photo of Elder Munoa with a photo of an old kiln.

This is a photo of the Nauvoo Temple site in 1994.  The center section (circle with red bricks inside) was where the Baptistry font was located.

Temple Service --- We still very much love serving in the temple, and on Sundays, in Kewanee.  Yesterday I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting Kewanee and next week Marilyn will be giving a talk there.  A couple that we were going to host (the Lloyds from Levan, Utah) will not be arriving in Nauvoo this Thursday.  A few days ago, on their way here, Brother Lloyd got sick with a very bad cold.  He went to the hospital and tested positive for RSV.  After consulting with a Doctor, our Temple President advised them to go home to recover.  They will come back in May when the temple reopens.  As you might imagine we have been asked to be more vigilant in our hand washing, doing elbow bumps instead of hand shakes, etc. because of the coronavirus.  We are doing well - health-wise.