Thursday, May 26, 2016 – Sis. Johnson is better, Arkansas City YM, Wood chips around trees, Rendezvous

Sis. Johnson is much better this morning.  Overnight we had over an inch of rain with high winds. That means a lot of clean up for Sis. Johnson and I. She isn’t dizzy any more so she worked on watering the plants and cleaning the sidewalks for a couple hours this morning. She was tired but doesn’t have any of the allergy symptoms any more.  The priesthood blessing, her faith, the doctor’s prescription and ear exercises did the trick.

Yes, I said ear exercises! A Sister in our cast had the same problem last year three times. She told Sis. Johnson about exercises to fix the crystal in your inner ear. It worked, who knew?

After I mowed the visitor’s center lawn I started the project of spreading wood chips around the trees on the visitor’s center grounds. While I was working next to the sidewalk spreading wood chips several of the visitors stopped me to ask questions and comment on the grounds.

 

One of the visitors was a young men’s group from Arkansas City, Kansas. It’s a small town 500 miles southwest of here on the Kansas/Oklahoma border. Their leaders brought all of the young men from their branch. They have 3 days here and in Nauvoo. They plan to see all of the historic sites and then attend the Temple to do baptisms for the dead on Saturday morning. Good group of young men. 

This is a great place to bring youth to. The history and the tours are nice but the spirit that is felt here is the best. To be here and spend time on these hallowed grounds is a tremendous testimony builder.