Tuesday, June 7, 2016 – Pam’s boots, Repair lawn, Sarah Granger Kimball home, Pam’s Dress

While Sis. Johnson was killing weeds with her back pack sprayer, I was at The Bushnell House repairing a large hole. It was left in the front yard near the street when a 4 ft wide stump was removed. I planted grass seeds and watered it. Hopefully it will look better when the grass comes up. 

Tonight we performed in “Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo” but we had to go to Nauvoo early so I could get my hair cut. That gave us some extra time to see some of the Historic Sites we haven’t seen yet. We went to Sarah Granger Kimball’s home, to the Cultural Hall, and to the Scovil Bakery.

The tours of all three historic sites were very interesting. Sarah Granger Kimball’s home was interesting because of what happened there. Sarah Granger Kimball was a newlywed in 1840. She and her husband Hiram Kimball moved into an already existing frame home in Nauvoo. Sarah was an affluent young woman who opened this beautiful home for social and religious gatherings. Two years after moving into her home, Sarah organized a ladies society and supplied them with materials to make shirts for the men who were constructing the Nauvoo Temple. Eliza R. Snow was asked to write a constitution for the new society, which she did.  When it was shown to the Prophet Joseph Smith, he said it was the best he had ever seen, that their offering was accepted of the Lord, and that the Lord had something even better prepared forth sisters of the Church.

On March 17, 1842, Joseph Smith organized the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo under the direction of the Priesthood. Today, that society has become the oldest and largest women’s organization in the world and blesses millions of lives in many nations.