Wednesday, June 15, 2016 – Dump, Corn, BYU Folk Dancers Breakfast, Sis. Missionaries for dinner

After we returned from our regular Wednesday morning mission-wide training meeting Sis. Johnson and I went right to work at our regular cleaning jobs. It was already late in the morning so the visitor’s center sidewalks were full of visitors but we managed to clean and blow off the sidewalks without being too much of a distraction. 

Next we took our blowers to the parking lot and completely cleaned it.  By the end of our work day I had another full load of limbs, tree litter and leaves to take to the city burn pile. While there I noticed that the corn field I’ve been taking pictures of regularly is still growing fast and rocketing up. The corn plants are now over 5 feet tall. It has grown another two feet in just the last two weeks. (See my entries for April 26, May 16, June 5, 2016)

This afternoon we went shopping at the Country Market close to our home. While we were there I noticed a man with a shopping card loaded with all kinds of sugared breakfast cereals like Fruit Loops, Frosted Flakes, etc.  I asked him if he was feeding a small army? He chuckled and said all of this breakfast cereal was for the “BYU International Folk Ensemble.” (That’s the “High Energy” dancers we watched on Monday night.) He said he not only feeds them breakfast but he is responsible to prepare all of the meals for all of the other BYU performers that come to Nauvoo each summer as well.  At the checkout he was in the same line with us and his grocery cart was piled high with food for the BYU Folk Dancers. He exclaimed that all of this food is supposed to last them until Saturday.

 

Tonight we had two of the Carthage YSSM’s (Young Single Sister Missionaries) over for dinner. It is always a treat to have them for dinner in our home. Sis. Madison Darrington is from Las Vegas, NV and she arrived in the mission field three months ago. Sis. Nicole Carter has been in the mission field for 15 months and she will go home after the busy summer season is over here in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission.

 

As is their custom, the YSSM’s left our home with a spiritual message. It can be found in Alma 26:12,16,&36. “How we can, and why we should recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives.” Not recognizing the hand of the Lord and not giving Him credit for His blessings in our lives is the sin of pride.  I know I’m guilty of it and the sister’s message was very timely and well presented. We really like having our YSSM’s over for dinner.