Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 – The Hyte’s & Prayer Meeting, Rain & Mowing

During our “Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo” prayer meeting we once again heard from Elder and Sis. Hyte. (Elder Hyte is our former 1^st Counselor in the mission presidency.)  The Hyte’s will be going home next week and they had some kind words to say about all of us, their fellow cast members.  It was very special. Again, the performance had couples performing that were marking their very last show of “Rendezvous” on their missions.  It’s a very bitter sweet time for a lot of the senior couples.  

During the prayer meeting, Sis. Hyte told us that her time in the mission field has been a whirlwind experiences since the day they arrived. She said it’s been like “a washing machine on the spin cycle!” She did say that her time of service here in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission has brought her a great deal of peace and happiness. Thus, she said the descriptive phrase she uses to describe here time here is “Hectic Peace!” Yup, I’ll agree with that. “Hectic Peace” sounds just about right!

Now that the new school season has started we keep thinking the visitors to the Carthage Visitor’s Center will slow way down. Well, they have on a few days but not today. In addition to all of the cars in the parking lot, today we had three tour buses come to visit this historic site. The Carthage Visitor’s Center was very busy.

In the grounds keeping department, today was a slow day of work for Sis. Johnson and I. It rained most of the morning so we couldn’t do very much. After lunch the grass was finally dry enough so I was able to get on the mower and get my mowing done. Even so, I wasn’t able to mow directly around the Jail or the visitor’s center. I will have to do that early tomorrow morning on my p-day. I only mow the grass close to the Jail and visitor’s center in the early mornings before the guests arrive. The mower is very noisy and it distracts from the peaceful, spiritual and reverent moment the visitors are experiencing as they walk out of the tour of the Jail. I truly believe this is hollowed, sacred ground and the mower should not be used when there are guests present.