Friday, August 12, 2016 – Jacob & Wendy in Nauvoo, Church News report on Elder Ballard’s visit to Nauvoo

Last Saturday, August 6, 2016, Elder M. Russell Ballard was here in Nauvoo for a family reunion of the descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy Mack Smith. I wrote a little bit about my feelings and impressions as Sis. Johnson and I had the privilege of listening to an Apostle of the Lord address his cousins at the family reunion but also the 250 or so missionaries that serve here.

Today I discovered the official news report of the events of last weekend in the Church News. The authors of the report did a much better job than I did telling about Elder Ballard’s visit. Here is the link to the report: http://beta.deseretnews.com/article/865659936/Elder-M-Russell-Ballard-lays-wreath-in-Nauvoo-cemetery.html

I highly recommend you read it. It is very good.

Today Sis. Johnson and I didn’t get much work done on the grounds here because it was raining. Jacob & Wendy and family went to Nauvoo to visit the historic site for the day. And they saw and enjoyed a lot. They got home bubbling over with stories of all of the sites they went to. They really had a good time.

 They saw the show “Just Plain Anna Amanda” at the Cultural Hall.  They went to the “Family Living Center” and made a rope and watched the loom demonstration. They went to the Jonathan Browning Gunsmith Shop, the Skovil Baker, the Tin Smith’s, the Printing Shop and the Blacksmiths. 

Sis. Johnson and I stayed home because our car was in the shop and we had to wait for it to be finished. Tomorrow we hope to spend the whole day with our family seeing the historic sites in Nauvoo.