Tuesday, July 04, 2017 – Independence Day, Cleaning the Residence, Cow Rescue

This morning the mission had a flag raising ceremony at the Visitor’s Center flag pole. Elder Cook gave a moving and powerful talk on patriotism, military service and the sacrifice of those who have fought and died to preserve our freedom and protect our nation. Next President Hall added his comments about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how its restoration could have only happened here in this free land that God prepared for just that purpose.  This country, its constitution and its inspired leaders are all part of our Heavenly Father’s plan to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all the nations of the world. It was a very good flag raising this Independence Day morning.

At FM this morning our only assignment was to water everything, water the greenhouses, the plants on the outdoor benches and the gardens and decorative flower pots. Elder Cantwell and I watered everything at the FM compound.  Elder Kyle Johnson is under the weather this morning so he stayed home to recuperate. Elder Coleman and Elder Gearheart took the watering truck and watered the flower pots and flowerbeds on Old Main Street, at the Visitor’s Center and on Mulholland Street in downtown Nauvoo.

At FM this morning our only assignment was to water everything, water the greenhouses, the plants on the outdoor benches and the gardens and decorative flower pots. Elder Cantwell and I watered everything at the FM compound.  Elder Kyle Johnson is under the weather this morning so he stayed home to recuperate. Elder Coleman and Elder Gearheart took the watering truck and watered the flower pots and flowerbeds on Old Main Street, at the Visitor’s Center and on Mulholland Street in downtown Nauvoo.

The rest of the morning we cleaned the yard and flowerbeds at Elder Cantwell and Elder Kyle Johnson’s apartment. It was a very big job, the flower beds haven’t been cleaned in a long while.

 

Elder Coleman and Elder McRae are the other two Elders that live there. Elder McRae works with the Teamsters and put in a full day with them. When Elder Coleman finished his watering assignment he also helped us clean the flowerbeds.

Back at our home a jogger noticed a cow stuck in the mud in the pond in front of our house. The lady jogger found me and I was able to get word to the rancher that leases the land and owns the herd of cattle. The cow was bloated, laying on her side and struggling to breath and just barely able to keep her nose out of the water. In that terrible condition the cow was about to die. The rancher came out with his big tractor and a chain and was able to pull the cow out of the mud and save her life. 

The cow may have already been sick or in distress of some kind before she got stuck in the mud. After the rancher got her out of the pond he cleaned the mud out the cow’s nose and mouth, gave her a shot of antibiotics and took her back to his barn.