Our first full week as missionaries at Martin's Cove was a busy one. First a picture.
Most of the week we were on work crew and continued to get Missionary Village ready for the new missionaries who arrived on Thursday. We got eleven new couples. Elder Lindsey and I also learned the process for when we have RRA which is restroom cleaning. Pretty much up my alley except in my past life I assigned the job to a crew! Here we missionaries see to everything, even the restrooms!
On Wednesday we had a school group from Caspar come. They were all 4th and 5th graders studying Wyoming history. The sisters dressed in pioneer dress while the brothers wore trail dress. We wore our name badges but told them to call us Mr. and Mrs. instead of Elder and Sister.
Ready to greet the school kids.
They were a great group of kids, very well behaved and polite. We showed them the bunk house, wash room, sewing center, the blacksmith shop and the Fort. We took them in the Visitor's Center but only to the first two rooms, the Sun Family room and the room depicting the trails West. We don't go into any of the rooms that tell Church history. We do however encourage them to return with their families. Here are some more pictures of our morning with the kids.
They loved pulling the handcarts around Prairie Park.
Telling the legend of Devil's Gate...I'm the scary monster!
We made some new friends.
A fun morning with some great kids!
We sisters spent allot of time this week putting together the training materials that we all study in our free time so we know the stories and histories that we tell at different times. On Thursday the men and some of the sisters spent the afternoon welcoming the new missionaries and helping them set up camp.
On Monday after our shift we did some exploring. The following pictures tell the story of the trials of settling the west.
Saturday was our "P" day. We attended morning correlation meeting at the Homestead then headed into Caspar. It takes just under and hour to to get there. We picked up our work shirts then hit the Walmart. After getting groceries we explored the city and then had lunch at a local diner before heading home.
On our way home we took a side trip to Bessemer Bend. This is the location where many of the pioneers that came West camped after crossing the North Platte River for the last time. To me if you concentrate your sight just to the river and the close surrounding area it looks much the same as it must have in the 1850's, beautiful, wild and peaceful.
This is what we woke up to this morning.
It is supposed to be sunny tomorrow but I don't think warm is in our forecast for awhile. Yesterday the high temperature was 60 degrees and today the high was 24 degrees. Welcome to Wyoming! Oh, and did I mention the wind blows. It blows so much that when it stops we all panic thinking something is wrong! One of the Elders that was here last year mentioned that this same weather happened last year right after they arrived. We just hope the temperatures move above freezing before we need fresh water!
Today was our first regular Sunday at church. Our meetings start at 11:00 am with Sacrament Meeting. We then have Sunday School followed by Relief Society and Priesthood. Today was Elder Lindsey and my turn to teach relief Society and Priesthood. Since the brethren didn't want to blaze a pioneer trail out into the snow to their class room we met together and team taught. We had studied and planned together and we enjoy teaching together we enjoyed the experience. Since it was Fast Sunday we didn't have our usual pot luck dinner but instead had a break the fast breakfast out here at Missionary Village. I made French toast and there were lots of yummy things to try.
All is well at our little home on the plains. Having this weather and being tucked in so warm and cozy causes us to reflect on the pioneers who traveled through here and the trials and hardships they endured and we ponder again on how blessed we are.
Love,
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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