Dear Family and Friends,
What a wonderful but varied week. On Monday we started our Visitor Center training by driving to Temple Square. I was able to wave my friend Allison down from her office and visit for a few minutes and she in turn took a letter and some maps to Ernie. After meeting Elder and Sister Morgan (our trainers) we broke into groups and took a tour of Temple Square with the Sister Missionaries. As many years as we've lived in Salt Lake and as many times as we've been to Temple Square we've never taken a tour! It was interesting to observe and learn from the experts.
Of course we had to take this picture!
This is our Martin's Cove/Sixth Crossing group at Temple Square.
After making it back to Provo for lunch at the MTC cafeteria we had our first class with Elder and Sister Morgan. The Morgan's have served as Mission President in Canada and then they served as Director of the St. George Visitor's Center for two years. Shortly after they completed that assignment they were ask to train the missionaries going to the Visitor's Centers of the Church. They trained us bringing with them a wonderful spirit and a great love for the work along with just the right amount of humor.
Brother and Sister Morgan
Before we knew it it was Wednesday and we were saying good by to the MTC and the many special people we met there. For 10 days we actually felt like we were in the world but not of the world and that was an amazing experience. We headed for home making a couple quick stops along the way. After hitching up the trailer to the motor home we pulled out of our driveway just before 1:00pm. We had an uneventful trip to Fort Bridger and when we arrived there we received a tender mercy when the Fort Bridger RV Park told us that since we were on our way to our mission there was no charge!
Thursday morning we headed for Martin's Cove. We arrived about 12:30pm and in between meeting lots of great people we spent the day getting set up.
Note by the heavy coat and hat that the cold Wyoming wind is blowing!
By 9:00pm we were exhausted! Friday morning we followed our District Leader over to The Homestead (what they call the Martin's Cove Site) to have correlation meeting and meet more of the missionaries. After finding out where our mail box is and a brief tour we headed back to Missionary Village to use our "P" day to finish getting set up. They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here is our little missionary home.
Our living room.
Dining room
Kitchen
Saturday started with correlation meeting and then the three new couples started our Visitor Center training. We watched Conference but when visitors arrived we went with our trainers to greet them and show them around the the visitors center. We ate lunch and got to know some of the other couples then did more training. We watched about 40 minutes of the afternoon session of Conference before more visitors arrived and we were able to help show them around. Our trainers are kind and patient and fun to be with.
At 4:00pm Elder Lindsey and I headed home for a quick supper before he headed back with the other men to attend Priesthood Session of Conference. I took the time to do laundry and a little house cleaning. As I walked to the laundry house I heard coyotes howling and witnessed one of Wyoming's beautiful sunsets...we are feeling very blessed!
Today we arrived at the homestead in time to watch the Tabernacle Choir broadcast followed by Conference. The missionaries serving at Sixth Crossing joined us. It was fun to see our friends from the MTC that are serving there. Between sessions we had a pot luck dinner in the "barn". It was great to visit and get to know each other better. After lunch Elder Lindsey and I helped show two guys through the visitors center which allot of help from Elder Williams (a second year missionary). Great practice. We watched the afternoon session of Conference then headed for home.
Sitting and watching Conference was a new experience for me and I LOVED it as did Elder Lindsey. So many of the messages touched my heart and it felt like living close to Heaven to be watching as missionaries. Next week we are teaching Relief Society and Priesthood respectively so after getting home we studied our lessons. Elder and Sister Moench visited us this evening to get to know us. They are the Director's of MHHS. They are a great couple, very warm and welcoming and we have enjoyed getting to know them and know we are going to love serving with them!
That's all for this week. We send our love and prayers to all of you.
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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