Dear Family and Friends,
This week we celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary on Wednesday, September 10th. It is also the anniversary of moving into our home in Salt Lake. We've had so many wonderful times along with some hard times, and some just plain fun times but these last six months spent serving the Lord have truly been the best times.
Elder and Sister Paulsen brought us yellow roses to help us celebrate. We are sure going to miss not having them right next door...we sure love the Paulsens! Aka Val and Kathryn.
Elder Lindsey and I were assigned to Handcart Parking so we dressed warm and put off going to our post until just before the trekkers started on the trail. The day was beautiful, clear blue skies, clean air, and it warmed up to about 50 degrees so it was a nice day to enjoy the beauty that is Martin's Cove one last time this season. We enjoyed a good dinner with the trek leaders and Elder Lindsey filmed the Pony Express presentation Elder Ames does and has made him a DVD so he can share with his family.
Saturday was "P" day and we used it to pack the car with everything we have decided to take back home and store...yea we might have brought a few things we didn't actually need but hey they were fun to have. We did have the most colorful yard in Missionary Village!
Speaking of Missionary Village Elder Lindsey has posted another movie on Vimeo. This one is a tour of Missionary Village. You can watch it on https://vimeo.com/105941912.
Today Elder Lindsey and I spoke in Sacrament meeting. It is hard to believe that this day arrived. Looking back the time seems to have flown by. I talked about some of my favorite memories and the gifts of the spirit that I have been blessed with while serving. I used this quote from President Eyring to talk about how I felt about the FM work we did;"Never underestimate the spiritual power in temporal work." I knew that all the projects we did to make Martin's Cove even more beautiful were appreciated by Heavenly Father and by all the pioneers that traveled these trails. I felt it in my heart.
Elder Lindsey told the story of his great grandfather, Mark Lindsey who traveled to Salt Lake City by handcart with his wife in 1859. He and his wife were rescued as they sat beside their handcart just off the trail, to weak, hungry and sick to continue on. Their rescuers were some young Indian Braves who gave them fresh buffalo meat and encouragement to keep going. Without these rescuers they would have perished. He went on to explain that shortly after we received our new assignment to start the Addiction Recovery Program on the reservation in Rosebud he received the impression that perhaps it was his turn to help rescue our Native American brothers and sisters just as they once rescued his great grandfather.
This week starts our new adventures. Stay tuned for the rest of the story.
Love and prayers to you all,
Elder and Sister Lindsey
On Tuesday Elder Lindsey and I were on the chinking crew. This time we are putting on the last 1872 authentic coat. It is a mixture of Portland Cement, local sand and dirt, chopped up straw and water and we apply it with gloved hands. It is a lot like playing in the mud. Some of us Sisters have to resist the urge to make it look too perfect.
Elder Lindsey perfecting his chinking skills.
In the afternoon many of the Sisters and a couple of the husbands attended a pie making class. Elder Ames our resident cook makes wonderful pies so Sister Black talked him into doing the class. We had a great time and many pies were made and taken home. I made a coconut cream, my favorite.
Elder Ames and I showing off my pie. It was delicious!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here's what we did on Wednesday to celebrate our anniversary;
Sister Petersen, Sister Ormsby, me with Elder Lindsey on the ladder. We are "master chinkers".
In the afternoon I did our laundry then we celebrated 21 years of wedded bliss with a steak dinner complete with baked potatoes and corn on the cob.
Thursday WINTER arrived. The temperature was 37 degrees as we drove into the homestead and since it was supposed to get even colder Thursday night (and it did) the Elders spent the morning trying to get the water lines drained and prepared for winter. The Sisters spent the morning in the sewing center staying warm and working on small projects. Since Elder Lindsey was still working I rode home with Sister Bingham. This is what we saw as we drove into Missionary Village.
I hope Elder and Sister Unch weren't planning on those veggies for dinner!
Friday was the second of three Trek Leader training weekends. The people who came this weekend got a tiny taste of 1856 weather. The overnight temperatures were in the low 30's and it snowed!
This was the early morning view.
Elder Lindsey and I were assigned to Handcart Parking so we dressed warm and put off going to our post until just before the trekkers started on the trail. The day was beautiful, clear blue skies, clean air, and it warmed up to about 50 degrees so it was a nice day to enjoy the beauty that is Martin's Cove one last time this season. We enjoyed a good dinner with the trek leaders and Elder Lindsey filmed the Pony Express presentation Elder Ames does and has made him a DVD so he can share with his family.
Saturday was "P" day and we used it to pack the car with everything we have decided to take back home and store...yea we might have brought a few things we didn't actually need but hey they were fun to have. We did have the most colorful yard in Missionary Village!
Speaking of Missionary Village Elder Lindsey has posted another movie on Vimeo. This one is a tour of Missionary Village. You can watch it on https://vimeo.com/105941912.
Today Elder Lindsey and I spoke in Sacrament meeting. It is hard to believe that this day arrived. Looking back the time seems to have flown by. I talked about some of my favorite memories and the gifts of the spirit that I have been blessed with while serving. I used this quote from President Eyring to talk about how I felt about the FM work we did;"Never underestimate the spiritual power in temporal work." I knew that all the projects we did to make Martin's Cove even more beautiful were appreciated by Heavenly Father and by all the pioneers that traveled these trails. I felt it in my heart.
Elder Lindsey told the story of his great grandfather, Mark Lindsey who traveled to Salt Lake City by handcart with his wife in 1859. He and his wife were rescued as they sat beside their handcart just off the trail, to weak, hungry and sick to continue on. Their rescuers were some young Indian Braves who gave them fresh buffalo meat and encouragement to keep going. Without these rescuers they would have perished. He went on to explain that shortly after we received our new assignment to start the Addiction Recovery Program on the reservation in Rosebud he received the impression that perhaps it was his turn to help rescue our Native American brothers and sisters just as they once rescued his great grandfather.
This week starts our new adventures. Stay tuned for the rest of the story.
Love and prayers to you all,
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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