Week 2 - September 1-7, 2019
Sunday morning we went to church at the same building we usually attend, but the schedule had changed, so it was a new ward at 9 AM. The 1st councilor was Brother Bruggeman. I asked, and found out that his father and mother served on our Temple shift in the Idaho Falls Temple. Small world.
Sunday evening we took Scott, Traci, Quinton, Demiree, Easton, and Stephanie to dinner at the Cheese Factory in Denver for Quinton's birthday, and as a thank-you for putting us up for two nights. I had fish tacos, the bill, with tip, was $300.
We left Thornton Monday morning just before 8 AM. The drive across Kansas was wide open spaces with nothing to see. With the time change and breaks, it took 10 hours.
Our new apartment is at 207 E. Sea Ave. #6. It was about 7:30 PM when we arrived from Thornton. Waiting for us was Elder Dunn with our keys (the Dunns are in Apartment 3), and two young missionaries who carried our heavy suitcases up the two flights of stairs to our apartment. The sisters below us, in Apartment 4 (Sister Johnson and Sister Moritz) had decorated our door. Very thoughtful of them.
Our first order of business on Tuesday morning (we didn't have to report to the Visitor's Center until 2:45 PM) was to go grocery shopping. We drove straight south on Noland Street and found a Walmart superstore. $123 later we had most of the staples we'll need for the next couple of weeks.
On the left is the area in our mission, but we'll only be working in the IVC (Independence Visitor's Center) and HLJ (Historic Liberty Jail).
We spent Tuesday, Sept. 3 learning the routine of the Visitor's Center, and then on Wednesday, Sept. 4 we did the same thing at the Liberty Jail.
This is a cross-stitch of the Liberty Jail. It's very nice work and stands on an end table in the entryway.
Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, was P-day.
We spent the day doing laundry, vacuuming the apartment, unpacking, and more grocery shopping. I think we're done for awhile. We've been taking morning walks into the adjacent cemetery in the cool of the morning.
Friday, Sept 6, 2019 we had to attend a 7:50 training meeting (it'll be every Friday) learning how we missionaries can do a better job.
Friday night we watched President Russell M. Nelson's 95th Birthday celebration on our computer. Guest artists included Gentri, Donny Osmond, Jenny Oaks Baker with four of her children, The Bonner Family, and Nathan Pacheco. President Nelson's closing remarks were inspiring.
Saturday, Sept. 2019, we got another P-day (once every six weeks) so we decided to go to the Kansas City, Missouri Temple about 25 minutes up the road. It was a very nice Temple. It was erected in 2012.
After the Temple session it was time for lunch. We had a list of all the places we should see and eat at while we're here so we chose the first eatery on the list, Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Q one of the 13 best restaurants in America. The home page says Bar-B-Q in a gas station. Sure enough, it's inside this Shamrock gas station. It was fairly hard to find from the Temple and I wondered how anyone had found it in the first place. I was fired up to reprimand the sister who made up the list. That would be Sister Cummings the office secretary.
However, after lunch I had repented. The line was long and continued to grow while we waited and then ate, but the pulled pork sandwich and banana cream pie were excellent. Amazingly, I didn't get anything on my white shirt.
Sunday evening we took Scott, Traci, Quinton, Demiree, Easton, and Stephanie to dinner at the Cheese Factory in Denver for Quinton's birthday, and as a thank-you for putting us up for two nights. I had fish tacos, the bill, with tip, was $300.
We left Thornton Monday morning just before 8 AM. The drive across Kansas was wide open spaces with nothing to see. With the time change and breaks, it took 10 hours.
Our new apartment is at 207 E. Sea Ave. #6. It was about 7:30 PM when we arrived from Thornton. Waiting for us was Elder Dunn with our keys (the Dunns are in Apartment 3), and two young missionaries who carried our heavy suitcases up the two flights of stairs to our apartment. The sisters below us, in Apartment 4 (Sister Johnson and Sister Moritz) had decorated our door. Very thoughtful of them.
Our first order of business on Tuesday morning (we didn't have to report to the Visitor's Center until 2:45 PM) was to go grocery shopping. We drove straight south on Noland Street and found a Walmart superstore. $123 later we had most of the staples we'll need for the next couple of weeks.On the left is the area in our mission, but we'll only be working in the IVC (Independence Visitor's Center) and HLJ (Historic Liberty Jail).
We spent Tuesday, Sept. 3 learning the routine of the Visitor's Center, and then on Wednesday, Sept. 4 we did the same thing at the Liberty Jail.
This is a cross-stitch of the Liberty Jail. It's very nice work and stands on an end table in the entryway.
Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, was P-day.
We spent the day doing laundry, vacuuming the apartment, unpacking, and more grocery shopping. I think we're done for awhile. We've been taking morning walks into the adjacent cemetery in the cool of the morning.
Friday, Sept 6, 2019 we had to attend a 7:50 training meeting (it'll be every Friday) learning how we missionaries can do a better job.
Friday night we watched President Russell M. Nelson's 95th Birthday celebration on our computer. Guest artists included Gentri, Donny Osmond, Jenny Oaks Baker with four of her children, The Bonner Family, and Nathan Pacheco. President Nelson's closing remarks were inspiring.
Saturday, Sept. 2019, we got another P-day (once every six weeks) so we decided to go to the Kansas City, Missouri Temple about 25 minutes up the road. It was a very nice Temple. It was erected in 2012.
However, after lunch I had repented. The line was long and continued to grow while we waited and then ate, but the pulled pork sandwich and banana cream pie were excellent. Amazingly, I didn't get anything on my white shirt.
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