Week 47--July 12-18, 2020

Our outing this week was to the Shoal Creek Living History Museum which we went to last fall. The sisters dressed in period clothes for the outing. It was a fun morning with them.

Pictued: Sister Brock, Sister Kinikini, Sister Martin, Sister Kinne, Sister Burdge, Sister Anderson, Sister Randall, Sister Bates, Sister Greenwood, Sister Galbraith, and Sister Wilson.

 President and Sister Cannon

Tom and Garnalee pause at the flower garden of the mansion. The mansion was the last building reconstructed at the Living History Museum (1982). When they disassembled the building every brick was numbered. When they reassembled the building in its present location it took two years. The cost of such an effort depleted the funds, so it is unlikely that additional buildings will be added.
We make think putting together a jigsaw puzzle is hard but that was really hard. There are 21 buildings on the site.  We were only allowed to enter into the schoolhouse.  COVID has put a damper on lots of activities.

The Hibiscus in the garden at the mansion have huge blossoms.

 Tom and Garnalee pause for a break.

As you enter the area, you will pass a small herd of buffalo.  Sister Wilson asked us, "What did the father buffalo say to his boy as he left for college?     Bi-son!

Waiting for the Inn to open for our night's accommodations,.

We have been walking earlier in the morning before the cemetery opens so we have had to find new places to walk. One morning we walked behind the Bingham-Waggoner Mansion where the wagon trains traveled for the various trails heading west. The swales are the remains of the many wagons that traveled the road. Difficult to see in this photo, but the ruts left by the hundreds of wagons heading southwest out of Independence are clearly discernible even after 150 years.

Tom finished his cross stitch souvenirs for the sisters. They say "Missouri Area Historic Sites" with two sister missionaries.

 The 11 sisters were so excited to receive their souvenirs. (Because of their masks you can't see their big smiles.) Tom posed with the sisters after he handed them out.

Pictured: Sister Randall, Sister Kinikini, Sister Anderson, Sister Brock, Tom, Sister Greenwooe, Sister Bates, Sister Burdge, Sister Martin, Sister Galbraith, Sister Wislon, and Sister Kinne.






Part of the Friday morning training was for the sisters to share what they had learned about daily early life for first-generation Latter-day Saints. They covered the topics of Family Economy, Personal Health, Leisure, Travel, and Communication. It was a perfect lesson since they had the period clothes from Tuesday.

Pictured: Sister Wilson, Sister Martin, Sister Bates, Sister Galbraith, Sister Brock, Sister Anderson, Sister Kinikini, Sister Burdge, Sister Greenwood, Sister Randall, and Sister Kinne.

 This beauty was on the door at Liberty Jail for quite a while on Friday. We said even the moths want to come for a tour of the Jail but they aren't admitted either.

We were heart attacked on Saturday evening by the sisters in our building. They also brought us yummy cake pops and warm Chocolate Chip marshmallow bars. We love these sisters so much.

This sign appeared just recently on 23rd, and we pass it each time we go to Hy-Vee or Walmart. It says, :"Bring Your Book of Mormon to School and Work Day September 22nd." We were surprised when we saw it the first time. However, as we thought about the 19 different expressions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that are in Independence we shouldn't have been surprised.












We have members in one of the Wards in our Stake who was exposed to COVID, so all Church meetings are suspended until at least August 2nd.

We were in charge of the FHE on Monday night for all the senior couples.  We played Missionary Feud, an offshoot of Family Feud that Garnalee found online.  It was a lot of fun for everyone who attended.  The evening was also to honor Sister Cummings, the mission secretary, who will be going home next week.
Friday morning is FMTM (astutely abbreviated "Friday Morning Training Meeting")  It was our turn to present.  We reviewed Saints chapters 13-15.  It went very well and we were pleased with our presentation. It's been another good week!