Angela Thornton was here in Nauvoo about three weeks ago. She was an aid in my room with the kindergarten kids back when and we've been friends since. Her folks said they were here because she wanted to come. Angela suffers from allergies which cause her to have seisures. Hence she is not allowed to drive and has to be very careful what she does. She basically has to eat gluten free and I am not sure what else, but she seems to get along pretty good. We got to ride the carriage together one morning when I had a late work shift.
The hat, dress, and collar are what I wear when I am in the nightly play of "RENDEVOUS IN OLD NAUVOO". All the women in the cast wear similar clothing which also includes long pantaloons with ruffles on the bottom for the stage. The men wear white pioneer shirts with ribbon bow ties, vests, black pants and shoes.
Today we have been in Nauvoo 4 months. The time surely has flown by. The YPMs have gone home. The Pageant is over for another year and the crowds have dropped off dramatically. Today I was serving at the Brigham Young home. We had all of about eight tours, (groups that came to go through the house). That in comparison to two weeks ago when we were having fifty and up tours a day. Then the tours would be in numbers of 4 to 20. They gave out over 4000 cookies at the bakery in one week a month ago. Now the tours are mostly couples with an occasional family of more. We did have one school group of younger children this week they were from a YMCA. There was also one family reunion that had about 25 in their group.
Oh, and it is great to tell people about the early members here in the 1840's. Brigham Young was a hard sell when it came to conversion to the gospel. He read a Book of Mormon with difficulty because he had only had 11 days of formal schooling. But when he heard the missionaries he was sold. He then promptly traveled the 200 miles to meet the Prophet Joseph. He said when he met Joseph that he was everything a prophet should be and he never wavered after that unlike many others who joined early on.
By the way the Book of Mormon Brigham read was one left by Samuel Smith with Brigham's sister and also read first by his brother, Phineas. Samuel Smith, the first missionary ever to go, was the Joseph Smith's brother. He had gone on a mission back to the Eastern states and returned home feeling like he had totally failed as a missionary. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were fast friends and were baptized like almost the same day. You never know what will come of the work you do in spreading the gospel.
In September we will go back to shorter hours in the sites. Possibly we will have to make 3 play casts into 2 in Oct. because about then we lose over fifty people going home from their missions.
Next week several of the young sister missionaries leave to go home, their missions complete. A bit later like in October or so the remaining YSMs will leave and go "out bound" for the winter. They will be in a more typical missionary situation on their "out bound". When Spring comes they will come back to be with us for the tourist season.
Well, it is getting late. I better go to bed. Tomorrow is prep. day and my birthday. What should I do to celebrate?? I don't know. Tell ya later what we did.
G'Nite Love You All.
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