The Scoop from Nauvoo

Hello from Nauvoo,

Today is Sunday.  The pageants ended last Saturday.  This week the place sorta feels like the wind is going out of it, like when you let the air out of a balloon.  There were thousands of people here just last week and now they are not coming.  Only family reunions and youth groups and by twos and fours.  In a way it is a relief and in another way it is kind of like the day after Christmas.

Tuesday early morning the Young performing missionaries fly out of St. Louis to destinations all over the country having finished their four month mission here.  We will sorely miss them.  They have become like extra grandkids to us.  They are amazing.  They are practicing or performing like 12 hours a day. They dance and sing and act. Or in the case of the band they play all day for different things in different places. Most of the YPMs play more than one instrument and sing and/or dance. Elder Davis for example plays violin, piano, trumpet, clarinet, sings, dances, etc, etc.  On the other hand some of them come not knowing how to sing or maybe they don't  dance that well and they learn here so fast because the Lord is helping them and they are working so hard.

Our tour hours at the sites will become shorter soon.  We are however losing missionaries as they go home so there won't be as many of us here to do the work.  We will have to double up on some things.  Soon there will only be enough for 2 casts to perform Rendevous, our nightly play put on by senior missionaries. We will be in it more often for that reason.  This summer there have been 3 casts putting on Rendevous each 2 nights a week. The play is every night but Sunday.

Received letters from Lisa's kids yesterday in the box with my prescriptions and a bag of yummie black licorice from Idaho Drug. You are welcome to send letters and packages any time.  Address

Sister Tamara Boyle
P.O. Box 215
Nauvoo, Illinois 62354

Love you,
Sis. B. (Grandma Tamara)