A Fun Time!!

Saturday- March 8, 2014
This evening we had a Girls Night Out at Sister Ballard's home with our friend Melanie.  We ate and laughed and enjoyed our time together.  Here is a picture, we just love Melanie.

            The Two Sister Missionaries from the Des Moines Mission and Sister Harris and Melanie..
 We hope someday she will want to read the Book of Mormon and come to church with us, she is so special to us.

A Sad Day!!

Friday- March 7, 2014
This was the Harris' first Early Morning Farewell Breakfast that we were in charge off, it started at 7:00 am. Elder Harris conducted the Breakfast and Program.   It is so sad when so many Missionaries leave the Mission Field.  Here are some of the Missionaries that are leaving.

Elder & Sister Hansen

Sister & Elder Germer- So Musical !!

            

Left- Upper- Sister & Elder Boyle, and to the right upper- Sister & Elder Reidhead, Left picture Sister & Elder Monney.

                                        Dr. or Elder Miller and his wife are also leaving

This is the St. Patrick Decoration on the tables.

Sister Owen, Sister Murray, Sister McCann, Sister Jones 

These Missionaries are staying on their mission until Aug, Sept, and Oct.

                                            Sister and Elder White

Elder and Sister Gneiting

                                            Sister Excell  her husband his somewhere

Sister Hoen, Sister Davis, and Sister Redd

Here the Missionaries that are leaving are doing their Good-Bye skit. Then we sing our Farewell Song and that's when it gets hard when we all wave Good-Bye.

The Month of March

Saturday-  March 1, 2014
Today is just another day to serve in the Sites.  We get done at 4:00 pm.  We have a lot of people coming to the Sites now because of Spring Vacations in  many States.  It is a lot more fun when people are here in Old Nauvoo.  Elder Harris took some pictures of the Mississippi River as it is thawing out from the frozen winter.

                               This is showing snow on the ice of the Mississippi River.

I couldn't believe how fast the Mississippi River thawed.  It only took about 3 warm days and it was very frozen all the way acrossed to Montrose.  Two months ago a father and his son walked all acrossed the Mississippi River and back to Nauvoo.  They came to Carthage so proud of what they had done telling us about it.  If they would have been caught they would have had a fine of about 1800 hundred dollars for doing that.  Now as we watch the river moving they could have fallen in and  drowned, scary thought.

Sunday- March 2, 2014

We had church meetings at 8:00 am through 11:00 am.  Then we have choir practice and then at noon we have our Zone Leadership Meeting every Sunday.  In the evening it was Zone Conference at 7:00 pm but our slideshow is at 6:30 pm.  It was a great day...

Monday- March 3, 2014

We had our our Rendezvous tonight.  We did Jed & Annie and felt like we are getting better at it. 

Tuesday- March 4, 2014

Every Tuesday Night at 6:00 pm Sister Harris learns how to clog to do this in the Sunset summer program on the outside stage.  At 6:30 pm we practice our other songs so when the new missionaries come we can help them learn the songs in the "Sunset by the Mississippi" program.  Here are some pictures from last year,2013

                                 Elder & Sister Scott our friends waiting for the program to start.

Sister Harding was in the MTC and went home after 6 Months.  Her husband was a teamster.

 The Nauvoo Brass Band playing before the program starts. Everyone that wants to dance gets up and dances but Elder Harris is always down in the audience to carry the flag. so I never get to dance.

The Missionary couples dancing before the program starts.

Here is Elder Harris walking with the flag at the beginning of the program.

                                                 Elder Harris walking up the stairs.

                                            Elder Harris is Posting the American Flag.

                   This young performing mission is leading all the children in a Marching Band.

                                                                             

     This sister was my good friend and the Elder has family in Blanding, the Lymans.  They are both in the Nauvoo Brass Band for the summer.  They are going to lead the children in the Marching Band.

                       Here are some other Nauvoo Brass Band going on the March in the Parade.

                                                             More of the band.

Here are some sisters getting ready march in the Parade.

The young performing Missionaries in the Marching Children's Parade.

Here they are marching around in the audience.

Helping the children use there band instruments after the march.  They stay on the stage as we sing the National Anthem.                                    

                                       Sister Harris & other Sisters singing " Hello Everybody"

 

                                                               The end of the opening song.

 These three Young Performing Missionaries do this really fun song about how to get ride of flying bugs.  They spray mosquito spray as they are singing.

The Young Performing Missionaries doing " The Audition."

Slow Motion!!!

This is so cute to watch this part in slow motion.  The different Missionaries will do "The Audition" 

all in there own way.  It is the funniest part of the program. These youth here I think are the best group and you laugh so hard that your side aches. 

Wednesday- March 5, 2014

We have our 8:00 am Training Meeting.  The Mission Presidency are teaching Mission Rules and distractions.  President Chynoweth taught this training. It was really good.

Thursday- March 6, 2014

Well today is our Preparation Day and I had a hair appointment then later in the day I practiced our song for the Relief Society Re-enactment for March 15th. Then we gave Sister Hoen the Stake House key so her cast to get the tables decorated for the Early Friday morning Breakfast.  We will eat at 7:00 am.  Then in the evening we did our Rendezvous. Our days seem to be full all the time.

The end of the month-Feb. 2014

Thursday- Feb. 27, 2014
Today is our Preparation Day so we try to go to the Nauvoo Temple.  We usually shop for food.  We try to clean the house and do our washing and then we are tired but we have to run and do Rendezvous tonight.  So you can see I'm behind in my blogging.  I am trying to catch up on my journal in the blog.

Friday- Feb. 28, 2014
Today I served in the John Taylor's home.  I served with a new sister since I have moved back in Nauvoo, Sister Thurston.  We had so much fun serving together and sharing the tours.  When we weren't busy we practiced our Clarinet polka and I finally learned how it goes. Elder Harris and I will be doing the Clarinet Polka this summer in "Sunset by the Mississippi."  I just love John Taylor's home so it was a great-------- day.

Susan Easton Durrant's talk

Tuesday- Feb. 25, 2014
Her talk was about Nauvoo---
        It was first called Venus then Commerce then Nauvoo.  Brigham Young called Nauvoo the City of Joseph after his death.  And to honor him he finished 2 brick homes, Wilford Woodruff's home and Heber C. Kimball's home.   He finished building there brick homes in honor of Joseph. He also finished other buildings and the Nauvoo Temple to Honor Joseph. This was all done before the Exodus in April, 1846. Brigham Young just loved Joseph and he always knew he was a Prophet of God and he knew the Book of Mormon was the Word of God.  I want you all to know how much I love Joseph Smith and I also believe that he was a Prophet of God and I know that the Book of Mormon is a true record of God.

Wednesday- Feb/ 26, 2014
We had our Wednesday Training Meeting this morning at 8:00 am.  Elder and Sister Monney taught it and it was really good.  They are one of the greatest couple missionary that are serving here in Nauvoo.

I served in the Pendleton Log School today with Sister Hansen.  She will be going home at the end of March.  So her husband took some pictures of us together.  This will show you what it looks like inside and their is a picture on the fireplace so you can see what Calvin Pendleton look's like.

In the first part of the house is Calvin Pendleton's home.  It shows how he loved to use herbs and to prevent sickness with the herbs.  This is two sites in one because it also has the Log School House in the back.  It is a very small building.  Sister Hansen is an awesome sister I just love serving with her.
Here are some pictures of me in the Log School House in the back.

                                        We ring the bell when we start school.

They were taught to read phonetically.  This is the way I was taught to read, sound it out.  We could say Joseph with an (F) it would be easier.  It is fun to have visitors say the words as we hold up the cards.   Some are really hard but when you sound them out it works, you can read the words.

This is math we do on the slate, modern I Pad, I call it.  There are 2500 homes built in Nauvoo.  Calvin was never a school teacher but he was a strong believer in education because when we leave this life that is what we take with us.

Thursday- Feb. 27, 2014
It was our Preparation Day so we try to go to the Nauvoo Temple every time.  It is so beautiful in the Temple.  Elder Harris found some of his families that need Temple work done so we have been trying to get it done.  It has been really special.

Friday- Feb. 28, 2014
This is the last day of the Month and Sister Thurston and I served at John Taylor's home.  I just love this home.  When we weren't busy we practiced our Clarinet Polka dance that we are going to do at "Sunset by the Mississippi this summer."  Elder Harris promise we could do it this summer and he is already trying to back out of doing it.

Happy Days for two Birthdays in the same family.

Thursday- Feb. 20, 2014
   Happy 7th Birthday today for our Granddaughter Charity Jo Christensen.

This is what Charity Jo bought with her money that Grandpa & Grandma Harris sent her for her 7th Birthday.    Charity that is really a cute outfit you got.  You are growing up so fast just keep smiling your a cutey.  We love you from the Nauvoo Mission.

  These four sisters and I started today practicing the song "Miracles."   We are doing a lot of practicing on this song to sing on March 15, 2014 for the Relief Society Re-enactment.  We sing the song at the top floor of the Red Brick Store. I am really excited because this will be once in a life time event.
The sites at this time are very slow but I sure enjoy the sisters here in Nauvoo.

Saturday- Feb. 22, 2014
Well Matt Christensen has a Birthday today and he is 41 years old.  We hope you have a great day on your Birthday Matt.  They come and go so fast, don't they.

Sunday- Feb. 23, 2014
Well we go to church at 8:00 Am and all our meetings.  At 12:00 noon we have our Zone Leadership Meeting every Sunday at this time.  We plan Training Meetings at this Zone Meeting and try to organize this month of what we're doing with the Missionaries.

Tonight we had a Sociable about Carthage Visitor Center & Jail.   Elder and Sister Ballard were in charge of the Sociable.  It was really good and everyone enjoyed the program as they learned about the story of the Martyrdom.    We loved serving at the Carthage Visitor Center and Jail there is such a wonderful spirit that is in the Carthage Jail.  We hope that they will send us back once in a while to serve there again.