Nauvoo Dream: Week #21, 1

The month of May has begun and we have begun back at the temple with a new schedule. Tuesday is our P-day, although we did not get one this week. Needed extra help in the temple and we volunteered and were there.

So, the week will look like this until July:
Monday: Baptistry coordinators, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tuesday: P-day
Wednesday: Regular shift, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Thursday: Night, 3 - 9 p.m.
Friday: Morning, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday: Noon - 7 p.m.

The temple was busy during the week with all the new missionaries and the rest of them still helping in training and orienting them to the temple. We were guides for a wedding couple and enjoyed the opportunity of working with them and their family. She is from Illinois, he is from Texas, and they met at BYU-Ricks. The families were very nice.

We did laundry, cleaning, and shopping. There were doctor visits, haircuts, and scanning project. It was a good weather week with more sun than clouds. We did have a lot of wind but it slowed down as the week progressed. Today was beautiful and we have really enjoyed the sunshine and walking outside without sweaters.

Brother Shurts' house. It was a restaurant and they remodeled it. The rooms inside are large.

A temple view from the hairdresser's shop on Page Street.

As we were leaving shift on Friday, one of the incoming missionaries said they had eaten at a Mexican restaurant in Keokuk that was offering a Cinco de Mayo special of some dishes half off. I didn't realize our shift was extended two hours with the new schedule and had not brought a lunch so her words sounded really good. Off we went and enjoyed our meal of chimichangas and tacos.

We were back in Washington Branch today for church and happy to see the members and be in Primary. Some of the members said they missed us and wondered where we had been. We ended the day with Break The Fast at the Brown's. We had a great meal and good company and conversation.

Elder & Sister Brown, Denver, CO Temple. Elder & Sister Boehm, Sacramento, CA Temple. Elder & Sister Borrowman, Jordan River, UT Temple. Dad.

Temple Fact: The Prophet Joseph Smith and others who were involved in the building of the first Nauvoo temple took great care to make it a holy house for God. They wanted it to show their devotion and respect to the most high God, both inside and out. Even today in the building of temples great care is taken in the construction and furnishings to reflect devotion and respect to God. Heber C Kimball's journal entry of 16 May 1845 says: "We have one thing lacking in the House of the Lord, that is a stone in the west end for the superscription Holiness to the Lord." This idea was apparently discussed among the Twelve and the committee for that same day, Brigham Young wrote a letter to the temple architect directing him to place a stone in the west end of the Temple with the inscription 'Holiness to the Lord.' The instructions underwent further refinement for the full inscription ultimately read:

THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

built by

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

Commenced April 6th, 1841

Holiness to the Lord

From Home:

Eliza and their new dog, Otis.