Condo #35

We arrived in Nauvoo on June 10, 2019 to begin our service in the Illinois Nauvoo mission.  We were assigned to live in Condo #6.  After all the renovation it is now #35.  It was a great place to live with wonderful neighbors who have changed a lot since we arrived. 

The kitchen was roomy enough to get things done.  A garbage disposal and a dishwasher which are things I've never had.  The biggest problem was that there was only one drawer.  Everything I would put into drawers had to be housed elsewhere.  The other problem was the table.  A small one which could fit four around but not enough room to put people, dishes and food. 

The bedroom was large enough.  We had only one dresser so I hung a lot of my clothing that I wouldn't otherwise hang.  We both used our bottom drawers of our night stands for clothing.

The closet was large enough for most of our things.  Elder hung a lot of his things not used on a regular basis in the extra bedroom closet.  There were two problems with the room.  The first was that the electricians forgot to put an outlet on my side of the bed.  The other problem was larger.  The heating and cooling system was a heat pump which was just outside our window and was very loud.  When it started up it sounded like a jet engine.  It did a good job keeping up in the summer but in the winter it could never keep the place warm enough.  Thank goodness there was a wall heater that was our major heat source.

I really enjoyed our livingroom.  The window had southern exposure which I always prefer.  All the furniture and appliances were brand new.  We purchased a cheap area rug as I knew the floors would be very cold in the winter.  And they were!  The couch had recliners on both ends which was really nice.

We moved the book shelf into the living room and put our television on it.  I used the rest of the shelves to put family photos.  We also brought several pieces of art from home so our place would feel more like ours.  Notice the wall heater behind the chair.

A small hallway with bedrooms on both ends.  The bathroom in the middle and a nice linen closet just to the right.  I kept a lot of things in that closet.

We used the extra bedroom as an office and exercise room.  We had to rearrange things when we had visitors.  Still, it was really nice to have the extra space.

The bathroom was quite small but very functional.  

It was a great place to live for half of our mission.  There are 12 condos and there were five with FM missionaries and the other seven had site/temple missionaries.  In the summer, there were pageant people who lived in some of them.  I loved living there and it felt like home.  I will miss the close proximity of the other couples.