Caps

Once all the Smith Family fencing was installed, Elder Porter made all these caps to put on the posts around the cemetery.  

Once they were painted, the carpenter shop installed them.  We went back to the fence and did all the caulking and needed painting.  I'm so glad that project is done!  By the way, the fence looks  FANTASTIC!

Windows

These windows are in the Land and Records office.  The old one is on the right and the new one  on the left.  Elders Howard and Schmidt along with Lon Simpson constructed them last fall.

Jared painted them before I was even part of the paint crew.  I help move them into storage where they sat for almost a year.  My companion began installing eight windows last week and finished the project this week.  I'm quite impressed how great they look!

Mechams

Mark and Patsy Mecham left us in March but came back later to finish out their mission. He is a teamster.  She gave tours. 

They served as our zone leaders from last September until they left in March.  Such kind, gentle people.

We were informed that she was diagnosed with Covid-19.  They've only gone from Nauvoo for about 10 days so I surely hope she didn't get it before she left here.  

My Backpack

I bought this small backpack the first week we were here.  It holds snacks and water bottles and tissues and Ibuprofen and whatever else I need to have.

Last week, the magnetic clasp gave up.  I could not fix it any longer and it had to make it's way to the trash.  The interior was also held together with some duct tape so it really was time.  Goodbye old friend.  You served me well as I served the Lord!

 

Cambry House Painting Project

Last week we prepped and painted the Cambry house.  This is a place where the YPMs usually live.  Since they never had the opportunity to come this summer, YSMs were able to move in.  The house was yellow and we painted it green.  It's quite a large house with the original brick in the middle so the thought was that the green would camouflage it. 

When Jared went to spray next to the brick, we needed to hold up a shield to keep the paint off of the brick.  Sisters Odum and Chestnut did what they had to in order to keep the shield in place.

Sister Chestnut said it was like playing vertical Twister!

We were pleased with the result.

I'm not a fan of green but I have to admit that this color helps to minimize the size of this ginormous house.  Hopefully the green of the grass and trees will help hide it.

Engel House

We had an absolutely beautiful day on Wednesday.  It was very windy, but the temperatures were in the high 70's.  That was the day we went over to the Engle home where the Carlsons live.  We began preparing for the job of painting it.  

 Sister Odum and I began taping the windows and covering the A/C units and such.  When we had the east side complete and part of the south side, Jared showed up and we painted the first coat on the parts that were ready to go.  

On Thursday we had some very wild wind coming straight off of the Mississippi River and it was COLD!  We finished the first coat on the rest of the house and put the second coat on what was already painted.  Today we went back and painted the rest of the second coat.  Then all the plastic and paper came off and we cleaned up everything and went back to the shop.  

It looks so great!  Next week the Maxwell house.

My First Meme

I was very impressed with some of the things spoken at General Conference.  With so much emphasis on being prepared, this was my favorite quote from the entire weekend.

It's my first meme.