It Feels Like Home Week #25

This is the week that the last of all the missionaries that are not staying for the winter went home.  The 6 other couples left, including the President and his wife, will become our family for the winter.  They are all wonderful people and we feel blessed to be apart of this group.  The beauty  and peace of this place is growing on us.  It feels like home.

Monday was Prep day and we took off for Casper again to get some shopping done.  Sister Smart dropped Elder Smart off at the Family History Center in Casper while she went shopping.  We had lunch at Sherrie's Restaurant with Elder and Sister Taylor and then we drove back to the homestead for FHE.

Sister Honey Catching the Snake

Elder Honey Dressing the Doll

We had a fun  relay for FHE.  We had to shoot the rubber band gun, dress the pioneer doll, throw the horseshoes, thread the needle, catch the snake, and wash and hang up the scarf.  The Sisters played against the  Elders.  Of Coarse the Sisters won.  Elder Smart was the only one to get all 3 of his horshoes in the bucket and all 4 of his rubber bands in the box.





On Tuesday we were assigned Visitors' Center in the morning and we were assigned to clean the inside of the fleet of trucks owned by the Church and operating at Martin's Cove Homestead, in the afternoon.

Some of the Fleet of Trucks We Washed Inside.
This Includes the Water Tank Truck on Left Back
and the Dump Truck on the Right

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday we spent all day in the office.  One of Sister Smart's office duties is to prepare the work assignment and correlation assignments sheet for all the missionaries.  This takes balancing and organization to make sure the assignments are fair and equal.  This is last week's assignent sheet.

Sister Bowden Works in the Office Next to Us
She Schedules Treks

Thursday we were on work crew in the morning and Visitors' Center in the afternoon.  Elder Smart was asked to cut and grind some conduit and Sister Smart worked with two other sisters to clean out the dead flies in some of the cabins around the site.  The welcome post, base, handcart parking and veil crossing are where the cabins were located.

Elder Smart Working in the Metal Shop

Sister Smart Ready to Sweep the
Cabin At Handcart Parking

On Friday we took a fun hike straight up the mountain not far from the homeastead.  Sister Smart joined the crazy adventure. 

Sister Smart on Top of the Mountain
at Rattlesnake Pass Near the Homestead

We had a surprise visit from Paul's 2nd Cousin, Julie Major on Saturday.

Julie Major, Her Friend and Mother at the top of Martin's Cove

Empty Camp Ground (No Missionary Trailers) at Missionary Village

Other Side of Missionary Village Camground.
The only trailers There are the Permanant Ones
of Which We Used to Reside

We celebrated our 7th anniversary on October 21. We didn't do much for our anniversary except watch BYU lose another game😏.

Not sure how the weather is where our family and friends are, but the winds are blowing like crazy here!

We are so happy to be able to serve at such a special place.  We have a strong testimony of the gospel. We enjoy serving in the Lord's Kingdom.

Love,

Grandma and Grandpa, Mom and Dad, Paul and Annie, Elder and Sister Smart