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| Buck's |
We started out the week, as usual, with prep day on Monday. Our prep day will change to Saturday beginning in June. We set out for Rawlins after our
morning correlation meeting. We hit
Walmart, City Market, O’Reilly Auto and wanted to do the prison museum, but it
closed early. Our lunch was at Buck’s
Restaurant as it was highly recommended by other missionaries. It was good food. Hamburger, barbecue pork
sandwich, homemade potato fries and sweet potato fries …filling, delicious and
full of calories.
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| Mr. Sand Man |
Tuesday, Sister Smart welcomed and showed 4th
graders around the historic sight. Elder
Smart was assigned to fill sandbags.
Sister Smart joined him in filling more sandbags, for the
afternoon. We both found we had muscles
we did not know existed and they were sore.
[Have we said that this is a working mission?]
Wednesday was more sandbags
for us and a couple of other couples. It was only ½ day of filling them and we
drove the rover to transport the bags part of the time. Much lighter day than the sand bagging on Tuesday. In the afternoon we were trained to be “outfitting leaders”. This means we will greet trek
groups when they drive in, help them park in the correct places, get them
organized with their handcarts, share the stories of Fort Seminoe, take them to
the Trek Center where we will show them a short video about the handcart
pioneers and then tell them other stories that are heart touching. We will then send them on their way to
Martins Cove. Elder Smart may help them
cross the river. Our first day doing
this will be next week. We think it
might be fun and interesting.
Thursday we woke up to 5 inches of snow on our porch. We were both assigned to work with the 4th
grade school groups. They were coming
from Casper and our office secretary called the school at about 9:00 a.m. to see
if they were still coming because it was still
snowing. We were told “yes”. We waited for them and they did not show. We
called them again at about 10:45 am and they said that they decided to cancel,
but for some reason they failed to notify us.
We changed out of our pioneer clothes and put on our work crew
clothing. It was still snowing and the
snow was very wet. We all had our eyes
on the rising Sweet water River behind us.
The parking area was beginning to flood.
Puddles appeared all over the lawns.
In the afternoon we had our missionary interview with President Pace and
his wife. It was a get to know you
interview. Guess we passed since we’re
still here. The snow was still coming
down and so we went home to our trailer.
It was cold because the electricity had been off all day. That means all water is also off since the
well pumps are run by electricity. They
got the electricity back on, about 5:00 p.m. It was still snowing when we went
to bed.
Friday we had the late shift at the Visitor’s Center. We both were really excited to sleep in one
day. I am sure someone up there was
looking down laughing at us as we got a call from Elder Scussel, Thursday night
asking Elder Smart to be his companion to ride with him to Sixth Crossing to do
some training for the missionaries there.
He had to be on his way by 7:30 a.m.
The Sixth Crossing Visitors’ Center is nearly an hour away. No sleeping in! Sister Smart stayed home and got some laundry
and cleaning done. Elder Smart got home
just in time for us to go to the visitor’s center for our shift. We both love working there. Elder Smart it getting a reputation for his
great ability to share and teach at the visitor’s center. He knows the story and the history and has a
deep testimony of all of it and he shares this with those that come to the
center. Friday he was able to give two
people copies of the Book of Mormon and received one referral from a member couple. He is on fire!
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| Would You Like to Know More? |
Saturday it was our honor to do RRA (rah rah) again. If you have forgotten that means Rest Room Attendants.
It may have been a good assignment because all male missionaries that did not
have another assignment were put to work in the mud, building barricades and
putting sand bags in place. We are
flooding in some areas. Is RRA better
than flood prevention?
J
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| Elder Smart Driving Our RRA (rah rah) Vehicle |
This week we had a Canadian Youth trek group come. They arrived Friday morning. Their campsite
was covered with water. We opened our barn
and trek center and sewing center for their sleeping bags. Having so many using the bathrooms in the
sewing center caused the sewer lines to back up. Stinky mess!
By Saturday everyone was fixing toilets, moving sandbags, transporting
sand, and digging things out all day. I
think we had the best deal doing the bathroom cleanings. The youth trek group helped fill sandbags. It was a day to remember.
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| This is our parking lot and gas the vehicle spot |
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Everyone Pitched in ...
Sister Pace (President's Wife) in the Back.
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| Dennis Hullinger |
Elder Smart had an old neighborhood friend from Tooele stop
by, Dennis Hullinger. Sister Smart
remembered teaching some of his kids. Aaron Smart spent a summer at BSA Camp Steiner with one of his sons. You all know how much Elder Smart likes to reminisce with old friends.
As you can see it is never a dull moment here. Believe it or not, we love it!! There is such a good feeling here and so many
good people. We feel the Lord’s spirit
with us lots. We know that he will be
blessing our families. This gives us
comfort.
Love, Dad and Mom, Paul and Annie, Elder and Sister Smart
PS We told people we would post our phone number on this blog. Most of you have it already, but here it is in case you need it. 307-377-1548
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Elder Smart and Sister Smart (foot) Watching a
DVD Movie on Our Laptop |
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| Eating Lunch in the Barn |
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| Flooded Sweet Water River |
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