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Harvey's Bakery

 Today we decided to have an adventure closer to home and it began in Dover, New Hampshire just 28 miles east of Concord.  One of the sister missionaries in Concord told us that if we went to Dover we had to go to the Harvey's Bakery.  One of the best bakeries ever!  On her recommendation we headed over and stopped in for some hot chocolate and fresh pastry.  Great decision.  The pastry was wonderful but more important the service was exceptional.  As we sat and ate our treats Scott said to me that although the food was really good, the way the woman who waited on us made us feel was even better.  It was nice of her to give us her time but what we won't forget was her kindness and enthusiasm.

Harvey Mitchel Memorial Library

 From Dover we headed over to Exeter.  We
wanted to see the downtown area since we had
only been to the Church for the mission conference.  Since Exeter is the county seat of Rockingham County we see so many documents that originated there so we were curious to see the local courthouse and managed to find it as well as numerous other interesting buildings around the town.  We finished our exploring in Epping which is just a few miles up from Exeter.  This week when I was doing document prep I came across a folder that involved a trust set up by a very generous man to keep the library in Epping funded for many years after he was gone.  I decided that we should see if we could find this library.  We did!         

As we were driving home after our joyful journey I thought about the sweet woman (who was probably in her late 70s) who gave us her time and her kindness.  I then thought about the wonderful man who left behind his legacy of books to the people of Epping long after he was gone. The scripture in Matthew 25:40 came to my mind, "...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."  It doesn't matter if it is a few kind words and sincere interest in someone or if it is a generous trust that would finance a library in the small town of Epping for many years--it is the same and it makes all the difference.