Missionary Moments #46--July 19, 2015

What a great week we had with the opportunity to see the Hill Cumorah pageant in Palmyra, New York.  It was nothing like we had seen before and in spite of the rain that fell most of the day the weather cleared in time for us to enjoy a wonderful pageant highlighting the stories of the Book of Mormon and the restoration of the gospel.  We headed for Albany, New York on Monday after work where we spent the night before continuing on to Palmyra.  We had been to the area many years ago but I was surprised to see how much it had grown since that time. While there we did a tour of the original Grandin Printing Company where the Book of Mormon was originally printed which was very interesting.  I took pictures to share but unfortunately we lost our camera while in New York.  The pageant had over 700 people performing and the costuming and the stage built in front of the Hill Cumorah was awe inspiring.  It was nice having an opportunity to spend time with Phil and Penny and the girls.  They left for home on Thursday and we got back into our routine at work.  It is amazing to realize we are fast approaching the end of the probate records for Rockingham County.  Last week as I was opening up the files I found one for a John Duncan in Derry and was excited because I thought he might be one of our Duncan relatives.  I wrote all the information down about him and then researched him on Family Search that evening but couldn't find any relationship between our line and his. Yesterday Scott and I went to the Boston Temple.  We took Sister Villalobos with us.  It was her first time to go and she was so excited.  Afterwards we went to lunch at Chili's which is nearby. While we were eating a man brought his two boys over to meet us because they saw our missionary badges and wanted to say hello.  Their family was from North Dakota farther northwest of where Ben and Becky live.  It was nice to talk to them for a few minutes. It is hard to believe that time is moving so quickly and fortunately it has been filled with many wonderful opportunities for which we are grateful.  We were invited to have dinner on Friday with the Knowlton's who live in Northfield, NH which is about 15 minutes northeast of us.  He has been recovering from open heart surgery and some complications afterwards.  It is wonderful to realize that we have friends wherever we go because we have the Church.  I suspect that the Arizona and California Duncan's are getting ready for school to start in a couple of weeks. They don't start here until the end of August and we will be glad because many of our students in Sunday School have been gone for vacation.  We miss them!   Have a great week everyone.