Sunday, September 27, 2015

Missionary Moments #56--Sept 27, 2015

This was a week of much joy for us.  Bill and Bev arrived in port on Saturday and we spent the next seven days enjoying their great company and learning much from both of them. Hearing their mission stories was wonderful.  We did many of the usual tourist things going up to Vermont, over to Maine, and around New Hampshire before heading down to Boston to attend the Temple and then over to Cape Cod where we spent a night at the Ocean Mist Motel where we had stayed with Andy and Angela.  Thanks to Andy and Angela we knew the perfect seafood restaurant and they enjoyed a big plate of fried clams!  We walked up and down the beach collecting shells and some other interesting creatures and just soaked in the serenity of the ocean.  We finished our time together by climbing aboard a tour bus in downtown Boston and learned the history of the area. It was hard to say good-bye but we have already planned our next trip together after we get home!

It may sound funny but the highlight of the week for us was taking them to the archives where we worked together for a good part of the day.  Each week we download everything we captured for the week and we then send the shuttle off to Salt Lake for them to evaluate and then make a disk for the New Hampshire archives.  While I was working on that Scott worked with Bill and Bev prepping documents.  Once everything was ready for Salt Lake I brought in Bev and set her up at the camera and had her taking pictures of documents.  She was a natural and was moving the documents through quite quickly.  After lunch Bill got a chance on the computer as well.  I think Bev enjoyed the camera work as much as I do but Bill who loves history loved opening and reading the old documents.  The records they were working on were from the 1830s.  We finished the day in Nashua at the Chick-fil-a because we love eating there!  

Last night Scott and I watched the Women's Conference on the computer.  It was wonderful of course, and when the choir sang it reminded me of when Rachel was in the choir that sang for the Young Women's conference.  Cathy and I were able to go and see her.  I emailed Rachel afterwards and told her about my memories and she wrote back to tell me that she and several of her friends were in the conference center last night for the conference.  I was so glad she is taking advantage of all the wonderful experiences that are available while she is going to school in Salt Lake City.  Have a great week! 

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