All in a Days Work

 They had a special walk commemorating Joseph Smith from the Smith farm to the Hill Cumorah one morning at 7am. This was  a 3 mile journey in freezing rain that I opted out of but Elder Nagel wanted to go. A group of about 30 missionaries did the walk. Here they are at the top of the Hill.

 Elder Nagel, Our mission president, Pres. Francis, and Elder Jay, one of the other senior FM missionaries here. Elder Jay and his wife are leaving on Monday as their 18 months are complete.

 In Palmyra there is gift shop where this old truck is parked. It looked so cute with all the pumpkins and such that we had to stop and take a picture.

 This is the attic of the John Young house I spoke about in the letters. These boards were about 14 -16 inches wide and had to be sliced from a tree by hand. Makes me tired just thinking about it, and I thought power washing was hard.

 This is the roof of the cellar. You can see the painted tree half used in making the ceiling, or the floor for the above.

 Another shot of the basement ceiling and stonework. This house dates back to about 1800.

 This is one half of the Young house

 The other half on the other side of this road. I have no idea when or how it was split. I hope to find out and update you all.

 The stauncheons in the old barn below.

 Elder Nagel at the barn door.

 Here are some of the buildings we work from. This one is called the pole barn and houses the machine shop and tractor fixing junk. Elder Frost works in here mostly as I think he can fix anything.

 This is the back of Sister Frost looking up at the office we meet at each morning to get our assignments for the day.

 The small shed houses all the flamable stuff like gasoline cans. The larger behind it houses the plumbing and paint and garden department.

 This pond is where the water in the Pageant special effects is pumped from. No small distance up to the Hill for the summer shows.

 This building houses the wood shop and cleaning supply area as well as two bays used for washing vehicles. We search for light bulbs in this building.  There are many more buildings but these are the main ones.

 My favorite mode of transportation!

 Sometimes we have to use one of these two cars but I long for the cart.

 Here is our defacing of the monument. You can see the dark gray patch on the side. This was on all four sides.  Luckily there was a happy ending.

 Sister Frost makes these amazing homemade rolls. I will have to bribe her with something to get her to make us some.

 Elder Frost, Elder Nagel, and Elder Jay, the three FM Elders trying to get Nagel into a safety harness for his power washing work.

 Elder Frost drove the tractor and thats Bill up there in both of these shots.

 We had to keep moving the boards under the tractor so the grass wouldn't get ruined. This was the grunt work and I was the grunt. Holding the heavy wand and hose were no piece of cake for Bill either. Only Elder Frost had the sit down job. We teased him about this afterwards.

There is a wonderful store called Sauders that we like to go to when we are out in Fayette doing repairs. Here is Bill coming out of the store. It is a menonite store and they have the coolest stuff. Especially their candy which we have partaken of often. They also have wonderful seasonal vegetables from local farmers and all sorts of other sundry items. They are making a huge addition that will house a restraunt too come Spring.
We will keep the camera with us. Never know what we will be up to from one day to the next. Hope you all have as happy of days as we are. Love to all!