There Is Work Enough to Do, Ere the Sun Goes Down

"God has work for all his children, regardless of age or ability." 

                                                                           Amish proverb

 Training Day on Rovers - Elder & Sister Bagby,

Elder & Sister Crabtree, Elder Holdaway, Elder Brown

 Sister Starr at Base

 Elders Brunner, Crabtree, Francom, Billings, Coon - trekking

Sisters Davis, Francom, Pratt, Shepard - painting the wagon

 Sisters Ohm, Haacke, Onstine, Varty -

prepared to take out school groups

 Sisters Minnick & Barrett - painting benches in the campground

Sisters Francom & Brunner painting benches in campground

with 7 Elders in the background building fence.

President Bush at MHHS

We couldn't believe it when President George W. Bush recently came to Mormon Handcart Historic Sites!  We put a missionary badge on him and clicked this photo.

...Just kidding. This is Elder Stockamp who is serving at Willie Sixth Crossing site.  But at first glance, don't you think he looks like President Bush!

Martin's Cove

President Gordon B. Hinckley made this statement about this location.

"We hope that a spirit of peace and reverence and sacred remembrance will hover over this whole area as a beneficent cloud on a hot summer day, and that those who here perished will not have died in vain.  I make a plea, go in a spirit of reverence and respect and know that you are walking on hallowed ground."  (May 3, 1997)

Trail Sites & Scripts

The last few days we've had extensive training at the numerous trail sites that will become our weekly work locations.  There are stories and pioneer experiences that are shared at each location.  Our wonderful trainers (who are here for their 2nd year) took us by "rover" to all these sites and shared the stories that we'll be learning and soon sharing ourselves.  It was a fun and informative day.  Two days later we "trekked" to all these sites and actually walked the trails and Martin's Cove where our youth trekkers and visitors will be walking.  To follow are some photos of these two training days:

Gathering at the "Homestead" for our rover travel training

Receiving instruction at the Sweetwater

Windy Sweetwater crossing

Rovers on the trail

Trekking to the Cove

Missionaries at the base of the Cove

Trekking into the Cove

At the top of the Cove

View across the valley