We could hear a brass band and some drums from our
kitchen window this morning. We walked out the front
door to see - right down the street - the "Young Performing
Missionaires" here for their first day performing in Nauvoo.
They walk around the streets of old Nauvoo and through
all the sites here in the flats where all the old restored homes
are. They are all 18 to 25 years old. They had to audition
and be selected for their singing and dancing.
What an inspiration they are. So happy to be here performing.
One of the girls Patty talked to is just home from her full time
mission to Spokane. Can you believe that! We didn't know
her from Spokane, but what a darling she is.
They perform in a couple of plays as well as walking around
making people happy. They also go to Carthage for some
performances.
The reason this works so well for the Church is really kinda
basic to me. They have a testimony of Jesus Christ. They want
to please Him. They want to touch hearts.
To me this is why a restored village wouldn't work for the
world. They would all want to be paid and some would say
'you cannot pay me enough to do that all summer long!'
But we say, we will do that, and we will pay our own way.
Because He asks us to bring peace and happiness to others.
Exactly! Plus I think a bit (or a lot!) of the feeling of the folks who first lived there still lingers and you can't help but feel inspired by that. I truly felt that in Iowa City. So many hardships for members in one tiny college town (ourselves included!) and we just had to think about who was there long ago, building handcarts and the hardships they had and we could lean on that strength to get us through our own hard times.
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