I don’t know what platform is currently being used by stake. There have been several complaints coming from our ward but I don’t know if it’s like that for all wards. Recently three of the wards have been upgraded. We are among the four that receive not-so-great viewing options. Last week seemed fine, but we did have lots of interference yesterday. We also had lots of rain. So I suppose the weather interfered with – I’m guessing Frontier though I had suspected it had gone out of business as it is awful.
We heard the opening hymn four times
intermingled with Mormon Tabernacle Choir who were vibrant and definitely
easier to hear. I had the volume up as
loud as it would go. We heard the
opening prayer three times.
Announcements twice. And the
first part of Elder Miller’s talk. And
then it reverted back and I finally turned it off. But Jenna and I wanted to hear the rest of
Elder Miller’s talk and so I signed in again.
We heard the end. Nothing in the
middle.
The high counselor made a joke about the “dry council” as it was called when we were growing up. He wasn’t dry, but his deliverance somehow didn’t appeal to me and I lost track of the message. We turned it off as Roland blessed and passed the sacrament. And then I tried signing into Relief Society.
RS and SS use zoom. Sunday School works great but RS and the Priesthood have different Zoom ID's seem to compete. At first I could only hear bits and pieces of the priesthood and then I
couldn’t hear at all – though I wasn’t the only one with issues. I could also hear another who had signed on
and couldn’t hear. We both ended up
signing out and back in again. It was
about fifteen minutes before I got sound.
I could see seven aside the instructor but guessed there were at least
three more as I could hear sisters I recognized by voice but did not have a
view of them.
My next stop was St. George – which worked
the best of the three. Elder Cooper
showed me around Brigham Young’s winter home starting at the rear of the house.
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| though I was shown this hallway to begin with, we did not use the stairs until the end of the tour - they had been put in as part of the tour and not part of the original house |
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| he referred to this as a "Mormon Couch" which can be used as a bed |
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| He said that this was called a flat grand piano |
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| The floors and much of the furniture is made out of white pine -though all have an appearance of something else |
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| he said the two framed drawings are original to the house; the dishes are original to the Young Collection but not a part of the winter house in St. George |
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| this is the kitchen. A hired helper roomed above the kitchen |
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| another view of the kitchen and pantry through the door |
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| though the stove is not the original the chair is |
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| these are the stairs between the kitchen and the hired hands' room; short skinny steps. Not roomy at all |
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| Amelia Young's bedroom; she never bore children |
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| bedroom of Brigham Young. Some original pieces - mostly copies. I was most interested in the dresser which my tour guide referred to as a trunk. He said that each of the drawers are numbered as the dimensions were of different sizes. |
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| the cane on the bed is one that Brigham Young used |
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| we spent a few minutes outside as he walked around and back; pay attention to the white bench |
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| He referred to this as an office which I understood was not built until after the dedication of the St. George Temple |
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| As we walked inside Elder Cooper said the dedicatory prayer of the temple had not been recorded and so the officials would use this office to write down the prayer so that they would have it |
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| The benches are originals but NOT to the house or office. They were a part of the 4th floor in the St. George Temple but were removed as the forth floor in temples (I think he said there were five of them) is no longer used |
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| This shows behind the office. The colors on house match original coloring |
When the tour was near its end and
after I had thanked him, a group of four entered the gate and Elder Cooper let
him know that the inside is for virtual touring right now but he would be happy
to show them around outside and answer any questions. Perhaps I should have stayed and listened but
chose to sign off so that he could devote his attention to them.
If
you would like to take a virtual tour in one of St. George historic sites click here to set up a
time.
