Beneath the Wraps

             I was not the only one signed up to tour Nauvoo yesterday.   I thought we would see more of the city, but it was raining and thus we did not see much of the outside.   The tour covered only three houses. There was a set of missionaries for each house we saw. Those residing at the homes had names I was not even familiar with – nor did I have the correct spelling on the first and so had to look it up – though I still did not find many references for those residing in the first house. This first house belonged to William and Ester Gheens ( here ) The final pic shows the outside view.    They did not take us outside but did show a picture inside - just behind the yellow door (from above) standing in the kitchen of the Gheens home Behind the tree is the Nauvoo Temple. The second house we saw was that of William and Caroline Weeks ( here ).   The ceilings are quite low and everything looked so small - like we wer...

           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 t...