The timing of this Service Project was unique. We had one day, when all of the missionaries were available - that was Saturday morning before Conference. Camp Nauvoo is owned and run by the Community of Christ (RLDS). One woman tries to maintain it and it needed a lot of work. We came at 7 am and divided into crews - actually, we formed crews with Crew Chiefs the week before so that we wouldn't waste any time. One group cleared a path to a beautiful old oak tree. The Community of Christ church want to make a chapel out of the setting. Another crew went into the cedar groves and picked up fallen branches and put them into piles. One of our ranchers, Brother Rees, drove the tractor with the trailer to gather the piles and haul them to the burn pile. Another crew got week whackers which we borrowed from the FM group to whack around the cabins, tree bases etc. Another group pruned trees so that the grass could be mowed with a riding mower and not get the driver in the face. Another group hung curtains in the cabin windows (the sewing crew prepared them ahead of time). Another group tightened the bolts on all the wood benches and made repairs where needed. Finally, the Holbrooks brought doughnuts and milk. We were finished in an hour and a half and very pleased with the results. Wayne and I were in charge of this project and we had never done anything like this before.
