Coat Project - January 2012

We found out that the poor children in Ft. Madison, Iowa were not coming to school because they didn't have coats. The Rees', our service project coordinators, contacted Humanitarian Aid and they sent 6 bags of coats to the Salvation Army. We went to their office and sorted them by gender and size, then packed boxes to deliver to the school district. It was fun and we got it all done in about an hour. The left-over coats (not for school children) stayed with the Salvation Army so that they could distribute them as needed.

Snow in Nauvoo

How do we like winter? It is beautiful. Here is the temple and here is one of the little missionary houses.

More eagles

We have friends with better cameras and they shared these pictures with us.

Eagles

We are seeing a lot of American Bald Eagles. The Mississippi River is a migratory path for water fowl. The eagles are here during January and February and it is fun to see them. This guy was sitting pretty, waiting for me to take his picture. He's very big and was very high in a tree. I used the telephoto lens on my point-n-shoot camera and then cropped it so that you could see it.

Jenna's Baptism - Feb.4

This is the baptism dress Karen made for Jenna

. She looks so pretty.

Christmas in Nauvoo

 
The city has a big program for Christmas - more strategies to get people here to spend money. All of the activities occured while we were working in the temple except the Bed and Breakfast tour. We went to five beautiful places and were given a taste of food. We enjoyed the log cabins. They are real log cabins, some of which were here originally and some of which have been imported. Each cabin has a history of who lived there. They are cosy and Wayne loves them. We were given chili. We enjoyed the Nauvoo Grand Bed and Breakfast where this picture was taken. It is a Victorian house and beautifully decorated. We went with the Carpenters and Sister Watkins. Our favorite was the Willard Richards Home which is on it's original site. It is beautifully done and Sister Richards gravesite is by the highway. When you come, we know where to keep you.