mosquitoes came out with a flurry. The iris are already gone but the
mosquitoes are here to stay. Its the only good thing so far about the
wind picking up, it blows them away.
Monday- Visitor Center in the AM. We had 3 groups all from Colorado
and they didn't even know each other. It's fun to tell people about
this site and tell some of the powerful stories from the history of
this place. There is nothing for 30 miles around us except right
across the highway there is a small ranch run by a gal named Polly,
she sells eggs and the other missionaries have started buying from her
so we went across and met her and bought fresh eggs. We went to River
Camp after dinner and met the Lehi 19th ward which was a group of
about 90. we arranged with them what stories they wanted and told
them we would meet them on Wednesday at 8:00am for their trek, as they were going to take a day trip on Tuesday to Martin's Cove. We had FHE
with the missionaries.
Tuesday - No treks today so we went back to Rock Creek Hollow (RCH) to
do more work on the equipment . Didn't get back to camp until 3:00.
We invited the Hall's to dinner so I made dinner and then had a
meeting with the food committee because we have guests from the
Missionary Department next week and will be feeding them while they
are on site. The Hall's came to dinner and we had a delightful visit
with them. They are very cheerful and even playful. We had our trek
group come back from Martin's Cove so we went down and did Square
Dancing with them.
Wednesday - First Trek of the season for us. Our group didn't get out
of camp until 9:00. We had several spots along the trail that we had
to cross a small amount of water. The kids had fun jumping the spots.
We got to our river crossing and I gave the story and info on the
importance of rivers along the trail. The weather was still cool as it
was still morning but after the stories more than 30 kids decided they
wanted to cross the river on foot. They said it was soooo cold. We
treked to Willie Meadow next, which is the site where the company in
1856 had run out of food completely and were in the second day of a
snow storm. Captain Willie and Joseph Elder rode ahead to try and
find the supply wagons and through that storm. By a miracle they
found the wagons 27 miles away and arrived back at what we now call
Willie Meadow to save the people from complete starvation. As was
recorded in one of the journals of October 21 “Just as the sun was
sinking beautifully behind the distant hills, on an eminence
immediately west of our camp, several covered wagons, each drawn by
four horses, were seen coming towards us. The news ran like wildfire,
and all who were able to leave their beds turned out en masse to see
them. A few minutes brought them sufficiently near to reveal our
faithful captain slightly in advance of the train. Shouts of joy rent
the air.” Nine people had died at this camp but truly the miracle was
that people, that had no food for so long and that had walked 1000
miles and had spent days in the freezing weather had lived. They had
no doubt that it was through God's hand. When we tell the story we
can feel the power of these words. We got back to camp after a
12 mile trek and were invited to dinner by the group. Great day!
Thursday – We were working at base which is the lookout for the treks
to keep them organized. Nice weather today without any wind, until the
evening and then the wind and rain came for a short time.
Friday – Was a work day for us, scheduling for me and installing a fan
for Selby.
Saturday – was our P-day this week and we got to talk to several of
you. Love our family and friends!!! We took a site seeing trip to a place called Castle Gardens.
and we only saw 1 car in those 84 miles. Wyoming is indeed the wide
open plains. We made a big circle in our route and went through
Riverton to do our errands.
Sunday - Father's Day. Very good day in church, touching Father
stories. Elder Bunnage, our district leader, gave a great talk on the
responsibilities of Fathers. He went over the Proclamation to the
Family, then told a story of his father being killed in WW2, and
closed with a quote from the movie "Courageous". It is a story of a
father that had a hard wake up call and at the end of the movie there
was a ceremony where he gave the follow speech."I now believe that God
desires for every father to courageously step up and do whatever it
takes to be involved in the lives of his children. But more than just
being there providing for them, he is to walk with them through their
young lives and be a visual representation of the character of God,
their Father in heaven. A father should love his children, and seek to
win their hearts. He should protect them, discipline them, and teach
them about God. He should model how to walk with integrity and treat
others with respect, and should call out his children to become
responsible men and women, who live their lives for what matters in
eternity. Some men will hear this, and mock it, or ignore it. But I
tell you that as a father, you are accountable to God for the position
of influence he has given you. In my home, the decision has already
been made. You don't have to ask who will guide my family, because I
will. You don't have to ask who will teach my son to follow Christ,
because I will. Who will accept the responsibility of providing and
protecting my family? I will. Who will pray for, and bless my
children to boldly pursue whatever God calls them to do? I am their
father. I will. I accept this responsibility and it is my privilege
to embrace it. I want the favor of God and his blessing on my home.
Any good man does. So where are you men of courage? Where are you,
fathers who love the Lord? It's time to rise up and answer the call
that God has given to you and to say I will. I will. I will !"
I feel this is what my son and son-in-laws do and feel. I'm so happy and proud of them.
But it was the Fireside that was the best thing since we have been
here. Elder Don Clark of the first quorum of the 70 assigned to the
Missionary Dept. was with us today. He and his wife put on a 2 hour
fireside. Elder Clark was incredible. He taught through the spirit
in such a powerful way that no one wanted him to stop teaching. He
taught about the purpose of missions. He spent a lot of time about
the importance of relationships between husbands and wives and
families. He taught with humor but more importantly he taught with power. He gave us several challenges that we are going to try to live up to.
Again a great week. Love you all, Selby and Cathy
But it was the Fireside that was the best thing since we have been
here. Elder Don Clark of the first quorum of the 70 assigned to the
Missionary Dept. was with us today. He and his wife put on a 2 hour
fireside. Elder Clark was incredible. He taught through the spirit
in such a powerful way that no one wanted him to stop teaching. He
taught about the purpose of missions. He spent a lot of time about
the importance of relationships between husbands and wives and
families. He taught with humor but more importantly he taught with power. He gave us several challenges that we are going to try to live up to.
Again a great week. Love you all, Selby and Cathy
Our chuck wagon
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