So festival time is here for sure. We are
heading things up as we begin working with the Milwaukee Genealogical Society.
These are good people, and we enjoy working with them.
We love this time of year. The weather is
beautiful, and it is fun to get outside. That was good for the 8th
when we started the day for our Mission President interview early in the
morning. We had to meet at the Mission Office, so we had to wait our turn. We
had a good meeting, and then headed home to get ready to head down to Bastille
Days to check out if it would be possible for the genealogical society to set
up a booth at the festival. This festival was going to be held in the streets
downtown close to the water. When we got
down there and found a parking place, we headed to the area where the festival
would be held on the weekend. We met a security guy there who had worked
security for the Utah Olympics. He mentioned that he once locked Romney out of
his office. He said he really enjoyed the work. We were told that to work at
the festival, you have to sign up in January. There is a fee, of course.
After we left the festival area (where they were setting up), we visited St. John's Cathedral. We enjoy visiting these old churches. Most are so beautiful.
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| Side of Church |
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| Can you see the odd candelabra? |
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| It looks like a baptismal font in front here. |
Then we walked toward the lake to see what we could see.
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| Pink spa and manicure house. |
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| Unsure what this building is! |
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| Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center |
That night we ended with a meeting of the
MPAFUG. These guys are fabulous. We love working with them. This was the last
meeting the Carters will attend. They will be leaving in August to go home near
Manti. We hate to see them go; they have been good friends. We are going to try
to send a tub home with them. They have a huge truck, and they will be going to
Alabama to pick up a trailer from their daughter. They will come back here for a couple of
weeks, and then they will head out. Two weeks later another couple, the
Linsleys will leave. They live in Ogden. If the Carters can take the tub, the
Linsleys will help us get the tub home.
Thursday brought with us the time to celebrate
our oldest daughter’s 40th birthday. I looked at pictures that were
posted of her around that time, and I have to admit that she doesn’t look 40. I
guess time is relative. Some days I feel like I look 70, and others I feel like
40. To me, 40 is young. I’m guessing that others look at Craig and myself and
wonder how we are still alive. We are old!
Hahaha We are grateful for our
baby, and she will always be our baby.
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| Daddy and baby Amy at the hospital. |
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| Kindergarten |
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| Graduation |
What better way to spend Amy’s birthday than to
go to the Temple with Victor. It is his first time, and he took his parents,
grandparents, and ggrandparents’ names to do the work for them. I was baptized
for the sisters, and I included some of our own family names. He was baptized
for the males, and Craig did the baptizing. When they set me apart for the
sisters, I felt such a sweet feeling that led me to believe the sisters would
accept the work. He was so cute, and he got emotional when I recounted my
experience to him. He loved having pictures taken of him and the Temple. I hope
he can keep these feelings alive.
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| Cute little man! |
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| Angel Moroni in the background |
On Friday (10th), I had been told to
call the Golda Meier Library to see if they have plat maps for the areas where
my family came from in VA, NC, and TN. They have one of the largest map collections
in the US. Of course, they had nothing for my areas. We attended Bastille Days
in the afternoon. We were disappointed. There was nothing but clothing,
homemade jewelry, and food (mostly American).
We didn’t feel that genealogy would be a good fit for that festival. We
told the woman at the Milwaukee group so she can make that decision. We won’t
be here.
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| Fun sign |
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| Picture statue - only moved when pointing to money bucket! |
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| Dancing monkey puppets |
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| Craig's favorite part - the band |
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| Cow hides for sale! |
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| Magician |
On Saturday, we had to get haircuts early in
the day. Afterwards, we got change to do
the laundry. When we to get this chore done, we can’t go anywhere. What a pain!
That evening we went to a German Restaurant downtown.
We love to go to eat if we have groupons. It was a classy place, and we enjoyed
the atmosphere. Craig ate goose for the
first time, and I don’t remember what I ate, wouldn’t you know. I do remember
thinking that it was good. Haha
We visited two different Church meetings on
Sunday to make sure we made announcements in Relief Society and Priesthood in
the North Stake on Pathway. It was a long day, and there were some great talks.
That evening we picked up Victor and took him to his Stake building to get his
Patriarchal Blessing. Afterwards, he would not talk about it, and the Patriarch
said he wasn’t sure how Victor would take it. He counseled Victor to be open
and listen to his leaders.
Monday found us getting up early enough to go
to the gym. Craig worked on a report he
was supposed to finish for the lady over German Fest. It was from our meeting
with the Siladi’s. While he did that I spent time uploading pictures for the
blog that was completed last. It takes forever to upload 100s of pictures. I
hate doing it..
Finally, on Tuesday, I had some business to do,
and we had to send pictures to the Mission Office and Sister Cutler,
President’s wife. They use pictures for
the history of the mission, and we had lots of pictures we hadn’t submitted.
Ugh, I hate doing work with pictures.
Later in the day, we had district meeting that
lasted the afternoon. We were spiritually fed. These young men have such great
leadership. Our district leader is the same one we had when we first got here.
Elder Crandall will be leaving at the next transfer. He is a good Elder, and he
has grown so much since we last worked with him. We really like him.
Our scripture for July is D&C
121:45:
Let thy bowels also be full of charity
towards all men, and to the household of faith,
and let virtue garnish thy thoughts
unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong
in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood
shall distil upon thy soul as
the dews from heaven.
Elder and
Sister Lenhard
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