August 28, 2014

Summer has finally arrived! Temperatures have been in the 90's, with humidity to match. Many days we have had monsoon type rains that do very little to cool down the heat index. Nauvoo is so different in the late summer. Almost 300,000 tourists came to Nauvoo during the summer months. They have gone now and the sidewalks have begun to roll up early in this small, quaint town called Nauvoo!  The spirit is still here, for that never leaves. After all, Joseph walked these streets with so many of the other saints of yesteryear. If one listens carefully, the voices of former prophets, seers and revelators will whisper and remind us of our solemn duty to keep the faith and carry on.   

We are busy teaching investigators, recent converts and member missionaries. We have gone to the Temple several times with new members and have watched their eyes come alive with the spirit of promise. To baptise someone and then attend the Temple as they receive their gift of the endowment, is a blessing beyond that which we deserve. We have been very fortunate indeed!! Tonight, August 28th, we will hold a special baptism at the Temple reserved for recent converts of the church. Three will attend for the first time and others will be coming back for yet another session, wherein they will feel of the spirit of their Ancestors.

We are also busy packing, for soon we will depart this beautiful city of Nauvoo. More about that in our final blog in 2-3 weeks. Just thinking of leaving, of our mission coming to end, brings very bitter/sweet emotions. We will be forever grateful for the opportunity we have had to serve the Lord as full time missionaries!!

We pray that you are doing your missionary work and that you are inviting your friends and neighbors to come unto Christ! The Lord will bless you when you do your part! Re-read the Parable of the Ten Talents. The Lord is very specific about his feelings with regard to our efforts as missionaries.

Stand Strong and Be Bold!

We love you,

Elder and Sister Warner

Sister Warner with Bonnie and Gary Lindberg 
on Tribal Mounds

Playing in the Nauvoo Winter

Sister Warner on the "Field Of Dreams"

Elder Warner on "Field Of Dreams"

Elder Warner with Gary Lindberg, 
at the Joseph and Hyrum Statue at Carthage Jail

Elder and Sister Warner at "Backbone Park" in Iowa. 
P Day with Elders Belliston and Hunsaker

Actual picture of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Found in the RLDS Achieves and authenticated by many 
LDS scholars to actually be a picture of Joseph!