Week 7: It's Hump Day!

06/26/2016:  Well, as the subject says, today is Hump Day for the mission, meaning that my time here is half done.

Last Sunday, we toured the part of old Nauvoo owned by Community of Christ.  It was really cool to go inside the homes that Joseph Smith lived in and hosted people in while here and to learn more about the history of those who lived here from 1839-1846.  Our guide was recently called to be part of the "Council of the 12" (an apostle) for Community of Christ, and we all really enjoyed getting to know him and learn about his beliefs and how they both differ and are similar to ours.  It was really a great experience.

On Tuesday, an elder decided to go all out for choreography on a Nauvoo Singers song and got hurt jumping as high as he could in a room with a super low ceiling (less than 1 ft above his head).  He couldn't perform in any shows that day, which led to quite an adventure of actor shuffling.  For Anna Amanda, the elder with his role in the other cast filled in and just didn't do Nauvoo Singers with his cast, but The Promise was not such an easy switch since he has a character in both casts with the same person as the alternate of those characters.  The alternate played the bigger role, and another elder had a couple hours to learn the other role, for which we cut out a less needed scene so that he had less to learn.  Thankfully, the injured elder is well enough now to do all in the shows, so we are back to normal again.

Friday, we had our first day of pageant tech instead of helping with Trail of Hope.  I am not really a technician, and we were only around the light and sound boards, both of which are pretty advanced digital boards.  I basically had no clue what was going on the whole time.

For pictures: Sister Young and I did the carriage ride to Inspiration Point one morning.  It was amazing, and the picture is of Inspiration Point.  And Wolverine (Elder Striplin) decided to join us one morning; it is nice that we still get to take a little time for fun despite being so busy.

-Sister Sylvestre