TRAINING & TRAVEL

 

We received inspirational and instructive training in Salt Lake City February 6th-9th.  The focus of our training seminar was on the “heart” or purposes and messages of our historical site mission and not so much on the “head” or logistics of the day-to-day running of the sites. We are grateful our mission to the historical sites in Palmyra (2018-2020) had given us some experience with "interpretive" historic presentations, which is how the story of the Mormon Battalion is presented. 

On February 10th we enjoyed a beautiful and familiar drive to Arizona to visit with family for the weekend.  We enjoyed staying with David and Jessica's family (Addilyn, Kate, Garrett, and Benjamin) and visiting with Tanya and Ron Cannon, (Stan's sister and husband) as well as visiting with Stan's brother, Bill, and sister-in-law, Connie. On Monday, February 12th we drove across southern Arizona to San Diego, California.  We stopped in Yuma to visit our friends, Mike and Jeanine Jarvis.  We couldn't help think about the Mormon Battalion taking months to cross this barren landscape that we crossed in a matter of a few hours.  (We are grateful for modern transportation!)