A week has passed, and not much has changed. We still go to the temple to work five shifts a week. The weather is still cold – although I must admit that when we walk out in 25 degree weather, it seems so warm now in comparison to the single digits that we have seen so often over the last few weeks. But the forecast is claiming that there will be a major drop in the temperature before the day is out and we should be back to temperatures around zero by midnight. I’m glad that at that hour we should be safely snuggled under the covers sheltered from the winds and humidity that make the wind chill ever so bitter.
I’ve discovered that is fun to be teaching Spanish. My class consists of about twenty other temple missionaries. The curriculum that I use was developed over the previous years and consists of singing songs, reading scriptures and practicing dialogs related to things we do in the temple. Eventually we will move into the temple and start memorizing some of the things we do there. We have only met three times so far, but I am seeing a lot of hard work and resulting progress.
With the weather as cold as it is, there is very little desire to go take off and see any of the interesting things in the vicinity. If we ever choose to do such things, we will likely wait until things warm up. Our designated photographer, Elder Moore, will go around and take pictures of things in the immediate area and provide us with souvenir pictures of places here in Nauvoo, including its buildings, trees and wildlife. He sends us a photo (or two) each day, and we all look forward to see what it is he has captured each time. Here are a few examples of pictures we have received over the last few months:
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