October 27, 2015- Farewell Nauvoo

I love this red bush in front of our house during Fall.

Dear Family and Friends,

            I am sad to say this will be our last letter here in the mission field. We will be leaving on November 6, 2015 to come home. We will have been here for twenty months, and have had a wonderful mission. We received news last week that Elder Schultz (Harry) has prostate cancer that has spread into his left pelvic bone, and we need to go home to start treatments. As a result, we won’t be able to put on the Miracle of Christmas concert again. But we are handing it over to very capable missionaries here who have had much experience in music, pageants, productions, so we know it will be a success. 

Last dinner with our missionary group before going home last August

Our last performance of Sunset on the Mississippi

            As we end our mission, a flood of feelings and memories keep coming to us. We feel so blessed and honored to have been called here to serve. What an awesome experience to represent those early saints who actually lived here in Nauvoo. I would like to share some of the wagon narration I give each week to visitors here, both members and nonmembers of our church:

            “We hope you’ve caught the spirit of Nauvoo as you’ve traveled with us today. It takes all kinds of people to make a community. In Old Nauvoo thousands came from many walks of life to form a community of believers in the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. You will be able to hear more about the lives of those courageous men and women who built this city from a swampland in only six and half years, as you go through these homes and shops. They gave their all to build this beautiful city and the beautiful temple on the hill.”

            And another wonderful quote by President Gordon B. Hinckley about Nauvoo’s temple that I share:

            “Today facing west, on the high bluff overlooking the city of Nauvoo, across the Mississippi and over the plains of Iowa, there stands Joseph’s temple, a magnificent house of God. Here in the Salt Lake Valley, facing east to that beautiful temple in Nauvoo stands Brigham’s temple, the Salt Lake Temple. They look towards one another as bookends, between which there are volumes that speak of the suffering, the sorrow, the sacrifice, even the deaths of thousands who made the long journey from the Mississippi River to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.”

            These are examples of the kinds of people and stories that we have represented for the past 20 months. What a privilege! And most of all, I honor my own great great grandparents on both my mother’s and father’s sides who lived here. The Smiths, Whitings, Coxes, Berrys, Fieldings, and Harrises all left here and followed a prophet, Brigham Young, across the United States to Utah because of their strong faith. Oh how hard that must have been to walk away from their homes, businesses, farms, gardens, orchards, and load a wagon and head to an unknown place in the Rocky Mountains. Being here and seeing and living it has made this place come alive for me.

            We feel that we have gained so much more than we could have ever given on this mission. The other missionaries we have served with are valiant people, who have spent their lives in service to the Lord. We have grown to love them so much! They will be lifelong friends, almost like family. Our families have been blessed while being out here. Three grand babies have been born while here and three grandchildren baptized. Our business has carried on successfully, thanks to our sons, Ben, Ryan and Harrison.

       We have met hundreds of wonderful people from all over the United States and the world, while serving in the Visitor Center. We hope we have planted seeds of the gospel, and helped strengthen church members too. We have gotten acquainted with the amazing local citizens who live here in Nauvoo like Mayor McCarty, Fathers Sydlick and Tony from St Peter and Paul Catholic church, our pharmacist Luann Haas, Marian in the post office, Barton Golding, president of Chamber of Commerce, Kim Orth, young mom of 2 girls and head of Nauvoo Tourism, Robert Saint, owner of a hair salon, Durrell Nelson, in the temple presidency and owns the Fudge Shop, Laurie Peterson, director of the Nauvoo orchestra, Rick Marshall, the temple recorder and conductor of our Christmas concert- and so many more! We will miss them all! We have also been blessed by going out in the communities of Burlington and Fort Madison as members of the public affairs committee.  We met many Christian people with strong values who we have learned so much from, and made great friends.

Missionary friends at last breakfast before we all leave this month

       We have been able to attend the beautiful Nauvoo temple many times. What a blessing to be in that sacred House of the Lord, a replica of the original one that was destroyed. We will miss it so much. Our testimonies have been strengthened by our weekly and monthly trainings from our presidency and zone leaders. We also have been spiritually fed by church leaders who have come here to teach us i.e. Elder Tom Perry, Elder Jeffrey Holland, and many members from the Seventies quorums, and the Durrants.

       We have also felt the power of prayer and priesthood blessings on our mission.

            Elder Schultz and I have been performing a vignette called Thomas and Elizabeth in the Rendezvous nightly show. It is about a husband and wife who are preparing to leave and go west. But she doesn’t want to go, and he has to convince her, which he finally does. We sing a duet together at the end with very tender words which I would like to share in closing, and it expresses our true feelings about leaving Nauvoo:

            “And so Nauvoo, I say farewell to you, with numb and aching heart, one last adieu

            As through our tears we look to homes beyond, will ever we be fond of one as you?

            One cardinal song, one sunset glow, one Nauvoo dawn, one silhouette of woods on             snow…

            On templed hill, faint echoes ring…. Where prophets walked and talked with God,

            Their memories linger…

            And so we go and hide our aching hearts, No one will see our tears when we depart

            This home we leave will shelter memories clear, of all that we hold dear….In Old

             Nauvoo…. Farewell Nauvoo, Farewell Nauvoo.”

Thank you everyone who has written to us, encouraged us, sent us gifts, packages of treats and supported us on this mission. This place has truly made us better people than before, and we are grateful we had the opportunity to serve here in this blessed place.

We love you all, and look forward to seeing you soon.

Love Elder Harry and Sister Nancy Schultz

May 17, 2015-Lots of new things, my walk in the Groves, and Elder Schultz speaking japanese

Dear Friends and Family,

            It has been three weeks since I last wrote and time seems to fly by so quickly. I apologize because this will be a long letter. Spring is here and Nauvoo is beautiful and green once again. We have had a lot of rain, and are still wearing sweaters and jackets, but it is warming up.

 Tonight we had our first district meeting with our new “Martin Harris” district. We have the Harwoods, who came out with our MTC group last year, and he is the first counselor in the presidency. We also have 2 young single sister missionaries, and two new couples; the Sullivans and Swensons, both from Utah. We had dinner here, and then discussed the principles President Gibbons was taught at the Mission Presidents training conference in Denver last month. All twelve apostles were there, which shows how important missionary work is to our leaders. This great work of bringing souls unto Christ is their first priority, and we surely feel it out here on our mission. We received the last 5 couples on Friday, so now we are up to our full quota for missionaries. And we really do need them! We are getting more and more visitors per day here; we average about 300-400 a day, and that will increase when school gets out.

Elder Schultz with Nauvoo Temple President James MacArthur. An old missionary leader from Japan. He was his AP.

            One big event here is the re-opening of the local grocery store, formerly named “Duck’s.” It is now the "Nauvoo Market," and was bought by 2 LDS men, and remodeled. It opened last Friday, and we are so glad! It is clean and very light, and has well stocked shelves. Now we don’t have to travel to Keokuk for everything!

            We have more new responsibilities added to our very busy lives. I became a wagon narrator last week, and narrated three school field trip wagons. It was a lot of fun telling 30 children on each wagon all about Nauvoo, and pointing out the different homes and shops. I only get to do it once a week, until we get busier. We only have six wagons and six carriages going out now, but starting next week, we will have 18 wagons and carriage rides. This is exciting!

            All of the new summer shows start next Saturday, May 23, including the outdoor "Sunset by the Mississippi" show. We are all busy learning our songs and actions to participate. They chose Harry and I to perform our song and jokes again. And then I will also be singing the duet with Sister Swindler and the blue grass band. That leads to Elder Schultz’s new job: he will be performing every night in that show, not just twice a week with our cast. That means we will not be doing our Peter and Abigail vignette, and I will go to Rendezvous show alone. The reason is that he is needed to play for several specialty numbers with his bass, in the small bluegrass band. Needless to say, he is in heaven!! One of the Young Performing Missionaries plays a five string banjo, so they have his bass, a guitar, a strumming banjo, and the picking banjo. A girl also plays a fiddle. So their band is playing “Dueling Banjos,” “Orange Blossom Special” and about 5 other numbers they are backing up. AND he is helping setup the sound equipment for the show, and making sure everything is hooked up correctly, so that the YPM sound intern can run it; lots of cords, cables, cordless microphones, and monitors. He is really  reliving his former life of shows and loving it!

            We are also very busy on the Public Affairs Committee. We are preparing for two BYU groups to come in the month of June: The Young Ambassadors and the Ballroom Dance Team. We have been setting up outreach events for them to help with service projects, and then perform at local cities i.e. Keokuk, Burlington, Fort Madison (our 2 cities), Carthage, Quincy, Hamilton and Montrose. This is to do missionary work, by getting people to come to Nauvoo to see them perform. We are also getting publicity materials out like flyers and posters- flooding the stores and public places. Elder Schultz and I are also hosting a VIP tour with all the leaders of Burlington on May 28- the mayor and 20 people are coming here (it is about an hour away) and we are providing a continental breakfast for them, taking them on wagon rides and to see some sites. A lot of planning has gone into this, so we hope it turns out!

            Elder Schultz also can’t get away from feeding the multitudes! 2 weeks ago he put on a “Grateful” breakfast to all of the FM (Facilities Management) people, men and women who literally run the place. There are about 60- he did a pancakes, sausages, and drinks, and they loved it. They have a big “break room” down at their complex, and he used their large griddle. This week he is feeding breakfast to all the teamsters: about 30 of them! He can’t get catering out of his blood!

             We continue to serve in the Visitor's Center as the site leaders, which means we are training lots of new couples on how to greet people, give them tours, help them plan their activities, show films, and be missionaries. We had a few familiar visitors this past two weeks. Buddy Youngreen, our good friend from Utah who was head of the Joseph Smith Sr. Family Organization for 33 years came with 2 friends. He is an expert on Nauvoo and Church History. We didn’t know he was coming, but we spent our whole Friday P-day with them, and he took us to special unknown places involving the Smith families. What a treat this was to listen to him explain many unique things. Then Devin Davis, or Elder Davis, who was a YPM last summer, came back to Nauvoo for a week-long visit, and he stayed with us in our extra bedroom. We really bonded and became his “other parents” last year, so we enjoyed catching up with him. Then yesterday, we saw and visited with Lacey Murdock and her new husband Barry ( I don’t remember their last name). She was in the Fullerton 8^th singles ward when Harry was the bishop. They live in Arizona now, and seem so happy! We love seeing old friends and meeting new ones. That is one great thing about being in the Visitor's Center.

            I had a wonderful personal experience yesterday. I went on a walk down on the flats of Nauvoo, in what we call “The Groves.” They are next to the pageant stage, and it reminded me so much of The Sacred Grove. There is a winding path with “reader boards” telling about sermons given in the groves around Nauvoo by Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young and others. They had to meet outside because there were no buildings big enough. It was a beautiful sunny day, with a quiet breeze blowing, and the birds were singing. I just sat on a bench and took it all in- I took time to ponder things, and just listen to the sounds. It was an amazing time and it really fed my soul. I was overcome with gratitude of being on a mission in this sacred place, and how much I have grown to love the former saints who lived here, but also the new people we have met; fellow missionaries, and Nauvoo citizens. I will really miss them when we have to leave in 7 months.

            I was privileged to give many tours these past weeks to nonmembers, and share my testimony. I met a great family from Japan yesterday who were here visiting, and chose to come to Nauvoo; a grandfather with his daughter and 3 grandchildren. They were not members but loved the history. I gave them Japanese Books of Mormon, and told what our church believed. Elder Schultz spoke Japanese to them and it was a special time. We have these experiences several times a day.

I am so grateful that I have this gospel to guide my life, and grateful for the Lord making it possible by restoring His church on the earth in these latter days. We are having an awesome mission!!!

Love to all of you,

Elder and Sister Schultz

Or (Mom and Dad)

April 10-Easter Program, Sister Visits, Spring is Here

Us at the Prairie Fire Burning

 Dear Family and Friends,

           Two weeks have flown by since I last wrote, and so many things have happened here on our mission in Nauvoo. On March 29, we had the Easter program, “Because He Lives.” It was a great success, despite of so much illness throughout Nauvoo community and the missionaries. There was a really bad influenza, and cold going around. But we were able to pull it off, and even had about 400 people in attendance. We weren’t in charge, but were on the committee. We helped with publicity, inviting the churches to participate, and Elder Schultz wrote all the narration, and introductions. We were so pleased with the response and performances from other churches. We had 3 Methodist churches, a Catholic, and Presbyterian churches all participate. There was such a great unity and coming together, and a wonderful variety of music; string quartet, a male vocal duet, and family of 11 sang together, a rousing Methodist choir with clapping, a fiddle and guitar duet, and 2 other choirs. All songs were about the Savior, and His atonement.

             The next day, Monday, we had the annual Prairie Grass Fire and Hot dog Event. The whole city turns out, and the fire department, with the mission, lights an acre square of tall prairie grass to see how fast it burns. It burned in about 3 minutes. 

            This was to show how the pioneers had to deal with these fires on their journey west. It was great fun to have a big picnic with the city and missionaries. 

            The weather has turned into Spring and has warmed up to about 65-70 degrees. Everything is turning green, and early flowers like daffodils and tulips are blossoming.

Look what was over us as we went into church today. A beautiful rainbow!

           The first weekend in April, there was a Nauvoo Women’s Retreat out at Camp Nauvoo- owned by the Community of Christ Church. There is a nice large lodge, where  many guest speakers came, and told interesting stories about the saints who lived here. There were also some modern saints who shared some of the humanitarian projects they are working on throughout the world. It was a wonderful event.

            One special highlight this past week was having my sister Lynnae, and her husband, Carl come to visit us. They have been called to serve in the Quetzaltenango Guatemala temple, for 23 months. They wanted to come and visit us before they leave in May. We had so much fun together. I'm doing a whole separate post with her posts to show all that we did.  We went on wagon rides, visited the Nauvoo Temple (and got to climb clear up to the bell tower), and while we served in our assignments, they visited many historical sites. We also had a fun drive out to the Amish communities in Betensport and Cantril, Iowa. It was a beautiful day for a drive, but unfortunately the Amish stores were closed for “Good Friday”, however we had fun anyway. We also watched the LDS General Conference together. We were so sad to see them leave us, knowing we won’t see each other for two years.

Here we are having dinner with Carl and his brother, Phil and wife, Susan. Lynnae is taking the picture

            We were excited to welcome many new couples to the mission, including Phil and Susan Knapp (Carl’s brother). And a funny coincidence: they were assigned to the home right next door to us. We have already had a barbecue with them, and are looking forward to getting to know them better.

            I would love to tell you how much we enjoy living right on the Mississippi River. I never realized what an awesome river this is to our country! It is over 2,000 miles long and is so wide, at some points over a mile, that you can’t see to the other side. When we stand on the hill by the Temple, we can see a whole wide panorama of the river as it curves around the bend here in Nauvoo. It is full of so much life; over 200 varieties of fish, and thousands of birds feed off the river, including pelicans, eagles, ducks, and geese. In the winter it literally turns solid white with snow and ice. Barges can’t pass through from November to March. But in the Spring, we see ducks and geese with their babies walking along the river’s edge. And groups of small turtles line up on long logs to warm in the sun. All day long and into the night we hear train whistles blowing from the railroad moving along the edge of the river banks. It is very peaceful and tranquil to live along this river.

            This past week we had the privilege of going to the home of a couple who live here in Nauvoo right on the river; Brother and Sister Tukuafu. They are an older couple who left Hawaii after raising 14 children, to come and spend their golden years here in Nauvoo, and serve in the temple. They have built a cool round house that looks like a cross between a log cabin, and The Hobbit’s house. Sister Tukuafu makes beautiful musical instruments in her own wood shop, like dulcimers, harps, and lyres. She plays a beautiful harp. They sang together for us while they both played. I was in awe of their willingness to share their talents, and open their home to us. They are so welcoming and gracious. It was really a treat to experience that. By the way, Tomasi Tukuafu is from Tonga, and a cousin to Mikeli Wolfgramm through his mother, Salote.

We had a great past two weeks doing missionary work. Elder Schultz taught 3 nonmember Japanese visitors, and shared his testimony in Japanese after giving them a tour of the visitors center. I had the great experience of teaching a French couple from Quebec, nonmembers who knew nothing about the Mormons, and were so interested. There was a little language barrier, but the spirit was strong when I bore my testimony. And there were hundreds more, mostly members here on their Spring breaks, bringing their children to experience Nauvoo, and strengthen their testimonies.

We love Nauvoo, we love the Lord and His restored church is true! May you all have a testimony of this truth, and live righteously. This is what brings true happiness. I want to end with a quote by Richard G. Scott:

“When you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to DO His will, you are assured of the greatest happiness along the way, and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience.”

 Love Elder and Sister Schultz

February 9-We need Missionaries! and the Exodus!

Dear Friends and Family,

            How are you all? Weeks seem to fly by, and this mission is passing very quickly. We have now been out almost 11 months! We would only have 7 months left, however the mission president called us in to his office and asked us to extend until December to help put on “The Miracle of Christmas” again. And of course we said yes, so after approval from the Missionary Department, our new release date is December 21, 2015. Most of our missionary friends have gone home, who were here when we arrived. There are about 80 left. We will be getting approximately 80 more in April and May.

            By the way, the Mission President just announced to us this week, that the missionary department needs 10 more couples to serve a mission here. Their application numbers for all senior couples are down, and have sent out a request for us to contact people we know who might be able to come. They would need to be available in April and serve for 18 months. What a wonderful opportunity, if any of you are able to do this. It is unheard of, because normally they have a waiting list for Nauvoo. If you can possibly, start filling out your application and send it in, pending dental and medical exams. Put on it requesting Nauvoo- “immediate attention." We would love to serve with you!

            President and Sister Jenson, in our mission presidency just went home to Logan area. We will miss them so much! They have been here for 23 months!  Elder Doug Brinley has been called to replace him and serve as first counselor. We have been serving in the Visitors' Center with him and Sister Brinley, and have become good friends. He was a professor of marriage and family relations at BYU, and has written several books. They have already served 3 other mission to Texas, Fresno, and Hawaii. We feel very blessed to have them here.

            We had the most amazing experience this past week. I would put it at one of my top ten in my life! I just keep thinking, how can this mission get any better? But it does. We had the Exodus Reenactment Weekend. 

          The whole mission was involved with the Exodus Re-enactment on Feb. 7. This is a time that honors the saints who started leaving Nauvoo across the Mississippi River and moving west. They left in the middle of winter and forced out by gunpoint on Feb. 4. They had no wagon to ride in! The people were loaded with supplies and WALKED the whole way in the freezing cold and camped at night! Nine babies were born the first night in tents! Cold freezing temperatures! Mary E Cox Whiting, (Same rel. To me as Mary Fielding) was pregnant when they arrived to Utah! Gave birth a month after arriving. I just can't even imagine. Right now it is so cold right now just above zero- like 8 degrees, that I can’t comprehend how they stayed warm while they traveled!  They mostly crossed by ferries, but the river froze over on Feb. 24 so more wagons could cross quickly, which we believe was a blessing and answer to prayers.  

          The Reenactment is a whole weekend of activities and celebrations; stories of the saints who were forced to leave, and their feelings about it.  There is a banquet, workshops by descendants, a breakfast that morning and the official walk. 

          On Friday, there were workshops and lectures by people who told the “Untold Stories” of Nauvoo. There were slides of their families.  Harry and I didn't participate in this but loved it!  We did sing in a small music group in harmony at the beginning "The Hearts of the Children Turn to Their Fathers." 

         About 500 people and descendants came to Nauvoo to honor their ancestors, and walk with us. Classes were diverse, and involved many nonmembers too from this community. They were held in the Community of Christ building or officially, “The Joseph Smith Historic Sites” visitors center. 

          Then on Saturday morning at the Family Living Center or a continental breakfast, and short  program where Elder Schultz and I sang a musical number with a small group, and we read the history that led up to the forced “exodus” from Nauvoo. It was very emotional for me, as I shared the firsthand experience of my great grandmother, Martha Ann Smith, daughter of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, having to leave their beloved home in Nauvoo. 

The tags I'm wearing are the names of my ancestors who lived in Nauvoo and had to leave. Mary Fielding. Martha Ann, her daughter with Hyrum, my dad's grandma and Mary E. Cox, wife of Edwin Whiting.  Dad walked for their husbands.

          For the Walk, we lined up on Main Street; first men dressed as the Nauvoo Legion... 

...then the walkers carrying flags from the countries that represented our ancestors... 

...then the carriages and freight wagons, all lined up in the rear. We walked about a mile down Main to the end of Parley Street at the Mississippi River. This part at Parley Street is also called the “Trail of Hope.” 

          Many descendants of these pioneers came from all over to celebrate this event. We walk "In memory of" one of those ancestors. I walked in the name of Mary Elizabeth Cox Whiting, who was the mother of my great grandfather, Edwin Marion Whiting. (We have a reunion every 2 years in honor of him and his wife, Anna Mariah. I just learned that Mary Elizabeth was baptized here in the Mississippi River, and sealed as the third wife to Edwin Whiting on January 26, 1846 in the Nauvoo Temple. I could have walked for Martha Ann Smith, but others here are descendants of her, and she was such a small girl when she left, she doesn’t have many memories of it.) Harry will walk for her husband, Edwin Whiting. 

          When we walked, I carried the England flag, for my Startup, Smith and Fielding ancestors. 

At the end at the pioneer memorial to the saints who died along the trail, there was a brief flag raising by the Legion, and a message from our mission president. Then we sang “Come Come Ye Saints.”  What a wonderful tribute to these saints, and we feel so blessed to be part of it!

            The weather was beautiful that day! Almost warm- in the 40’s- a few days before it had been 8-15 degrees, so we were thankful for the sunny weather. We have been learning to climatize ourselves! We have a new understanding about “Cold” and “Winter”. We wear many layers of thermal underwear, leggings, heavy socks, sweaters, scarves, heavy coats, hats, and gloves. Our California bodies are not used to this cold cold weather! But we also love the season changes, especially the beauty of snow on the trees and buildings. (I’m sure Elder Schultz doesn’t like shoveling the sidewalks at our house though!)

Looking out our door on our driveway! COLD!!!

            My children asked me why we don't just turn on the heaters!  I told them yes, we have a great new heater/air conditioner. But even when it registers 72, it's only 72 degrees near the thermostat. There are no vents into the kitchen/laundry and bathroom. And there's a basement below us so where there is no carpet it's cold. It's an old house so the walls stay cold and windows etc. We were told that the humidity makes you feel colder. It goes right through your clothes.  I can never get warm. Even inside!! The walls and floors are cold even with a furnace. Dishes in cupboard are cold! People are nuts choosing to live here!!!! How did pioneers last in tiny cabins. Kids stuck in a one room cabin?  It's mostly in the single digits and gets up to 18-20 degrees high! Ha! I'm learning to adapt but I'm glad we won't be here next year this time! 

            I need to share a little about the wonderful wildlife all around us here in Nauvoo. We have the year-round appearance of flocks of snow geese who feed on the Mississippi River, and live by its shores.  This has also been the season of the pelicans that come up from the south (ocean) along the river, and bald eagles come from the north (Alaska and Canada). They come to feed on fish by the Keokuk Dam, because there is abundance of fish there. The eagles are so majestic- When we drive down the river, we spot several. We also have deer who come from the forests into town at night to find food from bushes and trees. We have been frightened and almost hit them with our car as we drive back from performances.  And there are rabbits and squirrels everywhere! We really enjoy living around so much wildlife!

            The projects we have been working on, besides serving as site leaders of the visitors' center, are the Easter program on March 29, and re-doing the Nauvoo website, which is so outdated. We are not in charge of the program,  just helping. But Elder Schultz is in charge of the new website, and working with Mossi Watene,  who is designing it. We are also on the public affairs committee, and setting up visits with the mayors, and tourism directors of Burlington and Fort Madison.

            Even though we have very few visitors this time of year, we enjoy really teaching and talking to those who come in. We have several large families who have come in, and many nonmember senior couples who live locally, but like to come down to visit the historic sites. We are constantly doing missionary work. We gave an Egyptian language Book of Mormon to a man who came from Egypt and works here now. He just stopped in to see Nauvoo. Elder Schultz spent much time with him, explaining our beliefs. He is Muslim, but was very open-minded about learning more.

            Then in March, we have the re-enactment of the Relief Society being organized in the actual Red Brick Store upstairs. We do this with the Community of Christ church (formerly Reorganized Church). Lots of exciting things happen here in Nauvoo. We also start rehearsing again for the summer “Sunset on the Mississippi” show.

            I must close now to go to our Rendezvous show tonight.  Thank you for all your love, support and prayers on our behalf. We truly feel we are making a difference here in Nauvoo; such an important place in the history of this restored Church! May you all catch the vision of missionary work in your neighborhoods and those with whom you come in contact.  The Church really is True!!

Love and Miss you All!

Elder and Sister Schultz in Nauvoo, Illinois