Another Chance

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I was watching an episode of "Touched by an Angel" while I was ironing one day. It was about a young man who had come home to live with his mom. He had been on drugs and unknown to his mother he was still into drugs. After talking her out of her money he made a drug buy but was buying from undercover agents. Are you on the seat of your chair yet? In the process of trying to catch him his mother was shot. He felt really badly about the whole thing and decided that everyone would be better off without him because he had not only messed up his life but others as well. He was standing in the middle of a train track waiting to be run over by it. Monica, the Angel appears and tries to talk him out of his plan to kill himself. He says to her something like, "Why would God want to give me another chance?" Monica, the Angel then says, "God loves you Tommy. He will give you all the chances you need to change your life." That is something that I need to remember. Everyone needs as many chances as they can get to become what Heavenly Father wants us to become. The trick is to use those chances wisely and not waste them.

This past week has been busy. I served in the John Taylor Home most of the week. What a kind and tenderhearted father he was. He rode all the way back to Nauvoo, at risk to his own life to get a little rocking horse for his little boy who missed it so.

spring, winter, spring, winter

As you can see, we are up and down with Spring and Winter, but the weather is getting somewhat warmer. Today is Easter Sunday. The day we remember the Savior's Atonement and Resurrection. I am so grateful for Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for me. I hope that I can live worthy of that sacrifice.

We are getting more people coming and have had a lot of visitors that began coming in March for Spring Break. Our Rendezvous cast had to do 3 shows last week. The first show was at 5:45, the 2nd at 7:00 P.M. and the third at 8:15 show. We were tired when we got out. I call this the entertainment mission of the church. We are either performing, rehearsing, or giving tours.

We have had people we know come through here this week. One of my old cub scouts, one of my old 2nd graders, and today a couple came through and we found out the Ralph's Great Great Grandfather converted his Great Great Grandfather in South Africa. Then another family came here from Payson and they knew Ralph's Nephew. Doug Rawlinson. It is definitely a small world.

We are so grateful we are here to serve in this mission. As you can see we have a little Blue Grass Band called the Nauvoo Ramblers. We will be performing this summer during our Sunset productions. I have learned some simple bass chords for our band.

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Love, Sister and Elder Rawlinson