Last time at Batavia Branch as Missionaries

We spoke our last Sunday in Batavia as missionaries. They designated the monthly post-church munch and mingle as a farewell to us.  We appreciated the kind words and thoughts. It was a privilege to serve in Batavia with so many dedicated Saints. 

The current Elders, Wilson and Mills. 

The amazing Grover kids who are exemplary young LDS youth.

President Weiler, Branch President

Aboard the Canandaigua Lady

With the end of  end of our mission fast approaching, we spent our last P (preparation) Day cleaning the farmhouse  and getting ready to move to a transition apartment on Saturday morning.  In the afternoon, we cruised on the Canandaigua Lady, a paddlewheel boat with the Spencers.  It was a very relaxing hour and a half.  

The Canandaigua Lady

Waiting on the leevee. 

According to the Captain, the west shore of Lake Canandaigua is the second most expensive shoreline property in the USA next to Lake Tahoe. 

With the Captain. 

Storage Site Clean Up

The mission rents 4 storage units for excess furniture.  With the openings and closings this spring, they were a bit disorganized.  Elder Jefferies got them organized by taking everything out, sorting it and inventorying them.  There was good support from the missionaries.  I'm glad we got this done before I went home. 

Elder Hallstrom takes a selfie with Elder Jefferies. 

Last District Visit to the Waters of Mormon

Our last group of missionaries from the Pittsford District visited the sites around the John Young Farm

Elders Marks, Gold, Clemens, Hallstrom, and Cummard at the Waters of Brigham. 

Elder Clemens takes the Walther Challenge while Elder Hallstrom pictures it. 

Sister Jones earned a backscratch from Sister Jefferies after making chicken salad sandwiches for the missionaries.  

Fathers Day Pot Luck

The Senior Missionaries had a Pot Luck Dinner on Fathers Day, but it was a sure bet.  We had a pleasant evening of conversation.

Batavia Fathers Day Pot Luck

I am sure I took some pictures, but can't locate them. The High Priests in Batavia were responsible for the monthly Pot Luck dinner.  They prepared the main course of Beef on weck which is a kaiser roll with caraway seeds and pretzel salt.   There was  good turnout and fellowship.

Tours, tours, tours

After Angela's family left, I was in tour guide mode. 

Three of the site couples, Elders and Sisters Thompson, Erickson (Utah branch), and Winans came for an evening tour.

On Thursday afternoon, 11 couples of Temple Missionaries came by.  It had rained hard in the morning in Pittsford and Palmyra, but less in Mendon, so there was not mud or puddles.  Within 15 minutes of them leaving, it rained hard on the farm.  It was sunny during the tour.  The Lord looks after those temple missionaries.

More evidence....  The Tomlinson Inn is owned by Saints in Utah who use it seasonally.  No one had ever been on the site when I had been there before.  However, with the Temple Missionaries touring, there was a man mowing the grass.  He introduced himself as the caretaker, Bother Clark, and invited us in.  We only entered the dining room, but heard his powerful testimony that the evens that happened there was not a chance meeting but divinely orchestrated.

Then we went on the the Tomlinson Cemetery where Meriam Young and Solomon Kimball are buried.  Well, you know how old Mormons are in a cemetery.

On Saturday we were visited by a couple, the Jensens from Barnwell, Alberta Canada.

He was a direct descendant of Heber Kimball and was not aware that Heber was baptized at this exact place where Brigham Young was baptized. We had a pleasant visit with the Jensens who were referred to us by site missionaries.