Gary and Sharlene Cornwell Nauvoo Illinois Mission

Saturday, April 29 Well it's Saturday morning little cloudy over cast with a high chance of raining today. Yesterday was our preparation day I took David and Stephanie and their two boys they came out and watch the bring in  of the horses. Then went to breakfast with the rest of them help them pack the car to head on to Indiana. Your mother and I roll down to Kantril Iowa to purchase a couple hats one for the rendezvous at one for every day use. Got back about 430-5 o'clock. And we decided we weren't going out again so that's pretty much the day. Today Will be the first day that we will actually go work one of the sites here in Nauvoo. Your mothers going to the Brigham Young home, and I am headed for the blacksmith/Wainwright shop. Going to be an interesting day I don't think it will be very busy because of the rain though. Well I hope everybody has a great day today stay dry if you can if you can I'm going to try at least Be safe whatever you...

Friday, April 28 Good afternoon family I better take this chance and tell you what we did yesterday. We did our final training on sites, then we went out and auditioned. And needless to say that wasn't pretty but it's over with and done and a new day tomorrow. I'll I hope everybody's  will be safe today. And enjoy what's left of your day. Hank was not too bright. Everyday when he walked home from work, he would get stopped by three nasty men and they would beat him up and steal his money. Finally, Hank decided that it would serve his best interest to walk a different route and then take up some self-defense classes so this wouldn't happen again. He joined a karate class and soon was doing very well to defend himself. So, one day, on the way home from work Hank took his old route home and sure enough there they were. He walked up to them and the battle ensued. The next afternoon Hank went to his karate class with a black eye, a broken nose and ...

Friday, April 28 Good afternoon family I better take this chance and tell you what we did yesterday. We did our final training on sites, then we went out and auditioned And needless to say that wasn't pretty but it's over with and done and a new day tomorrow. I'll I hope everybody's  will be safe today. And enjoy what's left of your day Hank was not too bright. Everyday when he walked home from work, he would get stopped by three nasty men and they would beat him up and steal his money. Finally, Hank decided that it would serve his best interest to walk a different route and then take up some self-defense classes so this wouldn't happen again. He joined a karate class and soon was doing very well to defend himself. So, one day, on the way home from work Hank took his old route home and sure enough there they were. He walked up to them and the battle ensued. The next afternoon Hank went to his karate class with a black eye, a broken nose and a b...

Thursday, April 27 No message today just a couple thoughts Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you." —D&C 68:6 Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.” ~ Author Unknown

 Wednesday April 26 Good morning family Well it was training as normal visited about half the sites we will be asked to attend after we get though our training, which will be tomorrow The kid showed up last night and so David go all are devices hooked up Well not much more is happening So everyone have a safe day “Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person you are.” ~ Mandy Hale "Please remember ... that the Lord blesses those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments and try to keep them, who cherish Christlike virtues and strive to the best of their ability to acquire them." —Jeffrey R. Holland,

Tuesday, April 25 Good morning family Well it's going to be exciting day today some of your traveling and will be here sometime in the afternoon looking forward to see in here. Yesterday was pretty much the same as all the other days sitting in a classroom learning mission rules was expecting a beer where to find her schedule what we're going to be doing. We did take a wagon ride lot yesterday as part of one of the classes seen some of the site so we will be asked to serve in. Was through about 430 got us a chance to move the trailer down where we will start for the next 18 months then started studying some of the Scripts or ideas that we we will be presenting in the different venues. Well not much else happening so I just wish everybody a safe journey and be careful if you're driving. A river cuts through rock not because of it’s power, but because of it’s persistence.” ~ Author Unknown “You can’t control how other people receive your energy. A...

S unset on the Mississippi Monday, April 24 It was our PD on Saturday So we spent the day finishing putting the house together. Made a run into town to buy a few more Augdon and won't be making that trip very often not used to traveling 20 minutes to get a loaf of bread. Your mother made dinner for Elder And Sister Olsen They spend the evening with us and we went down to the rendezvous. They are the couple that we met in the MTC and I've become pretty good friends with them Spent all day yesterday in one kind of church meeting after another. We did go to lunch at elder and sister Slater missionary couple And then spend Sunday night finally putting the rest of my clothes away. Busy weekend Getting ready for another busy week “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one’s fear.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon “Trust the still, small voice that says, “this might work and I’ll try it.” ~ Diane Mariechild

Saturday, April 22 Good morning family, it's a bright sunny Saturday morning and the sun is just popping up over the trees After spending about half of the day unloading and putting things away the little house is starting to look like we could almost live in it. We made a run into  Keokuk  Which is across the river and Iowa. To do a little grocery shopping. Was getting late and we needed to secure the trailer and make preparations to go to bed, we couldn't find the sheets are the pillows for the bed. After going to the trailer to her three times and finally came in and opened a few totes in here and found them thank goodness. Well a bright new day is ahead of us finish unpacking and getting ready for church tomorrow. Everybody be safe and have a great day After a little bit of a worry because we couldn't find the sheets for the bed A teacher was telling her class about plant names that have the word "dog" in them, such as dog-rose, dogwood, dog violet. She aske...

This is where your mother and I will be spending the next 18 months are you  three-story 20 x 18' home when we got it settled Will send some pictures from inside   Friday, April 21 Well it's Friday morning.  We arrived here in Nauvoo. About 430 last night and drove around looking for things and seeing what we were going to be doing. We took in the play the Rondevoo again last night On her trip over from Lincoln went by in the way of Adam-onhi-Aham Spent the night in the Woodruff hotel end of the week that's been chaotic ready to start a new The teacher asks Joanie, "If you had a million dollars and gave  one quarter to Tom and another quarter to Bill and then another quarter to Betty, how much would you have left?" Joanie replies, " $999,999.25" An engineer was removing the engine parts from a motorcycle when he saw a famous heart surgeon in his shop. He went to him and said, "Look at this engine... I opened its heart, took the valves out,...

Wednesday, April 19 We are on our way to Nauvoo spent the morning in the MTC got on the road to Nauvoo at about 5 o'clock last night arrive Rocksprings about 830 last night that's pretty much the day that nutshell. I hope you have a great day Will be getting on the road about 8 o'clock headed east Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson "At times, the Lord’s answer will be, “You don’t know everything, but you know enough”—enough to keep the commandments and to do what is right." —Neil L. Andersen,

Tuesday, April 18 At the end of the week I'll give a synopsis of what happened this week we are actually just about to head down the road everybody be safe "Please remember ... that the Lord blesses those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments and try to keep them, who cherish Christlike virtues and strive to the best of their ability to acquire them." —Jeffrey R. Holland,

Week two of the MTC Monday, April 17 A great weekend Spent a couple hours in the Provo Temple, then went and had lunch with Rhonda and Lance they were feeling little under the weather so we took in Sandwiches to them and had dinner there if your home Then went to Rachel's house played with the grandkids fixed a couple of bikes had a great enjoyable evening. Sunday morning was a devotional President Oaks Then dinner at Rachel's with Kyle Cornwell and then back to the MTC for the farewell devotional had a devotional with Sherry Dew. Gave out a couple my hats to a couple of Elders that I've got close to here in the MTC Well have a great day and a great start of the week as we our start second week. Faith as a principle of power comes from a consistent pattern of obedient behavior and attitudes. Personal righteousness is a choice. Faith is a gift from God, and one possessed of it can receive enormous spiritual power." —Kevin W. Pearson, "

Saturday, April 15 Well it's Saturday morning and we're making preparations to go about her active the day it's our  p-day today. So we've got some activities planned and some that we didn't have planned.  It was another wonderful day yesterday again had some very emotional spiritual moments, one as we prepared to teach a lesson video that we looked at on Thursday popped open on my iPad to prepare a lesson this video was sitting right on the screen and it fit with what this gentleman needed. It made  teaching the lesson a whole lot easier. Also last night as we preparing to close for the night one of the missionary couples called and asked me to come over and give me a blessing. And as we finished up and went  back to our room to get my wallet  we meet the Olsen at the elevator and he had change his mind he no longer needed to go to the hospital the pains he was having a dissipated we still went out and bought him a heating pad because your mother said it would ...

What you look like after five days in the MTC Friday April 14 Well good morning family it was another great day yesterday with the follow up teaching with the couple that we talk the day before and it went as well as the day before it was. We are so broke out of the MTC last night put on regular clothes and drove over to see Neta and Robert And it was good to see them and see the excitement they have for our mission. So all in all it was a very good day yesterday So here's a couple of jokes I have lost my mind! And I'm pretty sure my kids took it! My husband, a big-time sports fan, was watching a football game with our grandchildren. He had just turned 75 and was feeling a little wistful. “You know,” he said to our grandson, “it’s not easy getting old. I guess I’m in the fourth quarter now.” “Don’t worry, Grandpa,” Our grandson said cheerily. “Maybe you’ll go into overtime.” The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how, after the worship service,...

Thursday, April 13 Well it's a beautiful morning And I hope every will have a great day Yesterday was a really great learning day for me. We had a teaching experience and a nearly perfect stranger made an observation about me, and he recommended that I take it to heart it's things your mother has told me all the time but coming from somebody that has seen me just a few times maybe I better step up to the  to the plate more often and share my abilities and talents. Also had a chance to assist with the elder here giving a blessing to his wife who is having troubles with a headache, so not only did I have a lot of learning experiences but I had some wonderful spiritual experiences So I hope everybody else will learn something new and try something new and grow from it like I'm growing day by day here in the Mission training center Again I hope everybody has a wonderful day “Don’t wait for things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy...

Well good morning family it's Wednesday morning then we're halfway through the week, I guess you're halfway through the week too 😁. The MTC is quite an experience trying to pound teach my gospel trying to pound 👊 into this thick skull of mine. I've met some really wonderful people here. Last night we had the MTC devotional Elder Valeri V. Cordón spoke he talked of course about mission work But the funniest thing he did he ask how many missionaries were learning a second language and there was a few and then he said him and his wife was learning a second language also English. He is from  Guatemala 🇬🇹 Well not much is happening so I'll just wish everybody a very happy day “Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.” ~ William Arthur Ward “Patience is not simply the ability to wait,  it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” ~ Joyce Meyer

Well good morning family.  It's a Tuesday morning and day two in the Mission home. It was a hectic day yesterday to get things started off. Making sure we got the MTC on time felt like we were almost be herded like a bunch of cows But once we got everything settled and found everything that we have lost, or should say things we couldn't find things settle be in for a wonderful day. Can't believe how small the church years when we got talking to some of the other missionary couples finding out that we knew some of the same people, it was just kind of fun. Well I don't know what the day will bring but I'm looking forward to just resting day, and I hope everybody else has a great one today too I also want to thank all of you that helped make this possible and to have such a wonderful little sendoff crew here at the MTC thanks Rachel and Stephanie for making the send off a little more pleasant Faith in Jesus Christ, when solidly anchored in our souls, brings true con...

Mission training center Monday, April 10 Well good morning family it's a really bright Monday morning only because what is taking place today. I can't believe all the things that have happened that caused us to come up here on Sunday instead of Saturday and getting and getting the start we did Sunday morning. Saturday started out fairly smooth we got up packed all of her personal clothes and made it to Kyler's soccer game picked up our trusts and everything and set out to get everything else loaded and be on the road by three or four. One thing led to another and we finally got the trailer loaded about 6 o'clock. Then we had thoughts that maybe we shouldn't be going until Sunday morning. We found a few more items that we needed to put in the bedroom, but come to find out we had locked the keys up in the safe and nobody had a set of keys to unlock The bedroom door where the safe was at.   I thought I had given A set to David and Andrea but they didn't have a o...