New Years Eve

For the New Years Eve activity, the mission was divided into four groups. Our MTC (Missionary Training Center) Group was one of the four. It is also the largest group with 52 of the 64 still here in Nauvoo. The others completed their six month missions and returned home last September.

The mission presidency asked us to be in charge of our group's New Years Eve activity. We made arrangements to meet in the Facilities Management lunch and meeting room where we have met with MTC group on two previous party occasions.

We had a pot luck dinner. We always have lots of good food. Of course when Fred is the emcee, everyone has come to expect him to provide some topics of humor. He did and they loved it.

Past Summer's Young Performing
 Missionaries Singing 

Young Performing Missionaries

Following dinner we watched our DVD of "Ephraim's Rescue." It is the story of the man who played a major role in the Martin Handcart Company rescue. The movie was made by the same individual who made "Seventeen Miracles." Very few had either seen or heard of it. However, everyone really enjoyed the movie.

Ann with Sister Germer on her right
Sister Pixler on her left

Just as the movie was ending, some of the young performing missionaries who were here this summer showed up and asked if they could sing a song for us. The sang about when two or three meet together in His name He will be there. It went very well with the movie.



At 9 o'clock everyone was invited to go to the Family Living Center for dancing, desserts and snacks and just listening to real good music. Three elders in the mission are very good musicians. One plays the clarinet, one the saxophone and the other the piano as well as sings a lot of the old tunes the senior missionaries know and remember.

Ann with the Thompson's at the dessert
and snack buffet in the Family Living Center

The mission president requested that we wrap up by 10:30 because we had 8:00 a.m. mission training this morning (New Years Day) as well as our various site and work assignments. Actually there aren't too many seniors our age who can make it to midnight any more.