Pioneer Day (Mike)

Pioneer day was eventful and fun. We started off by riding in the Kanosh Pioneer Day Parade. Sixteen Cove Fort missionaries rode in a wagon pulled by Elder Dye’s pickup. We threw candy to the kids and waved to the crowd. It was an impressive parade for a small town. There was a good sized crowd lining both sides of Main Street. We went up one side and down the other. Following the parade some of the missionaries attended the talent show, but we had to return to the fort for the swing shift. My tours turned out well also. A great, great granddaughter of Truman O. Angel, the architect of the Salt Lake Temple as well as the fort was my first tour of the shift. She and her husband didn’t know that he had designed the fort. I pointed out where he had carved his initials in the back of the front gate. When I pointed it out, she stood there and cried; she had no idea. Then they took a picture of the signature. She was so happy, and planned to do some scrapbooking with the signature. It made her day.


My next tour was a non-member from California. She was accompanied by a man whom I assume was a relative. I had informed them that I was going to talk about Mormon beliefs as part of the tour, and shed said that she would like that. As I explained what the Book of Mormon really was, she took interest and said she would like a copy. The man took me aside and told me that he was a member, and that he had been trying to get her to read the Book of Mormon, but she said she wasn’t interested. Now she knew what it was really about, she wanted the missionaries to bring her one and explain about it in more detail, and couldn’t wait to read the info about Joseph Smith I had given her.

Following the shift, we returned to Kanosh for their hamburger dinner and dance. They had a great band, and the burgers were awesome also. We didn’t dance since everyone else just seemed to want to talk and listen. They probably danced later, but we returned to Marv and Stars to visit with them and their family for a while. Pioneer Day was a good full day.