Rainy Days and more success (Mike)

A couple of days ago, we awakened to a downpour of rain, I was on the early shift so I put on my hat and long raincoat and started opening the fort and buildings for tours, not expecting to see anyone that morning. As I went around turning on the caution lights, opening the gates and other buildings, a car parked along the fence and a man got out with an umbrella and walked toward me. We met and talked in the rain for a while. It turned out that he was a member who had been to the fort before, and loved the place. I asked him to wait a few minutes while I finished opening up and I would take him on a tour. Also along the fence was a small motor home with a man just coming outside with his umbrella. He explained that he was a newly retired Merchant Marine sea captain, heading for New York, and he would like a tour. We joined the other man and I started them watching the Cove Fort movie  in the theater  while I finished opening. After the movie, I took them on the tour and explained the gospel to Patric, the Sea Captain, who was Roman Catholic. As we finished the tour, Patric requested the Book of Mormon and the Missionaries to come to his home to tell him more. The spirit was strong that cold rainy morning. It rained all day and we only had about 75 visitors.

I had a second tour that day that was quite interesting. It was a member family from Sandy UT who had been at the fort earlier this summer. As we finished the tour, I gave them the usual opportunity to fill out a member referral form for a nonmember friend or relative. The mother said she wanted to fill one out. As she was writing, she said that when they were here earlier this summer, she had filled out a card for a neighbor, and that she had already been taught by the missionaries and had joined the Church. Now she was filling out a card for another neighbor. It's nice to see that our efforts here at Cove Fort are rewarded.


Today we had P day, I took my ten mile bike ride. What a beautiful morning it was! Some of the missionaries have been hearing elk bugle and I saw a big bull a couple of days ago grazing along the road as I was riding my bike. We did the laundry and just worked around the apartment still putting things away. We went to the trailer and got it ready for the winter, then traveled to Beaver for some groceries. When we returned, the Halls joined us at our apartment for dinner.