The Palmyra Temple in May. It has been a beautiful spring. The grounds are exquisite and the temple has been filled with patrons. It has been a wonderful week in the temple.

Today, Sunday, we drove to Pen Yann Branch where Elder Lewis and I spoke in sacrament meeting. It was also the first day for the Perkins and Gehrigs to attend their new Branch for the next six months. We spoke on the Holy Ghost and the temple. There are so many wonderful people in these branches. We have met many of them in the temple either as patrons or ordinance workers. They are very faithful people.

On Thursday, our Preparation Day, we drove with the Crookstons down to Watkins Glen and walked through the gorge. It was so beautiful. It is about a mile long and the paths were built by prisoner of war inmates.

Someone had cut this tree to look like a chair. Paul needed a rest.

Our hike was enhanced by meeting up with these people from Canada. They had been on the trail before and gave us lots of information and got us back to the beginning without getting lost.

Here we are with the Crookstons

The gorge is incredible.

On the way home we came across another garage sale and Paul found himself a "little" bike. He gets the best deals $1.

Monday night for FHE the Brethren made a dutch oven dinner for the ladies. Pres. Jones was at the helm. It was a delicious dinner of BBQ port and chicken, dutch oven potatoes, corn bread and three kinds of cobbler. Yum Yum

This is a shot of the 17 couples who make up the 2008 summer missionaries.

Tuesday morning we went with the Hullingers to Mendon where we found the home of John Young. It was in this town that Samuel Smith took the first Book of Mormon and gave it to Phineas Young. We found John Young's home and several other sites. In the near vicinity is the Ganondagan Historical Site which is the home (600 acres) of the Seneca Indian tribe. They have rebuilt a longhouse and have many artifacts from the era. Saturday they had a reenactment of the "Seneca Encourter with LaSalle". They were trying to wipe out the Seneca Indian tribe because they controlled the waterways through Niagara Falls. We were serving in the temple so missed it.

Saturday morning we were able to participate with the Single Adult conference. Pres. & Sister Jones did a workshop on the temple and family history. It's a really great program if you ever have to do something on family history.

Our thought for the week: develop Holy Habits and Righteous Routines