On Friday Pam and I flew into Philadelphia and then had to set on the tar mack for 3 hours because of storms in the area. Then we flu into Boston and rented a car and drove to Cape Cod and spent the night at a really nice Motel near the Bourne bridge. The next day we went to Buzzards Bay and visited the towns of Sandwich where we used to live and then on to Falmouth and found the Branch that Paris was the Branch President in about 1962-64. at that time the members of the ward raised half of the money to build the ward building . The small ward worked very hard to get the money and bought a beautiful piece of land that was on a hill overlooking the water. When we had raised enough money by selling 140 dozen eggs a week and cleaning houses on base. We contacted church headquarters and they told us we had to get other land as the place we had was too small to build a 3 phase building on. The people of the ward were really up set by this and Paris was really worried about the church being built in the right place. We found a beautiful spot and we had at least 3 different trips where we took the mission president, the official from Salt Lake and each time as we traveled the road to see the property, the property was not recognized and then they would go look again and it was the same spot that had been looked at before but not recognized. What I'm trying to say is that when we are asked to do something by the church leaders and we do our best to follow the Lord will guide us to the right place. The building was built on that piece of property and its a beautiful building.We went to church there last Sunday.
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Cape Cod, is gorgeous. I wish you were there!!
I loved this trip mom, reliving your memories and seeing these places was so fun, it was interesting to see them again, and remember the salt water taffy, the church people that lived at our house, (they didnt but it felt like we always had the house that people came too), I was so thankful that the weather was great and it was fun to see you speak at church and tell the group the things the ward worked on to get that beautiful building, I am so thankful I dont have to see eggs or clean someone elses house, I cant keep up with mine. Love Pam
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