Hope you all are doing well. It was really wonderful to meet many of you earlier this month at the picnic. The general consensus from those I heard from was that we have a picnic every couple years. So, we'll tentatively pencil in summer 2017 for our next extended get-together.
While I was in Utah, I scanned all the pages from Willard's mission journals (1904 to 1906). I did miss at least two pages from his 1st journal, so if one of you could get a scan or picture of those pages I would appreciate it. They are pages 12 and 13, written between Nov. 4, 1904 and Nov. 7, 1904. Aunt Gloria has the journals. Also, if you're interested in the complete set of images (over 300 pages), I'm happy to share, just let me know--the files are rather large, so will probably need to upload to Dropbox or something like that. As I find interesting experiences, I'll share them here as well.
Here's one entry I enjoyed reading:
Mon. May 14/06. Penrith Eng. Fine day.
Spent the forenoon writing a letter home. After dinner we went tracking. Nothing of consequence occurred. Had fair success. Offered a man tract at a pub who had just called for a glass of beer. Offered to sell him a book. Just as his beer arrived, he took a penny and gave it for beer instead of buying my book. I told him the book would do him more good than that, but he said “I am thirsty.” I told him that would only quench the thirst for time being, but the book would give water that would spring up unto everlasting life, but he rather have the pleasures of this life and cared not for the hereafter. The conversation between us very much vexed the woman bartender, and she cussed us half way up the street. We came home to tea and spent the evening at lodge.
Please feel free to send me additional email addresses of people that you think would be interested in staying in touch and/or getting passages from Willard's journal.
All the best,
Loren
Here are a few pictures from the picnic.
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