Temple

So many people ask what Sister Poulson does on this mission.  Well, I do a lot of different things.  I sometimes work in the office helping with computer entry for completed jobs and credit card purchases.  Sometimes I work on projects by myself but mostly I work with Elder Poulson together on our projects.  He helps me with mine and I help him with his.  We love working together and it's more fun that way.  We don't often remember to get pictures of our "jobs" but while Amber was here, she took pictures of one of our jobs.

The Palmyra Temple was shut down for 2 weeks for semi-annual cleaning.  Inside the temple we scrubbed the tile floor of the baptistry so clean that we were recruited by the temple presidency to do other tile floors in the temple.  (One thing we know is the care and cleaning of tile.)  We also cleaned all of the windows of the temple inside and out.  There are no pictures of that project 'cause we don't take pictures in the temple but here's some of Elder Poulson's project that I  helped him with.....cleaning the outside of the temple.  It is so humid here that moss grows right on the temple, especially on the north and west sides.  We used warm water from an igloo and scrub brushes to get rid of the moss.  

On another assignment at the temple, Elder Poulson scrubbed the WHITE, yes white, tile paver sidewalks.  The pavers are sand set and so moss also grows between them.  He used a power washer and a specially designed tool to scrape and wash away the moss and the dirt left by landscapers who did some major remodeling of the front garden beds.

Here's a picture of the boys walking around the temple while we cleaned.  It was very, very cold and they only lasted a few minutes.  

Two more pictures of Caleb at the temple.  He was so upset that he couldn't go IN the temple.  He kept pulling on the door and crying.  It was sad and funny, but mostly good that he wanted to go in.