Elder Poulson’s Work Orders

The work orders keep coming in and we keep working on them. One rainy afternoon I helped/watched Bill as he moved a couple of boulders from near the FM Office to the Temple President’s house

It required my driving our truck, Bill driving the company truck with the “tippy trailer” behind carrying the boulders.  Then we drove back to get the tractor and Bill drove it back in the pouring rain and I followed him along the roads with my emergency blinkers on.

The boulders properly placed keeps the mail lady from tracking mud onto the driveway each and every day as she makes a U-turn at the mailbox.

All part of a day’s work.  It reminded me of our boys playing with Tonka tractors in the sand when they were little. 

Elder Poulson does all the hard, dirty, wet work and I “support” him and cheer him on and sometimes tell him when to “drop” the rock.

Can you see Elder Poulson?  He’s weed whacking the tall reeds that grow along a creek bed in front of our bill board.            

There were red-winged black birds dive bombing us the entire time he was working.  Must have had a nest near-by but we never saw any baby birds.

Done

Here’s the company truck and the “tippy trailer” loaded with the first of several benches that Elder Poulson cleaned up and painted. They sit along the pathway between the log home and the frame home on the Smith Farm. This pathway used to be Stafford Road in Palmyra. The Church moved Stafford Road to the east to accommodate foot traffic on the farm

Here is Elder Poulson helping Elder Jay with a work order to repair all of the picnic tables used by the Pageant Crew and Cast during the month of July.  They removed rotted boards and replaced them.  The easy-ups are set up just south of the bowl and stage and used for crafts, and games for entertainment and for some rehearsals during the month.  They even hold a “Primary” for younger children who need something to do while Mom & Dad practice.

This is the outside of the stone fireplace in the log home on the Smith Farm.  Several stones near the top were loose and falling out and Elder Poulson replaced them.

And here he is, in his Sunday best, showing me the grate that he took up, cleaned and painted and replaced.  He also had to re-level the bricks around the grate.  This is at the Welcome Center at the Smith Farm.  We were here for a Zone Conference right after he completed this job. 

Earlier, we had taken a picture of a bench for the Church Historical Department and this grate appeared in that picture.  Our boss noticed that the grate was in need of fixing. 

The pictures we took were sent to the team working on the restoration of Harmony Pennsylvania.  They are building benches and fences to match the ones here on the Smith Farm.