A Great Last Week With Sister Divine

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

We visited with three sisters on Wednesday.  Thursday we attended the temple.  Friday we went to Camp Springs for Suitland Zone Training Meeting.  The Elders are starting to get used to the fact that two Senior Sisters are joining with them regularly in their district and zone meetings.  It has helped us feel more focused on serving the sisters in White Plains and finding ways that we can help the less active come closer to Christ as we serve them.  After zone training we planned to visit two more sisters but one of them was not home.  I really wanted Sister Divine to meet Sharon Hendricks, so we called and made an appointment to see her Monday morning along with three other sisters.

Saturday we ran a couple of errands, and then we visited a couple of places that we have driven by many times and talked about seeing them even though they have not opened for the public and won't be open for a couple weeks.  First we went to Dr. Mudd's house and then we went to Mary Surratt's house.  This is in the reverse order that John Wilkes Booth traveled on the night that he shot President Abraham Lincoln.

Booth went first to Mary Surratt's (an accomplice in crime) house about 11 miles from the Ford Theater and got a rifle.  He had hidden two rifles there inside a wall, but one of them dropped out of reach so he was only able to get one of them.   

Surratt's Tavern

Then he went to Dr. Mudd's house another 13.6 miles away (by today's route).  There he had Dr. Mudd take care of his broken leg.  John Wilkes run from the law ended a few days later when he was shot at the Garrett Farm.  Mary Surratt was hung along with three other conspirators for their parts in the Lincoln kidnapping that turned into an assassination.  Dr. Mudd was sent to prison for life, but was pardoned in 1869 and died at his home in 1883.

Dr. Samuel Mudd's House

This week so far we have visited some more sisters, including dear Sister Hendricks who won my heart at our very first visit.  She is moving to Virginia this week, so I was glad that we got to visit her and get a picture with her.  

Sharon Hendricks was kind enough to stop her packing so I could get a picture of her.

Today we went to the temple again.  Tomorrow is district meeting again and then we will try to see some more sisters for whom we do not have appointments.  Thursday we will get some flowers to take to one of our friends in White Plains 1st Ward, Rita Logalbo whose birthday is Thursday the 13th.  Then Sister Divine will do some shopping and get her car washed and cleaned before we pack her belongings for her trip Friday morning.  We have had such a wonderful four weeks together!