Friday, October 19, 2018

Heading Home - Palmyra


We left our mission on Sunday, July 31st. It was very bittersweet, but we were ready to head home to family. Our first stop was six hours north to Palmyra. We hiked the Hill Cumorah, and went downtown so I could see the Grandin Publishing House. We toured the Smith family homes and walked through the Sacred Grove. There are five trails you can walk on. You are not shown an actual spot, because no one knows where that is. It was at dusk, very quiet, we were by ourselves, very beautiful. Monday morning we attended the Palmyra temple. It has a big picture window, looking out toward the Sacred Grove. 

Hill Cumorah - this memorial, a visitor's center, 
and a huge hill where the pageant is produced.
The pageant had just finished, so it was peaceful
and quiet.




Grandin Publishing 

We found out the Sacred Grove visitor's center was open
until 9:00 pm. We had a lovely tour of the Smith Family's 
homes on the100 acre farm they were purchasing. Their first 
cabin is a replica on the original foundation. So small.
 The grove is behind the cabin. 


This is the home Alvin Smith built for his family, one that Joseph Sr 
and Lucy could spend their final years and be taken care of. Most 
of the home is original. There was so much history here. For 
example, we were shown the different places the family hid 
the plates when mobs burst into the home and searched for
 themselves. As we know, they were not able to keep the home. 
Lucy Smith's feelings were so tender, sad about leaving it. The 
whole family had to move back into the little Smith family cabin, 
with Hyrum and his family.


Thursday, September 20, 2018

Missionaries We Love

Elder Peter Eck



Elders Newbold & Eck

Elder Newbold 

Elders Eck & Oberhansley


Elders Eck & Giraud-Carrier

Elders Oberhansley & Caine


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Elders Oberhansley & Morgan

Elders Eck & Morgan

Elders Kartchner & Caine

Elders Chamblerlain & Criddle
Elders Heiner & Short

Elders Chamberlain & Heiner

Elders Bardhun & Carnahan

Elders Buchanan & Wach

Elders Hunter & Bennett
Elder Stolk

Elders Jensen, Mansell, Morgan, King


Elders George, Chugg, Draper, Aceves


Elders Maxfield & Hart
Elder Chang

Elders Jenks & Chang

Elder Hawkins

Sister Lemperle









Good-bye July 2018

Some very special people in our mission lives:

Sister Beth Johnson

JS Armstrong, President's Johnson's executive secretary. 
Extraordinary memory, mind, and friend.

Janet Kuffour, new convert, special friend

Sister Garrett and Sister Wright. Love these sisters!

Elder and Sister Wright - the best!

Elder Wright, Elder Banks, Elder Garrett

Sister and Elder Garrett



Library of Congress, July 7th

Our last tourist trip was to see the Library of Congress. It is a beautiful building, after the manner of The Capitol Building.  They had a Baseball exhibit that coincided with the Baseball All Star game held in DC this year.

























The Baseball Exhibit - there were a lot of videos,
memorabilia, and history.