Church History Tour (Janika)

Wow! This Church History trip has been so much fun for me! I have learned a TON! And I am basically a pro at church history now. (: We started out driving to Ogden to pick up my aunt Gerilyn and my Grandma. The next day, at four AM, we drove to Salt Lake city and flew to Denver. And may I say, they have THE COOLEST AIRPORT EVER! It's basically bigger than our airport and mall put together.  So cool.  Anyway... after that, we flew to Cleveland Ohio.  And from there, we flew to Palmyra, New York. 

That night we went to the Hill Cumorah Pageant. It was really good! There were a lot of protesters around, but they weren't allowed to come inside. In all, we went through eight different states, (not counting Utah) and learned SO MUCH!  It was also my first time flying.  That was interesting.  Haha!  We went to the Nauvoo Pageant also which was really good too!  I'm so grateful I could go on this trip!  It was so green out here and so pretty!  My favorite things were the Maid of the Mist tour in Niagra, Liberty Jail, and going to different religions and learning about what they believe, then coming back to our visitors center and feeling that familiar sense of peace and safety. (:

this is the Community of Christ temple. It reminded me more of a mall than a temple...

Church History Tour -- Day 9 and 10

Thursday included Liberty Jail; Independence, MO; traveling three hours to Nebraska for the Winter Quarters Visitor Center; and Winter Quarters Temple where they were able to do baptisms and another endowment session. 

This is what Janika wrote on facebook:  "The Missouri Community of Christ temple. It felt more like a mall on the inside, and I was glad to go back to the LDS visitor center after. It was just really peaceful and calm there, but at this temple, it was just....a different feeling."

Friday was Council Bluffs and the Kanesville Tabernacle and then flying from Nebraska to Denver and then from Denver to Salt Lake City!!

Church History Tour -- Day 8

Today included traveling to MO (a little over 3 hours).  Then visiting Adam Ondi Ahman, Farr West, and some monuments in Richmond.  (The statue is of Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan)