Pretty soon Chris was ready to break his fast and we decided to look for food. No good. There is not a single restaurant open on Sunday in Nauvoo. We had to drive 25 minutes south to another town in Iowa. From there we weren’t too far from Carthage, so we decided to do that. I loved Carthage. We watched a beautiful movie on the life of Joseph Smith and then went into the jail. It was interesting, but I was so surprised at how powerfully the spirit came to me when we entered the upstairs room where Joseph was shot. What an incredible feeling. I kept wondering if everyone gets to feel this because the spirit is just in this sacred place or if the spirit was testifying to me because I was personally ready to hear it. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet and I am incredibly grateful for his sacrifice. He was called of God for a monumental task and he humbly served amid awful opposition. He is such an inspiration. I can’t wait to know brother Joseph again. I’m grateful I was able to have that testimony reconfirmed that day.
We headed back to Nauvoo and found where Joseph, Emma, and Hyrum were buried. Then with everything else closed in Nauvoo and our baby asleep again, we went to cemetery just outside of Nauvoo and walked around. It was so beautiful.
Dinner back at the hotel.
Look at that little tooth!
Back at the start of the trail is the Seventies house, an MTC for new 70s called. We decided to take a look inside. At the end of her presentation, the Sister missionary asked if we had any ancestors that we might want to look up. I said yes and when they found out it was Joseph Bates Nobel, they told me I had to go to the Lucy Mack Smith home, since he built it and his picture was hanging inside.
We toured the tinsmith’s shop, printing press, brickyard, and blacksmith. We went to Lands and Records and saw John Taylor’s home and of course the Lucy Mack Smith home. We would have loved to have seen more, but we had to drive to Indianapolis. It was so quiet both days we were there, that the senior missionaries were overjoyed to have someone to talk to. They could have chatted all day, I’m sure. Every one of them listed a few places we MUST see in our limited time and each time it was different. Hard to choose. At any rate, we LOVED Nauvoo and hope to go again some time.
2 comments:
Fun to see those pictures! I know, Nauvoo is incredible! Love Jane's one tooth picture. So,interestingly, that isn't the cemetery that we went to. I didn't know there was another one, but it makes sense that there would be. The one we went to was hilly and covered in old growth hard-wood trees, not kept up, but old and rugged with headstones falling down etc. I think it was recommended to Jennifer before we went. Next time you go, you can check it out!
That looks awesome! I hope we get to go sometime! Loved your testimony too! Reminds me of your RS lessons before you got married. They were always filled with the Spirit.
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