Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Cradle of the Restoration

Jeff and I are just back from a vacation to beautiful Palmyra, New York to see the sites where the church was restored. It was so much fun!
Joseph Smith Cabin
This is my favorite--if you stand looking at the Joseph Smith Cabin, and then turn around, you can see the Palmyra Temple at the top of the hill where the trees are cleared. Could Joseph ever have imagined the day?
The path to the sacred grove.
Our sweet missionary guide, Sister Porter.
The Sacred Grove
The Peter Whitmer Farmhouse, where the restored church was organized with 6 members on April 6, 1830. Over 13,000,000 members today and growing fast!
The Palmyra Stake Center, where we went to church on Sunday.
Palmyra is about 90 miles from our airport in Buffalo. We spent the final night of our trip in Niagara Falls, which is just across the border in Canada from Buffalo. We had a spectacular view of both Horseshoe and American Falls from our room.

1 comment:

The Foys said...

That looks like such a fun trip!! If you have more photos I would love to see them next time we are over! =) It looks like it was so beautiful there, with all the fall colors!