We made it to Nauvoo in time to see the pageant!Before the pageant we saw Sunset on the Mississippi. It's a musical put on by professionals and missionaries serving in Nauvoo. It was excellent too.
We met the Prophet--All Is W
ell, All Is Well!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
We awoke to rain. There was a vingette that we wanted to see called the Trail of Hope. Some of the cast members from the pageant are at different stops on lower Parley street which leads to the river. It is the route the saints took to leave Nauvoo. At each stop, the actor relates a story about the saint they are playing. It was very touching and spiritual.
At the end of Parley street is a statue of the Prophet Joseph and Brigham Young and also a memorial to all those saints who lost their lives on the way to Salt Lake. The walls inside have all the names of those who died listed.
Next we went on an oxen ride. Gab is on the left and Gary is on the right.
Then we toured the Seventy's Hall which is like a missionary training center.
Elder Thorsted is doing the training. We saw the visitor's center until it quit raining and then started touring the different restored homes and businesses. That night we saw "Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo" in the cultural hall before we saw the pageant again. It's put on by the missionaries too.
Those in white have passed away.
ard we went to the Temple. A very speci
al experience. After the session we saw Joseph's sword which had been framed and hung on a wall in an office. We also Mary Fielding Smith's apron framed and hung. There was a man's apron framed too, but we don't remember whose it was. Also, keys to the original temple in frames.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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