Friday was our day in Nauvoo. Each group/ward had a temple session assigned, and other than meals and a few shows in the evening, we had the day to ourselves, to tour Nauvoo. We walked the 2 miles into Nauvoo, and as we were coming down one road, we heard singing! The performing missionaries were doing a little street corner vignette. We thoroughly enjoyed their singing and short play on growing up in Nauvoo. We then made our way down the Nauvoo streets, stopping in at the shops and houses to learn more about them.
We visited the Printing Shop. We learned how certain phrases came about from printing, such as: mind your p's and q's, stereotype, etc. I LOVE the sweet senior missionaries that took their time to educate us!
Of course we had to make a stop in the Scovil Bakery. They had the yummiest Ginger Bread Cookies. Recipe HERE
We had fun with statues....
I love this statue of Joseph and Emma. It was a sweet reminder of my hubby I left at home, on our 10th anniversary!!!
The girls enjoyed all of the demonstrations. Especially the ones that provided food. Delicious, warm, homemade bread! And spending time at the Children's Park, with all of the games and activities the Nauvoo youth may have enjoyed.
We also saw 3 musical productions. The first was a historical fiction "High Hopes and River Boats". The music was fantastic, and gave insight into what life might have been like for our early saints.
The highlight of my day was going to the temple. I had worked with all of the youth to find family names to take to the temple. Everyone had at least one. Some brought enough for others to perform. I had two of my own ancestors, Sarah Gilbert and Mildred Montgomery, baptized by one of my sweet young women while I watched. The Spirit there was unique and strong. With several of the names, including my ancestors, I knew that they were accepting the ordinance provided to them. This experience isn't Nauvoo specific, and I am now challenging the Young Women (and myself) to prepare names for every temple visit. It is so much more of a profound experience.
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The OKC youth have the same goal to take a family name to the Nauvoo temple. What a great experience. I LOVE the Nauvoo temple. I have 4 lines of ancestors that went through the original temple before leaving Nauvoo.
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