We love this beautiful land we live in and are so grateful for the time we spent in parts where so much of our countries history took place and helped shape this great land that we love.
We say goodbye to Maryland and so many wonderful friends and missionaries.
We were given permission to leave a few days early so we could visit the church sites in Palmyra NY and the priesthood restoration sites near the Susquehanna river in PA. Now we are traveling today to Philly PA to spend the 4th of July and see the sights and firework display.
Tuesday we start our official treck home. We are so thankful we were able to see so many wonderful places where the gospel was restored again on the earth. We saw the Sacred Grove, the Smiths family farm. We visited the Hill Cumorah visitor center and drove to the top of the hill where Angel Moroni statue stands. We were able to visit the Palmyra temple and did sealings. We were given an amazing tour of the area by the Barneys who are serving a temple mission there.
They took us to Peter Witmers farm and beautiful visitor center. We learned so many wonderful things about all the miracle during Joseph Smiths time there in their home translating from the plates to give us the Book of Mormon. We visited the the amazing place where the
Book of Mormon was first printed.
Sunday we visited the priesthood restoration site.
Today we are driving to Philly PA for the 4th.
