Kirtland pictures

Mission travel day 4

We visited Kirtland, Ohio this morning.  This is Newel K. Whitney's store where translating was done and the school of the prophets was held.  There were several old homes and a sawmill that were restored.  It was a beautiful area.  We also saw the Kirtland temple.  We drove up to Palmyra this afternoon and rode around the city.  It is a quaint,  small town.  We will go on the tours tomorrow.  The temple is so amazing.  Everything here has beautiful, large green manicured fields.  The one thing so impressive was on Main street with cute little shops then there are four large churches on all four corners of the street, just as Joseph describes in his history.  The peaceful feeling here and the beauty are amazing.  We're looking forward to tomorrow.

mission travel day 3

The operative word for the days travel would be long.  We drove from Altoona, Iowa to Wickliffe, OH (just east of Cleveland) over 750 miles, 12 hours of driving. We saw some great looking farm land very green with loads of freshly planted fields, just beautiful.  Over population is still not a problem out here.  We encounter one little problem however, the GPS unit worked great, too great.  Just south of Chicago it started to take us off the freeway to back roads, half way through the detour I realized the unit was avoiding toll roads for some preprogramed reason.  Once that got corrected we got back on course for the rest of the day.  It was mostly overcast for the day a very little bit of rain.  Our day was very peaceful and relaxing, but a little too quiet.  Love you all and miss you.   Mom and Dad

mission travel day 3

mission trip, day 3

mission trip, day 2

The key words for todays travel would be East and Flat.  Traveling through Nebraska and Iowa has rekindled my thinking of the flat earth theory.  We attended church in the North Platt 1st Ward, in a new building, on the west side of the town.  It was a typical testimony meeting except for several visitors like us.  The weather was great for travel, Mom slept and watched some videos.  She is finally unwinding.  We are staying the night in a small town East of Des Moimes, Iowa called Altoona.  It's hard to believe we are this far from home already.  The reality hasn't

set in yet.  It's like a vacation so far.  The scenery is very green and mostly farm land with lots of open space no overcrowding so far.  It's a pretty quite Sunday night for us.  Where is all the chatter.   Love Mom and Dad

Mission trip

Our first day of travel was very peaceful and relaxing.  We attended a great baptismal service for Ashley.  A family affair with cousins choir.  Saying goodby to everyone was very emotional.  Mom's eyes didn't dry out until Cheyenne, Wy.  We drove all the way to North Platt, Neb. some 700 miles before hanging up the car keys.  The car ran great, averaged 78 m/h and only one fillup.  We attended church in North Platt on Sunday.  The country side was beautiful green and lush we have a great country.