This day was packed full of all kinds of adventures! Our first stop before going the church history sights, was the Palmyra New York temple. It was beautiful, and so neat that you are able to see through the windows that face the Sacred Grove. Once we were able to walk around the temple grounds and take some pictures we were on our way again. We first drove to Palmyra and visited the Sacred Grove. What an experience! When we first got there we had a couple of sister missionaries take us on a tour around the Smith farm. We were able to tour two replicas of houses that they lived in, the log home and the frame home. It was incredible just to see how such a big family fit in such a small place.
At the end of the tour we were able to go on our own and walk through the Sacred Grove. That was really neat, especially because Jason showed me some places where his mission had zone conferences. We also were able to identify three tree called, “The Witness Trees.” As we sat on a bench, re-read the account of Joseph Smith, and sat in that quite place, the spirit was overwhelming. As I sat there pondering what it must have been like, I wished that the trees could somehow testify of that beautiful spring morning. The spirit testified to me during those quiet moments of the truth of the restoration and how miraculous this beautiful day must have been. Around lunch time we weren’t really hungry, but I was told that the thing to do after tour the cites and going to pageant, was eating at Chill and Grill. It’s a little shack sort of restaurant that is famous for their enormous ice cream cones. It was there that I experienced my first Red Hot with homemade hot sauce, and I huge cone that was supposed to be ½ a kiddy cone. It was more like a large cone!
Doing all of the church sights in one day is almost impossible. I am sure people have done it, but I think that the greatest thing to do when you see sights is not to rush, and just enjoy them. That’s what Jason and I did. With only a few more hours of time we decided to visit the Peter Whitmer Farm. This was an incredible experience for me. Sister Vaterlaus from our ward in Boise gave us the tour and made it so powerful. She bared her testimony multiple times about The Book or Mormon, and got us involved too. As we were standing up in the room where much of The Book of Mormon was translated, the spirit was incredible strong and Jason spoke of his testimony about The Book of Mormon and shared his powerful conversion story with us. It was really neat.
The fun didn’t stop after that J When we got back to Rochester, the Snedekers took us out for a wonderful dinner. We eat at the best place that has the best Beef on Weck ever tasted (so I’m told). We also tried some delicious German Pancakes with apple sauce and sour cream. It was very tasty. We then journeyed over to Target and tried on some goofy attire. We had a lot of laughs and fun that night…
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