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Showing posts with label Nauvoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nauvoo. Show all posts
The River is Cresting...
Before a couple of weeks ago, I had never seen the Mississippi River. It is so big it almost looks like a lake. As we drove down the little winding road to Nauvoo from Hamilton after we crossed the Mississippi from Keokuk, I looked at the little houses along the river and wondered what happened to those homes when the river flooded. I found a blog that is written by a woman in Nauvoo and she has posted pictures of the river as it floods over into the area. These pictures will probably be of no interest to anyone but my mom, who was just there with us, but i posted some of mine next to some of hers so you could get an idea. If you want to check out her blog, click here.
The 1st two pictures are of the bridge over the river that we crossed each day. That bridge is now closed to one lane and the water is on it.
These next two pictures are hers:
Above is the bridge, below is the power plant we passed everyday...I wish I had taken a picture of it so you could see the water difference.
Here is the picture of the Mississippi where the Saints crossed. There is a statue of Brigham and Joseph by it. I took pic's of the statue looking the other way, but not from far back.
Here is her picture of that same place...the road is completely submerged.
And here is Parley Street from her blog. That fence is 4 feet high.
Fortunately for Nauvoo, most of the land is higher and on ridges. From the info I have been able to find, the only structures that are in danger are in the Joseph Smith historic section. In particular the Nauvoo House, but they think they have it sandbagged pretty good. I hope that Keokuk is doing well, also!
Here is her picture of that same place...the road is completely submerged.
And here is Parley Street from her blog. That fence is 4 feet high. Fortunately for Nauvoo, most of the land is higher and on ridges. From the info I have been able to find, the only structures that are in danger are in the Joseph Smith historic section. In particular the Nauvoo House, but they think they have it sandbagged pretty good. I hope that Keokuk is doing well, also!
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Things I don't want to forget
This post is just for me.
If you don't want to read it, go ahead and stop.
I just wanted to write a few things down.
Some of the lessons and testimonies born in Nauvoo:
1. The missionary in the potter's area talked about the clay and spoke to the kids in the group who were all teens or pre-teens (Liza was the youngest). He talked about how the potter prepares the clay to be thrown (by kneading it and getting the air out) and how he takes great care to get it on the wheel just right. He teared up as he bore testimony that it is much like how their parents tried to do their best to prepare them for the future so that they could be made into a productive and useful vessel. He spoke of the wheel and how sometime the potter makes a mistake with the clay and sends it back to the "repentance table" to be re-kneaded. He reminded them that nothing is permanent until the firing.
2. At the rope-maker, they compared the individual strands to each of us, and how they are strong, but that the way a rope is bound together is like a family, and how much stronger the rope is when it is bound properly. It took the cooperation of 3 people to work the machine.
3. The woman at the candle making area testified that even though the candles they made could be burned down, there was a light in their lives that will never burn out, the light of Christ. The lady making bread reminded us that Christ is the bread of life.
4. At the printer's, we watched the tediousness of printing a single page newspaper, and commented what a hard life they had, that they worked from sun-up to sun-down to survive. The missionary reminded us that we have so many conveniences and that the Lord expects us to use our extra time in worthy pursuits, and in building the kingdom of God.
5. At the Land and Records building, we were able to find information on my great-great-great grandfather, John Hulme. He came to America after joining the church with 2 of his children, and his wife and other daughter stayed in England until they had money for them to come. Shortly after arriving, John became ill and died (probably from malaria.) William was only 6 years old and he and his sister became orphans, as his mother never came. It made me understand what a strong person he must have been, to have been determined to join the saints in Utah.
6. The spirit felt in the martyrdom room of the Carthage jail was overwhelming. The sister who took us on the tour bore a beautiful testimony, and I know more than ever that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that he gave his life for the gospel.
7. The brick, the mini horse shoe, the prairie diamond, and the rope are physical reminders of all the testimonies born and of the hardships the early church members bore to further the kingdom of God.
8. The temple was beautiful and as we walked around the grounds, we could feel what a sacrifice the building of the first one was and how difficult it must have been to leave it. Not because of the worldly value of it, but that they were leaving what it meant to them behind, looking forward to where they were going (literally out of the US) and the hope of having those ordinances again.
The kids were amazed to think that Joseph Smith had walked where we were walking and looked on the temple and watched its progress.
If you don't want to read it, go ahead and stop.
I just wanted to write a few things down.
Some of the lessons and testimonies born in Nauvoo:
1. The missionary in the potter's area talked about the clay and spoke to the kids in the group who were all teens or pre-teens (Liza was the youngest). He talked about how the potter prepares the clay to be thrown (by kneading it and getting the air out) and how he takes great care to get it on the wheel just right. He teared up as he bore testimony that it is much like how their parents tried to do their best to prepare them for the future so that they could be made into a productive and useful vessel. He spoke of the wheel and how sometime the potter makes a mistake with the clay and sends it back to the "repentance table" to be re-kneaded. He reminded them that nothing is permanent until the firing.
2. At the rope-maker, they compared the individual strands to each of us, and how they are strong, but that the way a rope is bound together is like a family, and how much stronger the rope is when it is bound properly. It took the cooperation of 3 people to work the machine.
3. The woman at the candle making area testified that even though the candles they made could be burned down, there was a light in their lives that will never burn out, the light of Christ. The lady making bread reminded us that Christ is the bread of life.
4. At the printer's, we watched the tediousness of printing a single page newspaper, and commented what a hard life they had, that they worked from sun-up to sun-down to survive. The missionary reminded us that we have so many conveniences and that the Lord expects us to use our extra time in worthy pursuits, and in building the kingdom of God.
5. At the Land and Records building, we were able to find information on my great-great-great grandfather, John Hulme. He came to America after joining the church with 2 of his children, and his wife and other daughter stayed in England until they had money for them to come. Shortly after arriving, John became ill and died (probably from malaria.) William was only 6 years old and he and his sister became orphans, as his mother never came. It made me understand what a strong person he must have been, to have been determined to join the saints in Utah.
6. The spirit felt in the martyrdom room of the Carthage jail was overwhelming. The sister who took us on the tour bore a beautiful testimony, and I know more than ever that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that he gave his life for the gospel.
7. The brick, the mini horse shoe, the prairie diamond, and the rope are physical reminders of all the testimonies born and of the hardships the early church members bore to further the kingdom of God.
8. The temple was beautiful and as we walked around the grounds, we could feel what a sacrifice the building of the first one was and how difficult it must have been to leave it. Not because of the worldly value of it, but that they were leaving what it meant to them behind, looking forward to where they were going (literally out of the US) and the hope of having those ordinances again.
The kids were amazed to think that Joseph Smith had walked where we were walking and looked on the temple and watched its progress.
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Thursday
Carthage, Illinois
We started Thursday in Carthage.
Climbing the stairs to the 2nd floor.
I love that my boys took off their hats, because it truly was a sacred place.
This is the cell upstairs, but since it was so hot, the jailer and his wife let Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards and John Taylor sleep next door in the master bedroom while they slept downstairs.
After the mob shot and killed Hyrum and Joseph, they ran downstairs to make sure Joseph was dead. Willard brought John Talyor into the cell room and hid him under the mattress in case the mob returned. The weight of the mattress stopped John Taylor's bleeding and subsequently saved his life.
Being in the room where Joseph was killed was a very moving experience.
This was my favorite place we visited on our trip.
Back in Nauvoo....
Wagon ride through Nauvoo.
John Taylor's home
The Seventies Building, the first "MTC."
At Sunset by the Mississippi, Parker and Aliza participated in the children's music parade before the show.
Thanks, Grandma and Papa for sharing your Nauvoo experience with us. It was one we will never forget.
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{almost} Wordless Wednesday
the bridge from Iowa into Illinois across the Mississippi
learning how to make ash breadfulfilling our scout requirements...making rope
playing the way the pioneer children played
learning to work like the children worked..."running water"
printing...this was so tedious! glad to not be a printer!
where the pioneers crossed the Mississippi, in February. it was frozen...
statue on the Mississippi of Brigham and Joseph...
the Blacksmith
the Smith family Cemetery in Nauvoo:
The Prophet's grave:
Mansion House:
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