The Sacred Grove

Okay, so this last week, I think has been my most favorite for trips! I had some awesome experiences and some really neat things happen. My Mom and I went to upper state New York, we flew into JFK, and got too see New York (That trip is being saved for the fall) from the air while flying to Rochester. We went to Palmyra and saw the Hill Cumorah Pageant, that was so AMAZING! The cast has over 700 member, I think it was a little more than the cast out at Tuacahn...(inside joke!) We went and saw the Sacred Grove and where it all started, to think I stood where Joseph Smith was and to know that his prayer to God was answered. Wow! When we went through Rochester, No wonder he was confused! There were so many different churches looming on every corner. Then we drove through all these really cute towns I loved all the houses, it was refreshing from the southwest, they reminded me of old Santa Clara before the southwest took over. We also saw the Erie Canal, that was crazy, No wonder why people in the East can't fathom what a drought is there is SO much water there. I have heard of the Erie canal since I was small and have always wanted to see it, and some of little shops of the North East. My testimony was rekindled this week in not only the church but in Heavenly Father, looking at all the Beauty, how can people deny that there is a God in Heaven? I will never understand. I am so thankful for Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon and how they testify of Christ and how to be able to withstand all the bad that is in the world, cause there is a lot of it. I love how the Gospel not only helps people believe, but it also changes them to be better. I know for a fact that without the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I would be a totally different person and would have fallen way back in jr high. Heavenly Father knows when to send the right people in our lives to help us along the way. It was cool, listening to the story of Oliver Cowdry and how he came to Joseph Smith, and how he helped him. Though Joseph didn't need to change, it reminded me of how three very special girls and many Young Women leaders who were put in my path in jr high to help me decide which path I was going to take. And how I know that my Mom is supposed to be my Mother because of all we have been through all the guidance she has given me, just like Joseph's Mom did him. :) I m so eternally Grateful to them and to Heavenly Father for putting them in my path. Wow this post is getting long, so I will stop and put pictures on the next post :)