Rachael: JUNE 2007

JUNE 2007~~~

a few days after graduation I left on a trip, Heritage Tours, with about 130 just graduated kids mainly from my school and the one down the road. I had some of the most amazing gospel experiences of my life. We read the scriptures for a couple of hours a day on the bus along with articles about the place we were about to visit. We learned many songs and sang the commitment song ("As sisters in Zion/Army of Helaman" medley) quite often while we were at the places. These are some of the places we visited...

Martins Cove

Veil Crossing is where the boys carried people across the river

Nauvoo Temple

Carthage Jail

3 week trip=needed laundry days :)

roommates (& friends prior to trip) Me, Tia Zwick, Bryan Brown, & Liz Cosper

John Johnson Farm

top left window is where Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph SmithIsaac Morley Farm
Kirtland, OH

Niagara Falls I rode the "Maid of the Mist" boat trip that takes you right up to the falls Peter Whitmer Farm
The Sacred Grove
Palmyra Temple
Hill Cumorah
Sharon Vermont (Joseph Smith's Birthplace)
Boston Temple
New York City
Susquehanna River

The Boys on our trip gave me and everyone else on the trip a memory we will never forget...we were sent off to ponder etc. and after a few mins a few boys started getting in the water and pulling all the trash and old tires, etc from the river. By the end all the boys had joined in while we watched in silence. A leader with us, Bro. Toone, said it was the literal showing of the power of cleansing the priesthood can do. Below is a picture of all the trash they pulled outGettysburg
Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. Temple St. Louis