Each and every year our Church celebrates Pioneer Day on July 24th. It happens to be the day in 1847 that the Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. After years of persecution and hardships they had finally made it to a place that they could live in peace and worship God how they saw fit. This year July 24th was on a Sunday. We are blessed to live close to a temple here in Maryland. For the first time in Ryan and I's married life we are closer than the usual 1.5-2 hour trip it would take to get to a temple. Another blessing is having a visitors center right by the temple. The visitor center is for people who come wanting to know more about our beliefs and people who come to enjoy the spirit on the temple grounds. For our family on Sunday we got to go watch the movie Legacy, which chronicles the experiences of the Saints from the organization of the Church in 1830 until they made it to Salt Lake. The kids loved it and then once the movie was over we were able to go walk around the temple grounds for a little while (it was still too hot to hang out for long). It was a perfect way to spend a Sabbath day and celebrate those long ago Saints and the sacrifices they made so I can enjoy the blessings of the gospel today. 
25 July 2011
{Pioneer Day}
Each and every year our Church celebrates Pioneer Day on July 24th. It happens to be the day in 1847 that the Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. After years of persecution and hardships they had finally made it to a place that they could live in peace and worship God how they saw fit. This year July 24th was on a Sunday. We are blessed to live close to a temple here in Maryland. For the first time in Ryan and I's married life we are closer than the usual 1.5-2 hour trip it would take to get to a temple. Another blessing is having a visitors center right by the temple. The visitor center is for people who come wanting to know more about our beliefs and people who come to enjoy the spirit on the temple grounds. For our family on Sunday we got to go watch the movie Legacy, which chronicles the experiences of the Saints from the organization of the Church in 1830 until they made it to Salt Lake. The kids loved it and then once the movie was over we were able to go walk around the temple grounds for a little while (it was still too hot to hang out for long). It was a perfect way to spend a Sabbath day and celebrate those long ago Saints and the sacrifices they made so I can enjoy the blessings of the gospel today.
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Looks like things are going pretty good. The tramp looks like fun now that it is here
Wow we miss you all!!!
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