Palmyra Is Awesome

So today I went to Palmyra and it was one of the coolest things I have ever done. We started out the day going to the Palmyra temple and you can see the sacred grove from inside the lobby of the temple. It is the only temple that has a window that has a clear see thew window.

Then we went to the sacred grove. That was pretty cool. It was different then what I thought it was going to be though, they don't have a X marks the spot of where it all happened, its just this grove that you walk around in and ponder, and pray it was a very neat experience. Plus the temple is almost literally a stones throw away from the sacred grove. I know that what brother Joseph said he saw in that grove, really did happen, and because it happened everything else he said is true.

Then we visited the home of Joseph Smith which is really kind of cool, the house they built after the farm was finished. Is 85% original I literally have stood on the same floor as prophet would have stood on. To me that's kind of cool.

Then I went to see the place where the Book of Mormon was first printed. That was one of the coolest tours I have seen. They teach you all about how they would print and bind it, and it is a very long process. At the end of the tour they have the a little art gallery and they have the original painting of Moroni burying the plates, and of Christ coming to the Americas it was cool.

Then we went to the Hill Camorah and that was a lot of fun. it is a little hill only 100-150 feet elevation rise and it is highest thing I have seen the entire time I have been here.

Then we went to the David Whitmer farm in Fayette. And like everything else I have seen this trip was amazing. They told us how the church was reorganized here and told us how this was also the same place where the three witnesses received their vision of the gold plates. It was really cool all day I have stood where angles have stood and could feel of the sacredness of these places.

It was interesting tough when we got here we checked in to our hotel and asked the guy at the front desk what the easiest way to get to Palmyra was, (we are about 10 min. out from palmyra) and he did know. I thought how sad is this you are 10 minutes away from one of the most sacred places on earth and you don't even know about it. Something happened there that changed my life and all of eternity, and you don't know about it. It has given me a desire to serve a mission and educate the world about what I know.

God is a God of Miracles

"And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles...........Behold I say unto you.....God has not ceased to be a God of miracles"

"if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles. And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they should trust. "

These are Mormons words. And I would like to add mine to them. The last week, week and a half God has shown unto me many mighty miracles, and one in particular that there is no other way of describing it then it was from a loving Father in Heaven who was very much aware of the righteous intentions of a small band of boy scouts. Due to the sacred nature of these miracles I won't make a post describing them, but if any would like to hear about them I have no problem sharing them with you.

I know that if we are righteous, the Lord can and will cause miracles to happen for our own good. But the miracle he gives is not necessarily the same miracle we want to have. This is where faith comes in to play, know that God will have all things work out for our good, even if its not what you think is good for you. I know that if we put our trust in the Lord he can do all things, including calming the winds and the seas.