Trip to Kirtland for transfers

Part of the Newell K. Whitney store

Kitchen

Back room in store
Room in store
School of the Prophets
Store
Missionaries
New missionaries and Sister and President Peterson
Outside of store
Us in front
Chagrin River where Willard Richards was baptized on December 31, 1834
Kirtland Temple

What a GREAT day!!! We arrived at Kirtland about an hour early so we went to Mickey-D's for breakfast.

We met President and Sister Peterson, all the new missionaries, Elder and Sister Haight, Elder McGuire, Brother and Sister Carl Anderson, and Elder and Sister Beckstrom at the Kirtland Temple at 8:00 am. We were given a tour by a woman named Barbara from the Community of Christ Church. Brother Anderson (a Kirtland Historian, CES representitive, and has written a book entitled "Joseph's Kirtland") who has lived in Kirtland for 40 years, also filled in the Church's information and what took place in all of the places in Church History. What a special person. He made it all come alive in your mind.He read accounts form the Doctrine & Covenants and told us events that occurred in each room. To know the keys of the restoraton were given along with the, visit from Moses, Elijah and Elias to restore the keys that they held. Kirtland was the one place that the Prophet Joseph lived the longest.

Then we went to the Newell K Whitney Store and toured it and went upstairs to the revelation room where many revelations were written and the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible took place. Then we went into the School of the Prophets( a tiny room) and there were told of some of the things that took place there. It, other than our temples now, is where the Savior appeared. He gave

Joseph the Word of Wisdom Revelation. (20 of 22 men smoked or chewed and after Emma's complaint of having to clean up after each meeting Joseph prayed and was given the revelation for the Word of Wosdom. Then went in the adjoining room and wrote it down and came back and read it to those present. They immediately threw there pipes and other tabaccos in the fireplace.) This room is not much larger than a medium sized bathroom. So you can imagine the smoke. GAG!!!

We then heard from President Peterson about How Kirtland will be, rather is, one of four places that the Church will grow and be spread in the last days, in great numbers. He then had all of us kneel down and silently say a prayer to Heavenly Father and dedicate ourselves and our missions to Him. What a special feeling we had. We then left and took pictures.

Not any other missionaries get to start their first week in the mission in such a special manner.

Tonight we get two missionaries, who are going home at the end of their missions. They will come about 11:00 pm and then we need to have them at the Presidents home at 4:30 am to go to the airport. Then we will go to the archives and work and then to the Family History Center after we leave there. Then it will be Friday.YEAH!!! Don't know for sure if we will do anything special on Saturday. We have to polish up our talks for Sunday and get things ready for Sunday dinner as we are having 8 others over for dinner. Don't want to do a lot on Sunday except eat.

Well if you need any other explanation of the pictures will call tonight. Love Mom and Dad