Nauvoo

One of the greatest parts about our cross country trip was that we got to stop for 2 days in Nauvoo, IL. This place has great significance for my church, because it is where the pioneers on the "Mormon Trek" left from to go west to Salt Lake City. But they left behind their homes, their temple and their city that they sacrificed so much to build because the people in surrounding areas could not accept their faith and drove them out. What is there now is a touching monument - a rebuilt temple, restored homes, a brickyard, blacksmith shop, and post office, all just like they would have had it in the 1840s. It is a tribute to their faith and their sacrifice and to the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, who restored our church.