Day 20

We went to the Hill Cumorah this morning. We went to the visitor's center and got the tour from a nice sister missionary. She showed us a really good video on family. She also showed us a resource room and a staue like the Christus with a forest backdrop. Then we went up to the hill and saw a monument-type thing up there. It had the first vision on one side, the three witnesses on another, the eight witnesses on yet another, and the inscription on the other. We saw the guywith a lawnmower mowing the lawn. He was literally sideways! Then we went to the Joseph Smith farm and Sacred Grove. The lady who gave us the tour did a nice job. Then we went into the Sacred Grove. It was really peaceful in there, and we could absolutely feel the Spirit. It was beautiful in there, even though there weren't any leaves on the trees. Afterwards, we went to the printing shop where the Book of Mormon was fist printed. After we took the tour, (during which I got a copy of a page in the Book of Mormon) we got dinner in a shop down the street. Then we went to a shop in a hotel where the printing shop people told us this would be. There Grandpa picked out a hand-printed Book of Mormon just like they did the first times. After that we headed for Gettysburg. When we got there we all swam. Well, actually, they sat in the hot tub while I swam in the pool. :)