Restoration

On Saturday we had a family adventure to visit the Priesthood Restoration site near the Pennsylvania/New York border. It was quite a chilly day, so we all bundled in several layers. A sweet pair of Sister missionaries gave us a tour of Issac Hale's home, followed by a tour of Joseph and Emma Smith's early home. 

This statue depicts John the Baptist restoring the Aaronic Priesthood.

And this one shows Peter, James, and John restoring the Melchizedek Priesthood.

The kids stayed warm by running every time we were outside.

It was so fun seeing inside the homes. We did have to repeatedly remind the kids to look with their eyes and not with their hands, but otherwise they were well behaved. And the kids did a great job in answering the gospel questions the missionaries asked them.

After seeing the historic homes, we took a walk through the woods where the Heavenly visitors appeared.

Then we retired to the Visitors Center to warm up and enjoy a short film about the translation of the Book of Mormon and the restoration of the Priesthood.

This has been on my bucket list since it opened last year. I'm glad we finally made time to visit.