This Week in Nauvoo - July 8

Driving home from the Visitor's Center the other afternoon.  We just never get tired of the view across the Mississippi.

You can see how high the Mississippi is.  This is at the end of the Trail of Hope.  These trees are usually not in the water.  Many of the bridges are out because of flooding. 

This is in Montrose.  It is the place where the Latter-Day Saints had to escape to across the river as the mobs forced them out by burning their homes and threatening to kill them.  It was a miracle that the river flooded as there are rapids right there.  It was in the middle of February.  They were only able to go 35 miles that month because of the terrible mud and the freezing weather.

This is the last that they saw of their beautiful city of Nauvoo and the temple that they had worked so hard to build.

This is in the Sarah Granger Kimball home.  This Bible was given to Sarah by her husband Hyrum as a wedding gift.

Beautiful flower garden the Sarah Granger Kimball home where the Relief Society began.  It is one of my favorite places to serve.  This is Sister White.  She has been here for 15 months and has taught me a lot.