Cumorah Tours

15/06/2024

One of the young men in our group, Kade, put together this wonderful video of our trip! I love it! It’s such a great representation of the balance between spiritual and silly that happens on this adventure! Enjoy!

Love you :)Hope you Enjoy Remember to always strive to come closer to Jesus :)Music Credits Strive to Be and Michael McLean :)

13/06/2024

You know what this is!! If you’re late to the bus you have to sing!

11/06/2024

Kirtland

11/06/2024

If you want to know what our future looks like, this is it! These kids are on fire with excitement for the gospel and their futures! They’re not without their struggles, but they have the Lord on their side and that’s enough!!

11/06/2024

Nauvoo day!

11/06/2024

When you’re late to devotional you get to sing!

11/06/2024

Late to the bus means you get to sing!! 😂

10/06/2024

After a pit stop for lunch we got to the Aaronic Priesthood Restoration site and learned about Jesus Christ’s Priesthood being restored to the earth in our day.
Much of the translation of the Book of Mormon happened at this site. There is a box there in the re-built Isaac Hale home (Emma’s parent’s home) that visitors can lift to get an idea of how heavy the plates would have been: 40-60 pounds.

Then over to skip rocks in the Susquehanna River, the way Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery would have done when they were taking breaks from translating the plates.
This is where Joseph and Oliver baptized each other after receiving the Aaronic Priesthood.

09/06/2024

More photos of us looking like drowned rats! Haha
Sacred Grove in the rain is kindof magical!

09/06/2024

We made it to Palmyra! We visited the Smith family farm, the Sacred Grove and the Grandin publishing house all in the pouring rain.
Some of the kids loved their personal time in the sacred grove with the rain!

09/06/2024

More in Kirtland!
We visited Newell K. Whitney’s home and his store, also the saw mill and ashery. Our volunteer missionary tour guide was wonderful!
See those floor planks? Those are the same ones that were put in when the store was built in the 1800’s! That’s remarkable!

09/06/2024

Kirtland Ohio is a wonderful stop! We loved visiting the Joseph and Emma Smith home then walking to the beautiful Kirtland temple where we were able to sing “The Spirit of God” and feel the spirit! ❤️❤️

08/06/2024

We visited the John and Elsa Johnson farm. Many revelations were received in this sacred place, including the three degrees of glory.

Much of this home is in its original form from the 1800’s. Including the door latch photographed. Think of the spiritual hero’s you have that may have touched that door latch 🙂

08/06/2024

Just a few shenanigans!

During our trip we do room checks when we’re checking out of a hotel and we “grade” each room. The group that has the most points (I.e. the cleanest room) gets candy!
They can also get extra credit points for doing special stuff, like towel origami for example 🐘🧸

08/06/2024

What happens when you leave something in hour room?? You get to sing!! 😂🎤

08/06/2024

07/06/2024

Nauvoo day is a big one!! I really didn’t get a ton of pictures but I know the teens did!!
I don’t even have the group temple pic 🤦🏽‍♀️ it’s on someone else’s phone.
But here are some Nauvoo photos!

07/06/2024

It cracks me up when groups buy matching clothes on the trip 😂😂

06/06/2024

Carthage jail is a very sober and humbling stop. The kids expressed love and gratitude for Joseph and Hyrum Smith for their sacrifice for the truth.
Carthage is one of the sites with an original 1800’s building still standing on it. Original floors, window frames, fireplace and more. It’s pretty neat to walk on a floor that Joseph Smith walked on.
After the tour, the youth spontaneously circled up and started sharing thoughts and testimonies with each other.

06/06/2024

Carthage jail is a very sober and humbling stop. The kids expressed love and gratitude for Joseph and Hyrum Smith for their sacrifice for the truth.
Carthage is one of the sites with an original 1800’s building still standing on it. Original floors, window frames, fireplace and more. It’s pretty neat to walk on a floor that Joseph Smith walked on.
After the tour, the youth spontaneously circled up and started sharing thoughts and testimonies with each other.

Then back to the hotel for swimming, and games in the lobby :)

05/06/2024

05/06/2024

05/06/2024

A quick stop at the Richmond Pioneer cemetery where there’s a monument to the three witnesses of the Book of Mormon and where many members of the Whitmer family are buried.

05/06/2024

Devotionals are the bread and butter of this trip! We love the testimonies that the youth share and learn from eachother.
Every morning and evening one team is in charge of leading the devotional (song, prayer, scripture, spiritual thought).
This photo is the 4 girls in two seats doing their morning devotional in the bus 😂
And the other photo is our wonderful host, Brother Bowman, sharing a chair with an unsuspecting teen 😂😂

05/06/2024

Liberty jail and independence visitors center yesterday.

04/06/2024

We had a great tour in the Community of Christ Temple, then a brief discussion on the temple lot across the street, then to the Church of Jesus Christ visitors center.

We stopped at the Far West Country store earlier today and I didn’t take any pictures but the owners shared how they noticed a spirit about our group, and I agree… these kids are amazing!

04/06/2024

04/06/2024

Far west temple site. We talked about the dedication of the corner stones and how committed the members were to follow the prophet.
And we found a tiny frog.

04/06/2024

We love Adam-Ondi-Ahman! ❤️
I know the photo of all those kids far away doesn’t look like anything special, but let me tell you about it!
The acoustics are miraculous in that valley, so as we were standing that far away from each other, we could talk to each other in regular volumes (even in hushed tones) and could hear eachother perfectly. It’s really incredible!

It’s amazing standing in a location where Jesus Christ has also stood ❤️