Working at the Kanesville Visitor Center

 Back view of the visitor center and Tabernacle.

At the entrance of the visitor center.

 Elder Ellsworth showing where the wagons crossed the Missouri River.

 Pioneer family memorial

 Beautiful flower gardens at the visitor center

 Inside the Tabernacle visitors learn that Brigham Young was sustained there

as Prophet and second president of the Church on Dec. 27, 1847.

People come to the visitor center to find out about the Mormon Battalion:

500 Saints enlisted to help in the war against Mexico, gave their uniform $$ to support their families, marched 2000 miles, never fired a shot in battle, discharged in Los Angeles,

some helped in the Coloma gold discovery before joining their families in Salt Lake Valley.

  

Kanesville Tabernacle in Council Bluffs, Iowa

We seem to be working here at the Kanesville Tabernacle

the majority of the time and we enjoy it a lot !

Pioneer Courage Park in downtown Omaha

Exploring downtown Omaha we stopped at Pioneer Courage Park to view these

larger-that-life bronze sculptures of a pioneer wagon train spanning an entire city block.

The work of L.D.S. sculptor Blair Buswell.

We're here in Winter Quarters

We got to Omaha Sept. 8th and hit the ground running!  

Here we are at the Winter Quarters Visitor Center ready to start our shift.

Heading to Nebraska

 The last day at the MTC with new missionary friends.

 September 6, 2012 all packed and ready for the drive to Nebraska.