drham3rd Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 My wife and I went to the temple in Navuoo, Illinois for my endowment and our sealing this past weekend. Wow, what a wonderful experience!! I'm still working through the symbolism in my mind and I understand why so many say that it takes several times going through for one to even begin to fully understand some of what Heavenly Father is teaching us in the temple!! I was kinda of taken back by how small a community Navuoo is; we counted three restaurants and one general gift shop! But the history was very interesting. The church has a wonderful visitors center just down the hill from the temple and it shows the history of the church and how Navuoo was settled. I would recommend anyone who has the opportunity to visit Navuoo and the temple to take that opportunity. Be aware, Navuoo is really out in the middle of "no where"! No major highways, only state routes to get there. It took us over 2.5 hours to drive the country roads from Peoria to Navuoo…all to see was cornfield and soybean fields…we were very exhausted by the time we got there. Palerider, Blackmarch, AngelMarvel and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm excited to go in a couple of years. Classylady (from this site) and I are going to make the trek there. :) skalenfehl, Daybreak79 and classylady 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakumi Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Do all Temples have like visitors centers the public can go to and... I donno look around and ask things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 No not all. I know when we went to the Anchorage, Alaska temple there wasn't a visitor's center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakumi Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 No not all. I know when we went to the Anchorage, Alaska temple there wasn't a visitor's center.Suppose it depends on how big the city is around it...?I ought to find out for next Anime North since its somewhere in Toronto and I know the subway network very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 My wife and I went to the temple in Navuoo, Illinois for my endowment and our sealing this past weekend. Wow, what a wonderful experience!! I'm still working through the symbolism in my mind and I understand why so many say that it takes several times going through for one to even begin to fully understand some of what Heavenly Father is teaching us in the temple!! I was kinda of taken back by how small a community Navuoo is; we counted three restaurants and one general gift shop! But the history was very interesting. The church has a wonderful visitors center just down the hill from the temple and it shows the history of the church and how Navuoo was settled. I would recommend anyone who has the opportunity to visit Navuoo and the temple to take that opportunity. Be aware, Navuoo is really out in the middle of "no where"! No major highways, only state routes to get there. It took us over 2.5 hours to drive the country roads from Peoria to Navuoo…all to see was cornfield and soybean fields…we were very exhausted by the time we got there.I have been there a few times myself.....Love that place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 These are the temples that have a visitors center: https://www.lds.org/locations/visitors-centers/list?lang=eng Daybreak79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 drham3rd - Nauvoo is my temple. We drive down from Iowa, with the same corn and soybean views that you had. It always seems relaxing to see the farms, horses, and cows as we go down. It's so quiet and calm - just what you want as you go to the temple. On the way back, we usually stop to eat, either in town or on the road. It's a nice few hours and doesn't seem exhausting at all. Palerider, Blackmarch and classylady 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drham3rd Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Dahilia, I understand your post. I guess since we live in the Appalachians Mnts, we are not use to flat terrain so that was probably the source of our exhausting. Not to mention that we drove straight through, all night from East Tennessee..:)You are so blessed to be able to go to the Navuoo Temple, it is such a wonderful place! Thanks. dahlia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 drham3rd - It's interesting how people feel differently about roads. My son and his girlfriend drove to Branson this summer. When he returned, he said he was exhausted from all the twists and turns in the roads. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Pa Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Nauvoo is something every Latter-day Saint should experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Nauvoo is something every Latter-day Saint should experience.Yes it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I was just at the Nauvoo Temple last weekend (Labor Day weekend) for friends' sealing. My sixth trip there, as I live about six hours away (Indianapolis). Really a fun place to see, and the temple is very spiritual and uplifting. Most temples are now built with a chapel next to it, that can be used as a visitor's center. Missionaries often use it to stage visits by investigators, etc. Youth trips are staged there also. We've used the Louisville KY chapel for a youth conference connected to the temple and stake youth baptisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I was just at the Nauvoo Temple last weekend (Labor Day weekend) for friends' sealing. My sixth trip there, as I live about six hours away (Indianapolis). Really a fun place to see, and the temple is very spiritual and uplifting. Most temples are now built with a chapel next to it, that can be used as a visitor's center. Missionaries often use it to stage visits by investigators, etc. Youth trips are staged there also. We've used the Louisville KY chapel for a youth conference connected to the temple and stake youth baptisms.Is the Temple complete in Indy or when is the completion date ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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