Last night on the way out of the temple - about 10:15 PM, there were about a dozen or more teen-agers sitting on the Temple steps reading their Book of Mormon. We thanked them for being in the Temple today and they were saying "thank you" to us. The Baptistery had opened at 6:00 AM this morning and the last session for the baptistery was 11:00 PM. That is a lot of youth and a lot of ordinances being started today.
As we went out to the parking garage we could see other individual teen-agers sitting under the temple lights also reading their Book of Mormon. We stopped and talked with two of the girls. They are from the graduating class of Lone Peak High School and American Fork High School. This was their graduation outing rather than having a party. The name of the tour is 'Inspiration'. There were 109 of their group in the Baptistery today and the balance will go tomorrow morning. It is a combined Church History Tour with some other selected sites.They had been in Adam-ondi-Adam and Independence yesterday and today in Nauvoo. They are heading for Kirtland next, then to New York, Boston and Niagara Falls.
They have a goal to read the BofM before their trip is over. The one girl told us how much her testimony had increased from reading the BofM and seeing these sights that seem to speak to her spirit.
She talked of the people they had met and giving out BofM's on the rest stops and restaurants. She was now thinking of serving a mission because of the way this trip has touched her heart.
It is so refreshing to see this many teen-agers doing and choosing the right.
Great isn't it.
I love this! So much junk in the world but this is so reassuring!
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