It was very ambitious of our Stake to plan a road trip Youth Conference this year.
150 young men and women, 14-18 years old, packed into three land yachts and headed north for three days.
Anticipation levels were high. Here are Prince,
Courage,
and Phlip gearing up for fun.
I was chaperone to Miguel and John,
Zakee and Abe,
Henry, Allah, and Bob (not shown--off somewhere making friends...).
There were also young women invited on the adventure, which made it slightly more interesting than scout camp. Not to mention better smelling.
Some of the girls were more excited...
...than others.
We stopped at Harmony, Pennsylvania, where we met Emma Smith and Oliver Cowdery by the Susquehanna River, and learned about key events in the early days of the church.
We stopped at the Joseph Knight farm before heading up to Rochester and a cool pool.
Not only did our leaders LOOK cheerful and under control, I think they actually WERE.
Next day we went into Palmyra, a sleepy little village on the Erie canal,
where we met Joseph Smith and heard more about his story.
We visited the local temple,
and got to spend some time in a grove of trees that felt as calm and powerful as a temple...
A highlight of the trip was the Hill Cumorah Pageant.
We got there for opening night.
With about 10,000 other people.
But we also got to meet some of the cast, including this King showing off his bling.
And the pageant did not disappoint. Angels blew their trumpets, a ship was built, wars fought, prophets burned, cities built, a book written, buried, translated and published.
Excuse me, sir. Would you do Youth Conference 2012 again?
Yes. Yes, I would.
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