Independence MO, July 7th

Commu-nity of Christ Temple



The original Flournoy home where the temple land was bought for $130

Jackson County's first court house 1827. Mary Elizabeth lived here who saved Book of Commandments

The First Log Court House in Indepe-ndence made of black walnut

Peace Pavilion from the Commu-nity of Christ Puppet show


After driving 10 1/2 hrs the first day and 8 1/2 hrs the second day we arrived in Indepen-dence Mo. After checking in our hotel we stopped to an all you can eat place. That's the kids favorite restaurant, just ask. We came back to our hotel and realized we couldn't turn off the air conditioning and our hotel was reading 60 degrees. So for any Arizonan in the middle of summer we froze. We asked the front office after it got down to 55 degrees if there was something they could do. They said they would send some one over, but he wasn't coming until after we would be gone. So we took out our sleeping bags and opened windows and asked for extra blankets. Most of the next day we were running around Independence going to the Mormon Visitor Center, The Community of Christ Temple(They have women in their 12 apostles) and the Peace Pavilion also owned by them. We went to the Temple Lot owned by the Church of Christ. They broke off, but they would tell you we broke off and that Joseph was a fallen prophet. You could really feel their contention for our church and it gave you a feeling of what the saint went through when they had dissenters break off and persecute Joseph Smith. You could also really feel the difference in spirit between all three places, It was amazing! Later in the afternoon we took the kids down to a water park it had slides, lazy rivers,and pools. We all enjoyed getting wet and playing.