Pageant

We are lucky enough to live just 2 hours away from Palmyra, where Joseph Smith was raised and received the Book of Mormon. Each year there is a huge pageant called the Hill Cumorah Pageant, and hundreds of members from our church come from all across the country to perform in this outdoor play about the Book of Mormon. Last year we were out of town so we missed out, but this year Joe was home during the Pageant so we went to see it. We had a great time. People come from all over to see it, so it was fun talking with the people sitting around us before it started. Also, there was a family from our ward who was cast in the pageant, so that made it much more exciting to know some people up there. I was really impressed with the whole production. The set and the special effects were amazing. The cast arrives about a week before the pageant starts (it runs for about a week and a half), and they don't even find out their parts until they get there, so the Lord truly helps them get everything together in time for opening night. If anyone has the opportunity to attend, it is definitely worth seeing.

This is the husband from our ward, who played Lehi. They did an awesome job on the costumes; we never would have recognized him! This guy is a captain in the Army, so he is clean shaven and has short dark hair.

Here is his wife and their new baby. They were part of a crowd scene and went to Jesus when he was ministering to the children.


Abinadi being burned at the stake.

Christ descending... it was so realistic and awe-inspiring.