Navuoo Temple


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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.  

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ?
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