Elder and Sister Owens in Nauvoo: Visitors Centers Presentation and Mississippi Bridge

On Monday we attended our monthly Temple Missionary meeting. The president of the Nauvoo Illinois Mission (President Lusvardi) gave a very interesting presentation on some of the Visitors' Centers. He specifically spoke about the Laie temple Visitors Center, Sao Paulo Visitors Center, Mormon Battalion Visitors Center in San Diego, and the Rome Visitors Center.

We have included some photos of these centers below. A few things he mentioned were that several visitors centers next to temples have cutouts of what the temples (next to them) look like inside. The Visitors Centers that have this are Salt Lake (in the South Visitors Center), Washington DC, Laie, Hawaii, and maybe a couple of others.

Laie, Hawaii Temple

Laie Temple Visitors' Center

Sao Paulo Temple Visitors' Center

Old Mormon Battalion Visitors' Center

New Mormon Battalion Visitors' Center (on the same location as the old one)

Rome Temple Complex

Looking inside Rome Visitors Center with reflection of temple showing on the glass

Inside the Rome Visitors Center looking toward the temple

Inside the Rome Visitors Center - statues of Jesus and the original 11 Apostles plus Paul

The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Cutout of Rome Temple located in the Visitors' Center

Website about Rome Italy Temple Dedication:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/events/rome-italy-temple-open-house-and-dedication?lang=eng

On our way back from Burlington, Iowa (where we frequently do our shopping) we were what the locals call "barged". As we were crossing the bridge over the Mississippi River from Fort Madison, Iowa to Illinois we were stopped (for 20-30 minutes) because a barge was going through the opened bridge. In the photos below you can see how a barge (pushed by a tug boat) went through the open bridge.