Missionaries on the historic sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will offer virtual guided tours to thousands of people around the world in accordance with COVID-19 restrictions.
“Clearly, it was the generation that allowed us to move forward,” President Stephen Rizley said of the Nauvoo Historic Sites Mission.
According to President Terry Joe Spallino of the Historic Sites Mission of New York and Pennsylvania, some sites such as the Sacred Grove remain open to visitors. More information about all the ancient sites of the US Church can be found. But it’s not the first time On the Church’s website.
President Spallino said that since June 1, 2020, the New York and Pennsylvania Historic Sites Mission has organized 384,000 online visits that have reached Europe, Latin America, and Asia. “Four or five times more people have experienced those tours practically than those who would have experienced them here. “
Virtual tours have also opened Nauvoo to the world, Rizley said. “More people are experiencing Nauvoo in March 2021 than they ever experienced in March. “
President Rizley said a recent activity report showed that more than 3,600 people had participated in virtual tours of Nauvoo the week of March 15-21.
The activity report also showed that Nauvoo’s tours reached other people in Brazil, Vietnam, Nigeria, Germany and 8 other countries last month. President Rizley said other people will say at the end of a tour: “Thank you. I know you never do.
Nauvoo’s former missionary, Alyssa Reyes, experienced the first and maximum recent virtual tours on both sides of the screen. “I think the greatest merit of virtual tours is that they allow other people who wouldn’t have experienced the strength and spirit of Nauvoo to do it exclusively,” he said.
Kaelynn Thornton, another former Nauvoo missionary, said it was difficult to move from personal visits to online visits. He said he had learned to stick to the Spirit by observing the paintings with the generation and locate the most productive internal illumination of Nauvoo homes.
Despite the demanding situations posed by pandemic restrictions, Thornton said virtual tours were valuable because of the spirit of Nauvoo. He said he learned something new from the pioneers’ stories every time he told them. “You can see the religion they had, that’s right. helping your religion. “
President Rizley said he saw a miracle with the transfer to virtual tours. “The miracle came here when we learned that the Holy Ghost testifies to the fact and gives others that nonviolent, non-secular feeling of what happened here,” he said. “And they get it through a series of ones and zeros, thanks to technology. “
Visitors can search online for virtual tours of New York’s historic sites and plan one for an individual or group. Historical sites in Nauvoo and others have their own websites for planning.