Legacy Tours and Travels
13 Day Youth Church History Tour
Guided by Chris Beynon
June 13th – 25th, 2014
INFORMATION PACKET AND STUDENT APPLICATION
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Letter to Parents
Tour costs and information
Purposes of Youth Church History Tour
Itinerary
Application and written interview (please fill out and
submit pages 8-10 with the $200 deposit)
Legacy Tours and Travel
PO Box 486
Bountiful, Utah 84011
801-683-0123
www.legacytoursandtravel.com
legacytoursandtravel@gmail.com
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Dear Parents,
Legacy Tours is excited to announce a 13 Day Youth Church History Tour. Legacy Tours
has been offering tours to the sacred sites of Latter Day Saint Church History for several years. We
know that visiting these sites can be life-changing. We are thrilled to now offer this unique
experience to youth ages 16 – 18. Youth are making big decisions at this point in their life,
preparing for missions, college, marriage and careers. What better way to solidify the foundation
they have begun at home and in seminary than by visiting the Sacred Grove, the Nauvoo temple,
Liberty Jail, and more.
The accompanying flier provides information about the dates and itinerary of the tour.
The cost of the tour is $1800, and is payable over 9 months, last payment due May 1, 2014. This
price includes a $200 non-refundable deposit that is required to save a seat on this educational,
spiritual and recreational experience. The deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE because of planning
and other tour related costs.
This trip promises to be a wonderful and rewarding experience. While the focus of the
tour is to gain a greater testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ and of the restored gospel, we want
your child to have fun too. A commitment to study, read the scriptures and be alert to what we
are seeing is expected each of the 13 days. Added to this are important rules and standards that
must be met in order for the tour to be successful. Therefore, we must have complete and earnest
cooperation from your son/daughter if they desire to be considered for this unique experience. If
this requirement is met, we hope to bring your son/daughter home a better person that when
they left. Please do not force you child to go. They must have their own desire to go if the tour is
to be a good experience for them.
In order to ensure safety and management of the youth we are looking for a few
adult/parent chaperones for this tour. If you are interested in coming on the tour as a chaperone,
please let us know. The cost for chaperones is $1200.
Legacy Tours and Travel is not affiliated with the LDS Church nor does the LDS Seminary
sponsor it. It is a privately owned company that engages in other packages besides this youth
tour. Mark Clifford is the Tour Director. Chris Beynon (Seminary Teacher at Bountiful High
School) is the guide for this tour.
We invite you to carefully consider this great opportunity for your child.
Sincerely,
Mark L Clifford, Tour Director
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13 Day Youth Church History Tour
June 13th – 25th, 2014
Cost of the Tour: $1800 – payable over 9 months, last payment being received by May 1st,
2014. This includes the deposit amount.
Refund policy: If you cancel before March 1st, 2014, 100% of the total payments will be
refundable, minus the $200 deposit. If you cancel after May 1st, 2014, payments will be
refundable up to 50% of the total payments. Once the tour begins, no refunds will be
given. If you are able to find a replacement, then 100% the total payments will be
refundable.
Suggested payment schedule
We suggest a payment of $200 per month starting in September. The last payment of $200
will be due May 1st, 2014.
Cost Includes:
Deluxe Motor Coach transportation
12 nights hotel accommodations
2 meals a day (breakfast and dinner)
All entrance fees to museums, etc.
Tour handout
Tour DVD
Tour guides and other tour related costs
Additional costs to participants:
Souvenirs, treats, 1 meal a day (Our suggestion: $150 - $200 to cover these personal items)
Preparation Meeting
We will hold a preparation meeting prior to the trip (date and location to be determined).
We will go over rules and policies, packing lists and other last minute items at this
preparation meeting. All of this information and reservation forms can be found on our
website www.legacytoursandtravel.com.
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Purposes of Youth Church History Tour
1. For students to gain a stronger testimony and knowledge of Jesus Christ and better
understand His sacrifice and atonement.
2. For students to learn more about the Prophet Joseph Smith and strengthen their
testimonies about him as the prophet of this dispensation. To gain a strong
personal testimony of the First Vision.
3. For students to strengthen personal testimonies of the truthfulness of the Book of
Mormon and make a lifelong commitment to reading, studying, and pondering the
Book of Mormon on a daily basis.
4. For students to feel the joy of being a missionary by having a “missionary
experience” with numerous people met during the tour and by the placing of “pass
along cards.”
5. For students to gain a better appreciation for the early saints and their sacrifices,
hardships and blessings as well as a better understanding of the Doctrine and
Covenants.
6. For the students to have a positive social experience inter-acting with other youth
and the leaders.
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13 Day Itinerary
Day 1 – BOUNTIFUL, UTAH - KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Depart from Bountiful, Utah at 8:00 am. We’ll get to know each other as we journey across
Wyoming and Nebraska. Brother Beynon will prepare us for this unique, spiritual, educational
and recreational experience.
Day 2 – WINTER QUARTERS – NAUVOO
Today we visit Winter Quarters, Nebraska and learn about the faith of the early pioneers as they
prepared for their journey west. We’ll travel from there to Nauvoo where we will walk the Trail
of Hope before spending the evening at the Nauvoo Inn.
Day 3 - NAUVOO
We’ll begin our day with baptisms for the dead at the Nauvoo Temple as a group. After lunch
we’ll go back in time to ‘Old Nauvoo’ and see the Browning gun shop, bakery and Family
Living Center where all the old crafts are demonstrated. After dinner we’ll visit the cemetery, the
Red Brick Store and Joseph Smith’s grave. We’ll also see the granite quarry where the stones for
the temple were taken for the majestic Temple, high on a bluff, symbolically facing the west.
We will stay the night again at the Nauvoo Inn.
Day 4 – NAUVOO – CARTHAGE JAIL
We drive this morning to Carthage, Illinois. We’ll visit the Visitors Center and jail where
assassins took the life of Joseph and his faithful brother Hyrum. Next we travel to Hannibal,
Missouri, birthplace of Mark Twain, where we will see Tom Sawyer’s “white fence”. We will
continue on to Brownsburg, Indiana to overnight.
Day 5 – NIAGARA FALLS
We drive today across Indiana and Ohio stopping for lunch at Lake Erie. From there we travel
north to see the amazing Niagara Falls in upstate New York. We’ll spend the night in Palmyra,
New York.
Day 6 –HILL CUMORAH - GRANDIN PRESS– SACRED GROVE – SMITH FARM
This day will begin with climbing the Hill Cumorah and touring the Visitor Center there. Next
we visit the Grandin Printing Press, where the first copies of the Book of Mormon were printed
and the Martin Harris farm. We’ll spend the afternoon in Palmyra visiting the Smith Farm and
the Sacred Grove. After dinner we will go do baptisms for the dead at the Palmyra Temple. We
will stay the night in Palmyra.
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Day 7 –PETER WHITMER FARM – HARMONY
In the morning we'll travel through the Finger Lakes region to the Peter Whitmer farm, where the
Church was organized on April 6, 1830. We’ll have some time to reflect on the history of the
church in New York as we drive to Harmony, Pennsylvania where we will stand on the banks of
the Susquehanna and as we review the miracle of the restoration of the Priesthood. Overnight in
Sayre, Pennsylvania.
Day 8 – KIRTLAND TEMPLE – CEMETERY
In the morning we will travel toward Kirtland. Once in Kirtland we will tour the historic Kirtland
Temple, owned by the Community of Christ. We will also take time to visit the cemetery in
Kirtland, reviewing the lives of some of the saints who are buried there. We’ll overnight near
Kirtland.
Day 9 – NEWEL WHITNEY STORE- ISAAC MORLEY FARM - JOHN JOHNSON
FARM
Today we will visit the Isaac Morley farm before we tour the LDS Visitor Center where guides
will take you to the Sawmill, the Johnson Historic Hotel, and the Newel K. Whitney store. Here
you will have the opportunity to sit in the actual room where the School of the Prophets took
place. Then, we will continue our way south to the John Johnson Farm, where Joseph Smith was
dragged from his bed and savagely tarred and feathered. In the evening, we will enjoy a lovely
dinner with the Amish in Charm, Ohio. We will stay the night at an Amish Bed & Breakfast.
Day 10 – SPRINGFIELD
We will spend some time on our motor coach this day as we travel across Ohio and Indiana into
Illinois. We‘ll stay the night in Springfield, Illinois and have dinner in Abraham Lincoln’s
hometown.
Day 11 – JAMESPORT – ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN - FAR WEST
Today will begin with a drive to Adam-Ondi-Ahman in Missouri. After lunch we’ll explore the
ancient past and the foretold future, where they come together in the lush valley of Adam-OndiAhman. Next we’ll pass by the tragic site of Haun’s Mill, where a terrible massacre took place
October 30th, 1838. You’ll then travel on to Far West to view the temple cornerstone and learn
the significance of the Lord’s Promised Land. Our final stop will be Liberty Jail. Here we will
share in the despair and the exhilaration of the Prophet Joseph as he received some of our most
hallowed revelations while he was incarcerated there. Our day ends in Liberty where we stay the
night.
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Day 12 - INDEPENDENCE –CHURCH OF CHRIST - TEMPLE LOT – LIBERTY JAIL
Our last day will be spent in Independence, Missouri, the place prophesied as the location of the
New Jerusalem in the final days of this earth. You will stand on the ground where these events
will occur. We will visit the Community of Christ temple and conference center, and the empty
lot, where one day a magnificent Temple will be built by the remnant of the House of Israel.
Finally, we will tour the LDS Church Visitor’s Center in Independence before our motor coach
conveys us to Kearney, Nebraska to spend the night.
Day 13 – HOME
Depart from Kearney for a 10 hour trek, crossing the plains in one day instead of three months as
the pioneers did. Return to Bountiful to meet family at 9:30 pm with a stronger testimony and a
better understanding of church history, the Prophet Joseph Smith and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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2014 Student Application
Instructions: To apply for the Youth 13 Day Church History tour, June 13th – 25th, 2014
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Complete the application.
Complete written interview questions.
Sign responsibility page
Attach a recent photo of yourself (no larger than 4” x 6”).
Send application, written interview, responsibility page, photo and $200 deposit (checks should
be made payable to Legacy Tours) to Legacy Tours PO Box 486, Bountiful, Utah 84011.
Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Sex: M F
Preferred name for name tag: _______________________________ High School ___________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________________ State: ______________ Zip: ______________
Student’s cell: __________________________________ Home Phone: ___________________________
Birth Date: _______/________/________ Parent/Guardians: ___________________________________
Insurance Co: _____________________________________ Policy #: _____________________________
Email: _______________________________________________________________________________
Responsibility and Release
To be a participant of the Legacy Tours Youth Tour the following policies must be honored in order for
the success of these experiences. Please initial your commitment of the following.
____ 1. I will accept instructions from the staff at Legacy Tours.
____2. I will be obedient to the policies and rules set forth by Legacy Tours.
____ 3. I will have a positive attitude toward other participants and various incidents encountered as the
tour proceeds.
_____ 4. I will possess good values and high standards in manners, speech and dress.
_____ 5. I have a desire within myself to participate in this Youth Tour.
_____ 6. I will be alert during study time and not disturb others who are trying to learn.
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I have read and agree to abide by the rules and policies of the Youth Tour. I understand that if it
becomes necessary to be dismissed from the tour for any inappropriate behavior, transportation home
will be at my own expense and no refund will be issued for the cost of the tour.
Applicant Signature _______________________________________ Date: _____________________
Legacy Tours and/or its agents act only as an agent for the passenger in regard to travel and assume no
responsibility of acts of the carrier or third party. We cannot accept responsibility of sickness, weather
or other causes beyond our control.
We reserve the right to make such changes in the itinerary as we deem necessary.
We reserve the right to dismiss or retain any person as a member of the tour if circumstances require it.
I understand and accept the above statement of responsibility of Legacy Tours. Permission is hereby
granted to the agents of Legacy Tours to give proper attention, medical or otherwise, to my
son/daughter.
Parent or Guardian: ________________________________________ Date: ______________________
Please attach a recent photo of yourself here:
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Written Interview
The following questions have been designed to let you know that this is not any easy trip. It will be
a lot of fun, but it will also be tiring at times. We expect each person to abide by the rules and
policies with complete obedience and a high measure of personal effort. We ask you to
carefully consider your intentions for joining us on this tour. Please be honest and complete in your
answers to these questions.
1. Please explain your desires of participating in this Youth Church History Tour. Is it your
own desire to go on the tour? Is there motivation from parent, friends, or other influences?
Please explain.
2. Obedience is the price we pay to have the Spirit of the Lord with us. Why do you think this
important?
3. What activities have you been involved in (leadership, sports, music, etc.)?
4. Please list any medical problems that we should be aware of. If you have any serious
medical problems, we will need a doctor’s approval and a special permission form.
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