111 Days to the Cove

Week #4 - April 19 thru April 25, 2009

“The Mormon trail proved to be a testing ground and learning experience for virtually all who made the journey. It further bonded together a people who would establish hundreds of permanent settlements in the Mountain West and make it Mormon country. Among those making the trek as youngsters were future Prophets, Apostles, Relief Society presidents, and other valuable leaders in the Church. To learn of the skills and testimonies they forged as young pioneers is to better understand what would later enable them to serve successfully as leaders in their communities and in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” (Susan Arrington Madson, I Walked to Zion)

Think about the qualities that the pioneers had that you would like to have too. Write those qualities in your journal and try to incorporate them into your own life. Work on them one at a time!

“ We camped at the Sweetwater River. A meeting was held. It was decided that we could go no further, the snow so deep and no food. We were doomed to starvation. They gave me a bone of an ox that had died. I cut off the skin and put the bone in the fire to roast. And when it was done some big boys came and ran away with it. Then I took the skin and boiled it, drank the soup, and ate the skin, and it was a good supper. The next day we had nothing to eat but some bark from trees…” Peter Howard McBride ( Age 6 at the time of the handcart journey)

When you eat dinner tonight, think about this short story and remember to be thankful for all that you have to eat.

Read 1 John 4:19. We love Him ( The Savior) because he first loved us. Be the first to show kindness to someone that needs kindness today!