111 Days to the Cove

Final Week #17...

A little over a year ago, my husband and I visited Nauvoo. As we walked through the Old Pioneer Cemetery searching for the grave of an ancestor, I was touched by the peaceful solitude and spirit I felt. I wept as my heart was turned to our forefathers, many of whom had joined the Church and come to Nauvoo. In my mind I asked many questions: Why did they leave their comfortable homes and families? Why did they suffer persecution, sickness, even death? Why did they sacrifice all that they had to come to this place and build a temple? They hardly had shelter, and yet they were building a temple! Why did they do it? And when the temple was nearly completed, how could they leave it behind? As I sat silently contemplating this scene, the answer came forcefully yet so softly to my mind and heart: “ We did this for you.”
Elaine S. Dalton, “We Did This for You,” Ensign, Nov. 2004,89

1) Drive by the temple. Think about what the pioneers sacrificed for you and for our religion.

2) Snuggle up in a quilt. Record your experiences from the trek. Write down your blessings.

On July 24th dig up your container. Do the things inside mean the same to you? Reread the answers you wrote to why you went on the trek, what you wanted to learn and would the trek change you? Would you answer them differently today? Does the fire burn in you? Jeremiah 20:9 ….”but His word was in mine heart as a burning fire”. Commit yourself to being …”an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity”. (1 Timothy 4:12)