Wednesday, 1 October 2008

strong enough?

Who am I? Where did I come from?  Now, these question could be answered in many different ways, but this summer I started studying my genealogy and I learned literarily about the people I came from (that sentence seems redundant.  It probably is but I am tired).  I took this cool family history class because Family History is very big in the Mormon church and I felt I should know more about mine.  Of course I did this during the summer so I made very little progress and no progress since school started but all the same it was well spent time.  Not only was it fascinating to learn about the various people that I share a genetic code with, but it was interesting to see the events that impacted their lives.  I encountered many ancestors that left their families and crossed the American plains with nothing, simply because they had a testimony that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the same church that Christ established on the Earth thousands of years ago.  It is a little intimidating to think of the strong Faith these people had.  I guess it also makes me wonder what trials I will have to face.  We all have trials.  Will we be strong enough?

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