Seagull Book® WHEREWHERE YOUYOU NEVERNNEVER PAYPAY FULLFULL PRICEP RICE FORF OR ANYTHINGA NYTHING August 2010 $ .59 Save 20% See Page 3 Dear Friends, This year we have enjoyed many days of summertime fun. However, we also had the unfortunate experience of wearing out our air conditioner and having to wait a few weeks to have it replaced. On a particularly warm Sunday afternoon, I sought refuge from our hot, stuffy house and spent some time outside—grateful for the relief of a gentle breeze and the cool shade of our covered patio. As I pondered on my temporary hardship, my thoughts—as they often do—turned to the pioneers. In fact, I smiled inwardly as I could hear the spirited words of my youngest daughter echoing back from conversations in the past: “You and your pioneers.” Thinking about her words took me back to a day nearly thirty years ago—the memory preserved perfectly in my mind. I was a teenager somewhere in Provo Canyon, wearing a bonnet, pantaloons, and a calico dress. I was lying face-down in the dirt. The sun was hot and I was physically and emo- tionally spent. My feet were blistered and bleeding and tears were streaming down my dust-covered cheeks as I watched the wagons and handcarts roll on without me. Realizing they were not coming back or slowing down, I willed myself to get up and limped painfully along. I vividly remember ask- ing out loud: “Why? Why would they do it?” Even though at the end of my Pioneer Trek, I boarded an air-conditioned bus and returned home to an air-conditioned house, a hot shower, a soft bed, and a kind-hearted mother who eagerly satisfied my first request—a hot Big Mac sandwich! —that week of temporary hardship had an incredible spiritual impact on me and I have felt a particular kinship to the pioneers ever since. I realize that in my lifetime I will not likely ever push and pull a handcart for endless miles across hot, dusty plains or bury my children in shallow, lonely graves. I will not wear a tattered skirt hemmed with ice, or leave bloody footprints in the snow. Still today I often ponder on the pioneers and wonder if I would have been among them. Would I have recognized the wonder and accepted the truth of the Book of Mormon then? Would I have loved and revered the Prophet Joseph Smith then? Would I have walked to the Salt Lake Valley with faith in every footstep? Gratefully, over the years I have learned for myself why they would do it and so today, when I am heavy-hearted; when I am stressed out, in a hurry, overwhelmed, and tears roll down my cheeks; when I question whether or not I can “pick myself up” and keep walking, I do think about the pio- neers—their trials and their suffering inconceivable, yet filled with faith steadfast enough to believe and even to sing the words: “All is well! All is well!” I hope as you enjoy these last days of summer, you too will have an occasion to ponder the remark- able examples of the courageous Saints who left a rich legacy of faith and determination for us all to remember, to cherish, and to follow. 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