Over the next three summers, Danny will be leading a wagon train over 1,300 miles—leaving Nauvoo on May 31 of this year to cross Iowa and arrive at Winter Quarters in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 28; through Nebraska and westward in 2009; and on to Salt Lake City in the summer of 2010. He plans to stick within three to five miles of the original Mormon Trail.
Danny's Spiritual Journey: “I wasn’t a Mormon at the time,” Danny recalls. “I was in it for the horses.” (But what Danny got out of the experience was much more than a nice horseback ride—he found the gospel.)
“Doing this wagon train with a group of Mormon people was a great experience,” he says. “Learning about their ancestors and experiencing some of the hardships they encountered, it just made a believer out of me. I felt there had to be something about this religion and its ability to withstand so many trials. And I couldn’t get over how strong the family ties were.”
The wagon train will leave at about 8 a.m. each day, and stop about 4:30 p.m. after 15 to 20 miles of travel. Along the way, he'll share some pioneer history, and at some locations people can view cemeteries where members of the original trek are buried. See his site at: http://www.vanfleetwagontrain.com/
Monday, December 29, 2008
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Charity, Looove it!
"One of the greatest challenges we face in our hurried, self-centered lives is to follow this counsel of the Master, to take the time and make the effort to care for others, to develop and exercise the one quality that would enable us to change the lives of others-what the scriptures call Charity." --President Gordon B. Hinckley
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