** DAY 41 -- Faith In Every Footstep

Sunday, Bonnie lead the congregation in Come Come Ye Saints, which my ancestor wrote.  It was from the BeeBee book, and it was very special, spiritual, and had a few in the audience crying.  As we celebrate the Pioneers today, it is easy for me to imagine the saints gathered around a camp fire, singing songs, dancing, and counting their blessings.  It is also too easy to see some of them placing the bodies of loved ones in a grave out in the wilderness, worrying about Indians, wolves, etc.

Each generation has their own challenge.  One ward following ours was passing out sheets of music for their word to sing.  I picked one up and it was, "Faith in Every Footstep."  My mind quickly ran back to the celebration by the church when we were celebrating the 175 years since the organization of this church in this dispensation.  Our family participated in that celebration in the BYU stadium.  It is a wonderful hymn and one I have running around in my mind.  The early day saints had to have faith in every one of those footsteps taken toward the Rocky Mountains.

Today, there are many "pioneers" having faith in every footstep.  I guess you could say that Bonnie and I are striving to have faith in every footstep as we walk towards our "adventure" in Dominican Republic.  As as we make progress in striving to be ready in our day, forty one days, I guess you could also say, if we are striving as we should,  "All is Well."

We enjoy a great heritage from our pioneers.  I guess we are being pioneers as we hope our children will one day in their mortal experience serve a mission as we are going to do, as my parents did long ago.