Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I hope any of you who are interested will try the "Translate" option which is before the "labels". I have read two very good new thoughts today!  The first was the last statement of a writer who writes for our St. George daily newspaper -- The Spectrum. (February 18, 2014)   Actually -- I'll include part of his last paragraph (George Stoddard of the Writers Group) -- "I value community.  At its heart are people who interact daily.  Sometimes it is just a casual wave or touch while passing and at others it is coming together to support a friend or neighbor facing one of life's many challenges . . . . . I am grateful to be living in this special part of the world sharing it with so many I can call friends."                          (and then this special thought) ---    "Gratitude is the foundation of contentment as we live our latter years." I can honestly say I am so grateful for mor...

  I decided to split this entry into part 1 and part 2.  I realized it probably is too long for one entry, and as I am approaching 100 posts, I am re-thinking how I should do it.  I had one ancestor, Thomas Colborn, told about in the previous entry, who was in Zion's Camp.  This is a brief history of:                                                      ZION'S CAMP In the winter of 1833–34 the Saints in Jackson County, Missouri, were persecuted and driven out of their homes by enemy mobs . The Saints had very little food and no protection from the winter weather.  Church leaders in Missouri sent Parley P. Pratt and Lyman Wight to Kirtland to seek help and guidance from the Prophet Joseph Smith.  The Prophet received a revelation ( D&C 103 ) directing him to organize a group of men to march to Missouri and help ...