I have been thinking a lot since coming to Nauvoo how different our experience is from the pioneers. We traveled those hundreds of miles in 6 days. They traveled them in several months. We rode in a comfortable air conditioned car over smooth highways. They rode in heat and bitter cold over bumpy trails and mountains. We stayed each night in clean motels with warm showers and soft beds. They slept under the stars on the hard ground or in cramped wooden wagon boxes. We could stop whenever we wanted to get something to eat or an ice cream treat. They cooked meager meals over campfires and sometimes went without enough to sustain them. We arrived to a well furnished comfortable apartment. They arrived to the Salt Lake Valley homeless and with few of life’s necessities. We endured basically nothing. They endured mosquitoes, blisters, frostbite, Indians, wolves, stampedes, and innumerable other “inconveniences.” I could in no way compare our trip to theirs but there actually ARE a few things that are the same. They traveled because they were called of God to do so, and so did we. They gave up a home and the life they knew and so did we. They traveled because of their faith and testimony and so did we. They went rejoicing knowing there were great blessings ahead and so did we. We have it so easy. It hasn’t required the same faith, courage, and sacrifice for us as it did for them but I’m grateful we are all inspired and blessed by the same great cause. Be true to the legacy they left us!
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