Pioneer Unit

Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 12

Today, we learned about miracles and how Heavenly Father provides for us. We had quite the feast and talked about how good God is. See the other 5 posts for more details. The activities that we did were catching quail, digging and gathering sego lily bulbs (pearl onions), gathering HoneyDew manna from the willows and...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 11

We made hand dipped beeswax candles today. 🙂 My parents sent me some beeswax (one block that they already had on hand from another source, and another block that was from their very own beehives). This was quite the process (especially since I did it the super cautious way… it took longer) and took pretty...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 10

Pulled out my inner Nephi and built a ship today. It is so amazing how the spirit works sometimes. I know, things like this are pretty trivial, but Heavenly Father loves to bless us. This morning I only had a vague idea of what I wanted to do for our unit. I knew that I...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 9

We did some pioneer chores today. 🙂
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 8

Charles Alfred Harper was born on January 27, 1817 in Pennsylvania. He married Lavina Wollerton Dilworth in 1841. Shortly after marrying, the couple became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and joined the western migration movement, emigrating first to Illinois, and later to Utah. Working as a scout for Brigham Young’s...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 7

Ann Sewell Hawkins was born on March 25, l806, in England.  She married James Hawkins in 1842. They first heard the Gospel in 1849 through Eli B Kelsey who was laboring as a missionary in England. They were converted to the true Gospel, sold what they had and prepared to emigrate to Zion. They crossed the ocean...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 6

Today, we learned about Matilda Allison. Matilda was born in Chester, Ohio, as the sixth of seven children. Her sister, Rachel, was baptized, 1840, into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Matilda followed by being baptized on August 19, 1841. In 1845, she married Duncan Spears Casper in Nauvoo. They were endowed in...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 5

Harriet Matilda Casper was only 5 years old when she made the trek with her family from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley. She remembers that her mother was very ill during the journey. Evelyn chose to represent Harriet this year because she is five years old, just like Harriet was when she made...
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Pioneer Unit 2019: Day 4

We went on a little mini vacation up to Logan for Wednesday night. On the way back home yesterday, we stopped at 4 cemeteries to see some of our ancestors’ graves. At 3 of these cemeteries, we found the graves of 4 of the 5 pioneer ancestors that we are representing during our Pioneer Unit...
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