Pioneer Unit 2019

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...Read More

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...Read More

After leaving Nauvoo at the beginning of 1846, and the trek across Iowa taking much longer than expected, The Saints made a temporary settlement, for the winter, on both sides of the Missouri River (on the border of Iowa and Nebraska). They named this settlement Winter Quarters and it became an instant city on the...Read More

Today, we learned about the conversion stories of the ancestors that we are representing. For 4 out of the 5, we don’t have very much information… just a sentence or two. But we had more detailed information for Charles Alfred Harper so we re-enacted that story. 🙂 Charles was a Quaker but his wife, Lavina,...Read More

Why would the pioneers do what they did?  Why would they give up everything?  Many (including my own ancestors) lost family members because they were disowned when they joined the church.  Many had multiple children die because they were living in unfavorable conditions (starvation, sickness, disease, extreme weather, etc.)  Many had previously led comfortable and...Read More

You don’t have to push a handcart, Leave your family dear, Or walk a thousand miles or more To be a Pioneer!   You do need to have great courage, Faith to conquer fear, And work with might for a cause that’s right To be a pioneer!  Read More