A Belated Pioneer Day I Will Never Forget
In the Mormon faith, an important holiday is "Pioneer Day" the 24th of July - the day we celebrate the pioneer's arrival into the Salt Lake Valley, in 1847. Every year we celebrate the faith, strength, testimony, endurance, grit and spirit of the pioneers who made this epic crossing of the great American plains in search of a place where they could live their faith without persecution. The pioneers remain a great source of inspiration for all Latter-day Saints. This year the "24th of July" was a little different for us. It was a regular day of missionary work. We started the day with a group of missionaries, singing the beloved hymn "Come, Come Ye Saints". Then we pressed forward in our work with appreciation in our hearts for what their sacrifice had made possible...for us and so many of our faith throughout the world. But our real celebration of "Pioneer Day" came one day later for us - on the 25th of July. That day Lindsay and