Moroni's Quest is always an amazing spiritual experience. On Sunday, it is a spiritually intense day of the reenactment of the Savior visiting the Nephites. Then we walk to a meadow and partake of the Sacrament. And it is on Fast Sunday, so we are fasting through the emotional day.
At the end of the day, we meet as wards for testimony meeting around a campfire. The Spirit was there as we listened to testimonies. I stood up and said that one of my favorite scriptures was that angels will be round about us to bear us up. Our family has had some specific, clear experiences with angels bearing us up. Usually when we think of our angels, we think of our loved ones who have died and our own ancestors. But this week at Moroni's Quest, I had the thought that Nephites could also be our angels round about us. The veil can be very thin at Moroni's Quest.
Then Austin stood up at the end, and said that he had a message from Josh Burton to his parents, Allan and Heather Burton, who were the Moroni's Quest coordinators this year and spent a million hours preparing. Josh died on his mission to Guatemala a couple years ago. Josh wanted to tell his parents that he loved them and thanks for teaching him the gospel in their home. He also had a message for Charity Burton and Benson Burton that their brother loves them. Then Bishop Nunn told the Burtons that their sacrifice for organizing Moroni's Quest was accepted by the Savior.
Charity had told Austin earlier that she hadn't ever really felt Josh's presence, but she did today while the Savior was there.
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