There were 9 (at least) amazing women who traveled for over 8 years in the wilderness with Lehi and his family– Sariah, Nephi’s sisters (2 Nephi 5:6 ), Ishmael’s wife, and her five daughters who married Zoram, Laman, Lemuel, Sam and Nephi. Nephi tells us that these women “…suffered all things, save it were death”…
In our family scripture study we just stated re-reading the Book of Mormon again. A few days ago we read the story of when Lehi commands his son’s to go back to Jerusalem and get the brass plates (1 Nephi 3). Laman and Lemuel, the older brothers, murmur about going and the whole trip wanted…
One of the biggest complaints I hear is that there very few women mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Some women feel frustrated or offended that in what Joseph Smith called ” the most correct of any book on earth,“ God would have neglected to mention women. It is true that there aren’t very many…
Sorry, no Wednesday Woman today but instead I want to share with you what my cousin gave me for Christmas. It was this poster entitled “Daughters in the Wilderness” from the “Real Heroes” collection which has posters depicting various Book of Mormon heroes like Nephi, Ammon, Captain Moroni, Samuel the Lamanite, Mormon, etc… I think…