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9: Fear not…for thy prayer is heard
When I played Zacharias, father of John the Baptist in Savior of the World, I discovered that the Angel Gabriel (Jeff Bean) who played opposite me was related to my grandchildren. (Above image Zacharias in the Temple. Image courtesy Bizzell Bible Collection, University of Oklahoma Libraries) Playing Zacharias was at a very challenging time of Continue reading
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1: Introduction
October 4th-6th, 1847, the Jedidiah Grant-Willard Snow Overland Pioneer company of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrives in the Salt Lake Valley completing roughly a 1000-mile trek from the Elkhorn River, west of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Among the families are Fielding Garr, a widower with eight children and a grand-daughter, a couple Continue reading