Thursday, September 11, 2008

Being Connected to Adam and Eve

The other day, Jon was helping me with genealogy; When I went to Japan, I got 100+ new names, birthdays and death dates. Anyway, I was overwhelmed by the work I had to do - Since I'm doing the work here in the U.S., I have to type everything in Japanese kanji, Japanese hiragana (how to pronounce) and English so that temple workers can read it too.
My work only goes back to 1600's. I told Jon, "And, everybody will be connected to Adam and Eve? That seems impossible..." Then Jon said, "I have a royal line, so mine is connected to people in scriptures and to Adam and Eve." I said, "Wow, so it is possible!"
I was pretty amazed then, but it didn't hit me hard until a week later when I was doing dishes alone. Through Jon's wife, Carrie, I feel like I gained a testimony of Joseph Smith because she is related to his brother, Hyrum. She showed me many pictures and I couldn't deny that Joseph Smith did not exist like a big foot. This time, I gained a testimony that people in scriptures did exist and they probably did see things written there.
Nowadays, many people write blogs. It's impossible that 10 of us write and testify the same things because people take things differently. But in scriptures, many peple testify one thing - Jesus is the Christ.

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