Chapter 2: Lehi who built an altar but forgot a book (1 Nephi 3)

1 Nephi 2:7 And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.

You know the pioneers who walked and walked and walked and walked? Lehi and Sariah’s family were like those pioneers. When God told them to leave Jerusalem, they took off a walk-walk-walking. Because they did not have a car or a train or even an airplane. All they had were their own two trodding feet and maybe a donkey or goat or a camel. And so they just walked and walked away from their home and friends, and then they walked and walked into the wilderness where there was sand and heat and bugs.

And then, after walking and walking and walking, for days and days, Lehi stopped walking. “We will camp here,” he said. And everyone let out a huge sigh of relief, then put down their bags, and sat down to rest their walked-out feet. Everyone except for Lehi. Lehi just took right off walking again and found some big heavy stones. He stacked stone after sto…