A Nauvoo Miracle



We have truly witnessed a miracle. Elder Dewitt injured his knee a few weeks ago and was out of shows for two weeks because of it. his insurance would not cover an MRI or a surgery here, so there was literally nothing we could do about his injury except send him home. he could barely walk on it and it broke our hearts to see him struggle with his crutches or cane. in the nauvoo pageant we witnessed a scene in which Jane Manning tells about how she walked 500 miles to join the saints in nauvoo and the shoes or she and her party wore out so much so that they had to walk so much of the distance barefoot. their feet were cracked and bleeding. she prayed that the lord would heal their feet and he did. after many days of fasting and praying for elder dewitt, some of the elders prayed that his knee would be healed like jane manning's feet. and i do not have the words to describe the incredible change that we witnessed in him. we were all bawling as we witnessed Elder Dewitt stand up from his chair and walk, run and jump with no pain. miracles are real and i am overflowing with gratitude that elder dewitt is back to his energetic self.


unfortunately the only thing constant in nauvoo is change, as brother Devin Davis always told us, and we were shocked with the news that the decision was made to send sister wadsworth home due to her health problems. saying goodbye was incredibly heartbreaking and we have all been left with a hole in our family that cannot be filled.


i now feel that i understand a little better what the pioneers went through as they left nauvoo. they overcame so much with those they traveled with and witnessed miracles with. but they also had to lose so many of the ones that they came to love so much.


i finally got sick, and the lord gave me the strength to maintain my voice for each performance of the promise that my cast has done since. :) in addition, i have witnessed many other moments of answered prayers and specific promptings or revelations from the spirit this past week especially. the lord truly does hear our prayers.


before i came here, i would say that i had faith in god and trusted that he was there, but i can finally say that i KNOW that god is there. he is watching us and he cares about the little details in our lives. we are never unworthy of his love as long as we are willing to turn to him and be diligent enough to show him that we want to love him.


i encourage you to pray to your father in heaven today and ask him to show you that he is there.


sister greenwood

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