4 Oct 09Neil Holland1 I Can be Like Nephi Nephi overcame his challenges in the desert by turning to the Lord for help.

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I Can be Like NephiNephi overcame his challenges in the desert by turning to the Lord

for help

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BishaKhamis Mushayt

NHM

ATIM

Nephi’s conversion

Bountiful

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Mt Souda – Neil & Pat with Eliot, Jeremy, and Alanna

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Transportation has changed …

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Taking pictures of men was OK

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A mud home near an oasis

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Water yields civilization

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Rock – a plentiful natural resource

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Al BadrJabal Musa

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Valley of Lemuel?River Laman?

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The “more fertile parts of the wilderness” were few and far between

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Nephi’s first recorded spiritual experience

1 Nephi 2:16

“… I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers.”

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Frankincense Trail

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The more fertile parts of the wilderness … in the “borders” near

the Red Sea

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Cultivation in the mountains

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A crisis of food

1 Nephi 16“… I did break my bow … of fine steel

(and) my brethren … their bows having lost their springs … we could obtain no food … our families … did suffer for the want of food … my father (and they all) began to murmur against the Lord …”

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Nephi leads the family through his faith

“I Nephi, did make out of wood a bow, and … an arrow …”

“I said unto my father: Whither shall I go to obtain food?”

“I did go forth up into the top of the mountain (and) did slay wild beasts …”

“I did obtain food for our families.”

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Finding wood for Nephi’s bow took- Faith- Scripture Study- Prayer- Work

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BishaKhamis Mushayt

NHM

ATIM

Bountiful

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Atim - Wild Olive

Matt Fortner and Neil Holland are led to wood for “Geoos wa sahm” by a Saudi man who knew the names of all the trees and their attributes

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“False” Atim

• We had to get aphoto taken butcould not find a real Atim

• Sister Holland used the Nephi method- prayer!

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“True” Atim

Sister Holland found the largest Atim I had seen – through the prayer of faith

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We are no different than Nephi

We all have our crises in life …

Nephi had his in the desert …

We have ours where ever we live …

We can overcome through faith in God, prayer, and righteous leadership