Testimony of Healing April 4, 1994 Issue

On a spring backpacking trip into the high Sierras I returned...

Donald R. Young

On a spring backpacking trip into the high Sierras I returned to what was for me at the time an often-neglected practice—that of turning to God for help.

Late one afternoon I came to a favorite camping area by a mountain lake. After setting up camp I decided to climb a nearby peak to see the view. As I began to hike over the rocks and through snowdrifts, a light breeze picked up from the canyon below, and with this clouds quickly began to form. Soon the whole mountain was covered in dense clouds. With my chance for a view gone, I decided to explore a new route back to camp. I picked out a final, visible landmark for reference, and began to explore my way back toward camp.

I had spent so much time in this rocky country that I thought I could never become lost. I became thoroughly engrossed in the details of the landscape as I traveled, poking my head between rocks to see tiny moss and lichen gardens or an early flower. I picked up rocks and crystals.

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