Return to Riverside/Dows Lake- Week 7

 If Elder Chin were here, I am sure we would be going to McDonalds every meal to celebrate star wars day. Fun funny fact about Elder Chin, he was baptized the day McDonalds was founded and Endowed on May the 4th star wars day. Now, if that is not some illuminati business, I don't know what is. He claims he didn't plan it that way but that Heavenly Father simply "has a sense of humor"

Being back with Elder Rigby is great. In any given conversation, it doesn't take long for us to mention its our third time being companions. We get a lot of looks of surprise from members and missionaries alike. 

This morning I read 1 Nephi 18 about Nephi building the ship. I realized the ship could be a symbol of the temple. Just as the ship took them to the promised land,  the temple takes us to the promised celestial kingdom. The temple and the ship are both exceedingly fine workmanship. Laman and Lemuel were humbled by the workmanship of the ship. People are humbled by the grandeur of temples. Nephi got direction from the Lord by going to the mountain (which is also a symbol of the temple) on how to build the ship. We today get direction on the architecture of temples. I also noticed how the first few verses emphasize who can get revelation for what. Since Nephi is was tasked with building the ship, the Lord directed him how to build the ship. But when it was time to go, the voice of the Lord came to Lehi. For me, this showed how only the prophet can get revelation for the church.