17 Miracles

I ordered 2 copies of the movie "17 Miracles," one for our family and one for my dad for his birthday. I got it in the mail today and so we watched the DVD tonight for FHE. I had heard good reviews so I was anxious to watch it. The kids were into it right from the beginning because the first scene was about cannibalism. It quickly jumped away from that scene thank goodness.

The movie was based on the Willie Handcart Company. It was sad to think about what these pioneers endured. Mario and I both want to read Levi Savage's journal after watching this movie. Believe me, neither of us have pioneer history and neither of us has ever been interested in pioneer journals until now. The man was publicly humiliated but was humble enough to never be offended. In the end, it was obvious that his opinion was correct, but he remained faithful and humble. There is a lot I could learn from Levi.

We really liked this movie and we are anxious to watch it again so we can write down the miracles as they occur. We could only remember 12 of the 17 and we couldn't find them listed online anywhere.

I hope my Dad likes the movie as much as we do.