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Dream On Chapter 11: Keys of the Ressurection

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The next day in the late morning I went into a nearby building labeled “Search and Rescue Office” Inside, my brother, Adam, sat in a very comfortable chair. He, like me, had survived the flight to Zion and was old and chubby but less so than he was when he lived in Oregon. He was trying to remedy that right then and there by eating a donut and large glass of milk. A plate of donuts was nearby. “Heather!” he shouted as I walked in. He leapt up and hugged me hard. I laughed. He was so filled with joy these days. No more angst, mourning, or snarky dark humor…just fresh and joyful and silly as all get out. He grabbed the plate and held it close to me, “Eat up my dear. Soon we shall be twinkled and it won’t matter! Eat!! This has been heaven for sure.” “OH MY GOODNESS, ADAM!!” I cackled “Back off with the donuts. You still have to have some restraint” “Why?” “I don’t know….it just doesn’t seem right.” “Man is that he might have joy and joy is brought to you by the magic of ...
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Dream on Chapter 10: Refugees

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As I rode up to the Library I met Spring and Courtnie coming out. Their bags were full of papers and books. They cheered, “Mama Heather!” “Spring! You’re back from Taiwan!!! It’s so great to see you!” I hugged her hard. “So what’s the adventure of the day ladies?” I smiled, kissing Courtnie’s cheek. We’re working on the Arts Festival Showcase. My group is going to do some of these monologues and skits” Spring indicated with her head towards her bag. “And I was going through music for soloists and choirs to sing.” smiled Courtnie. Then she rolled her eyes and said, it’s too much! I’m going to have Ben play some of them and help me choose.” “That’s a great idea, divide and conquer! I’m sorry I can’t stay and help. I have a meeting with the new kids from Serbia.” “OOOOO!” they grinned. “We want to know all about THAT too!” “Don’t worry, I will tell all when I know all” I laughed as I over dramatized the whole thing for their entertainment. “By the way, “ I ca...
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Dream on: Chapter 9 Temple Miracles

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I combed those records for hundreds of hours, obsessed, entering every Šimovič, Schimovitch, Simovits, into Family Search. The spellings changed with every government that was in charge as the decades passed. I began to recognize their friends and neighbors who had children around the same times they did, whose children died around the same times they did and marriages between families. I began to feel that I KNEW the people of Kulpin...their joys and sorrows, their jobs, renters, sub renters, farmers, ferriers, and some fancy people who moved in who were nobility…it said so in the record. I implored family members to take our people to the temple and get their work done for them so they could move on in the spirit world if they chose. Then one day Adam called me. He had taken a few of the men’s names to the temple and while he was in the initiatory ceremony the ordinance worker stopped talking. “This man is here!” he exclaimed. “Are these family names?” he asked looking ...
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Dream On, Chapter 8: Family History Mystery

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As I pedaled away from Autumn and the boys my thoughts turned to my previous life…before the world dissolved into chaos and we had to flee to Zion. I had traveled to Serbia to visit my paternal ancestors' original home and birthplaces in what used to be Yugoslavia. Now it was called Vojvodina, an autonomous province that occupied the northernmost part of Serbia. My ancestors were the Slovaks, minority immigrants living in Yugoslavia. For decades my Aunt Winnie and her mother, Oral Amanda Blackburn had done research on my Slovak Grandfather's side but never got further than his parents. They had contacted his half brother, Josef (from his father’s third wife), but he didn’t know much about his father’s side of the family. I wrote to his son, Jan, when I was young. It was exciting to think I had relatives far away in a place called Yugoslavia. I remembered that it was communist for a while. My letters would come back to me with parts cut out because I had asked him abou...
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Dream On: Chapter 7 Immortal Children

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Why so many dreams about children? Two children, a boy and a girl, was it symbolic, was it literal? How was I to know anything? As my life has played out, I have been actively involved in many children’s lives helping them to navigate negativity, danger, and become closer to their best selves. Maybe THIS was my message? I wasn’t sure. I walked over to where choir practice would be held. In the same compound as the music building was the Creator’s Workshop. Inside that huge workshop I could hear a lot of cool musical sounds interrupted with intermittent crashing sounds and laughter. I still had a few minutes so I peeked in. There I saw two of my grandsons, Emmet and Taran. On a nearby whiteboard was a design of a contraption. In front of the whiteboard was a partially finished model of the contraption. It was Emmet's brainchild. He loved to design “inventions” and then build them with Uncle Ephraim’s help. This was an instrument for his younger brother to get inside a...
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Dream ON: Chapter 6: Rescuing Children

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I believe the two children I brought back had been the only survivors of the Novi Sad branch in Serbia. They lived in Bački Petrovac in the rural farming area. They had been living in caves up in the foothills and had run out of food. I don’t know how long they had been alone, but they decided to give up. As they began to walk down the mountainside, a slight tremor in the earth loosened the boulder which provided the way for their escape. My father’s family is from Bački Petrovac and his ancestors in that place can be traced back for hundreds of years. When the members of the Novi Sad branch were openly persecuted they called church headquarters looking for advice and help. Originally they were told to have a year’s food storage and supplies and to live by the spirit so they would know what to do. Some of them did this and their supplies were used up helping those around them who hadn’t prepared or couldn't afford to. This was during the time of the “wooing”. Elihuel an...
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Chapter 5 The City in the Sky

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People who believed in Jesus fled to Zion as the rest of society dissolved into fear and chaos. Famine, war, and natural disasters left those who stayed behind without food. Even the rich people were affected because there wasn’t anything to buy! In Zion they shared everything. All worked hard and helped each other. Everyone had sufficient for their needs. No one hoarded anything and there were neither rich nor poor among them. Everyone had what they needed and a lot of what they wanted. When the people who had driven us from their society realized the people of Zion were not in crisis, they tried to attack and steal their food and supplies. As in times of ancient Israel in the Bible, God did fight our battles for us. Ephraim and I were still on the outside, trying to find as many people as we could who were willing to live the way of Zion and be safe. It became more and more impossible to help others as the general society became more violent, angry, and selfish. We tried...
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