Helaman went to battle with 2,000 young men and they needed every single one of them. They needed to be ready and they were prepared physically and spiritually by incredibly faithful mothers. What did it take to raise a stripling warrior and what can we learn from them?

Find great Book of Mormon art at the Book of Mormon Art Catalog.
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Close your eyes and picture the wilderness. What does it look like to you, and what is or isn’t there? If you had to live there, what would those living conditions be like? Today, we are going to study what the word wilderness means, looking at the Book of Mormon’s named and unnamed women who not only lived in the wilderness but thrived.

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Art forms an impression on our minds. When we visualize scripture stories, it’s often in the style we’ve seen before through art. It’s easy to picture Nephi’s family on the boat, Moroni praying over the plates, Abinadi before King Noah, and more. But can you picture the women from the Book of Mormon? There’s art for them, too.

Find all the art mentioned in today’s episode at bookofmormonartcatalog.org:

Nephi Protected from his Brethren by the Daughter of Ishmael and her Mother by George M. Ottinger
And They Were Strong by Tehya Vassar
Sariah in the Wilderness by Rose Datoc Dall
Holding Holy Things (Sister of Jared) by Caitlin Connolly
The Vision of Abish by Anna Wright
Morianton’s Maidservant by Mandy Jane Williams
They Did Not Doubt by Joseph Brickey

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