The Feelings In Their Hearts

Example #1: Character

In Mosiah 14, a man (Jesus Christ) bears "griefs and sorrows" and is hurt by others' actions. He took them without responding back.
Miranda had to bear grief and sorrow because of someone else's actions. She wanted to say things to them, but she only said them when she was alone at her house baking.

Example #2: Plot

In Mosiah 7, a young man (Ammon) has to goes on a mission (an assignment) with his friends to search for missing people. They have to travel to foreign lands, and communicate with people they've never met before (a speech to find the missing people from Zarahemla). They just want to find people.
Darren went on his own mission (an assignment) with a friend (to find the lost souls of Christ). He had to travel to a new land, though maybe not foreign but foreign to him. He had to communicate with people he had never met before (a speech about the restored Gospel).

Example #3: Narrative Point of View

Keegan went to Africa, and went to a funeral. Here, he encountered a group of people who were mourning the death of a loved one. He had to deal with death, and it was not the best sight. He thought about Jesus Christ, and he felt peace. He knew the people mourning probably didn't know they would see their son again.
In Mosiah 11, a group of people (King Noah's people) had to deal with the death of their loved ones as a rival group (the Lamanites) came in to murder them. Death was unfortunately a common thing during the time of this specific ruler's reign. The ruler (King Noah) is very prideful, and does not have his thoughts on the Lord. The narrator of this passage shows the desires of the ruler as he "placed his heart upon his riches" and he had fine work made for himself, and had all manner of concubines. His heart was not upon the right things.
When the ruler's people drove back the rival group (Lamanites), they boasted in their hearts. Even though the reflection of their (the people of King Noah) hearts is not about death, this example relates to Keegan as he considered the feelings of the African's hearts.

Simple.

I've always known the simplicity of the gospel. I never really understood how simple it could be. The reliable truths always seemed to be just beyond my fingertips, but at the age of 13 the words he spoke aloud seemed to shake me to the very core, a permanent reminder.

It was a simple talk of the pre-mission variety. The brother of a friend testifying of his knowledge of the gospel. His reasons to go.

He spoke of Joseph Smith, reciting the story I'd heard dozens of times. He then spoke of science. The sun rising and setting and all the physics behind it. Something I was only beginning to understand. He then said something that I still remember almost word for word.

"If I told you that we were on a giant rock orbiting and exploding star at exactly the right distance not to burn up or freeze to death and while all this is going on the giant rock is also spinning at exactly the right speed as to not throw us all off you would look at me a little weird. And yet we all believe the sun will come up tomorrow and it will set tonight. How is it that it is easier to believe all of that then it is to believe that a 14 year old boy was telling the truth about seeing God?"

It was simple. From my pew my 13 year old gears were turning. All of sudden everything clicked. A snowball affect of realization all in my young mind. Years of over complication calmed by this premi's words.  This was something I had never experienced. Never had anyone spoken such simple terms and testified of Joseph Smith. Those words I have never forgotten. 

My Moleskin Journal

     While on my mission to El Salvador, I was able to keep a detailed journal of my experiences and joys. Prior to my mission I had only recorded major events in a written form. As a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I developed a love and passion for expressing my faith and love for the Lord in my journal.
     One of the first things I wanted to do upon returning home from my two year mission, was share my journal with my family and loved ones. I find that keeping a record allowed me to recall and expand upon hundreds of meaningful experiences.
      Journal keeping allows a person to be an author of their life. It provides a format where one can freely share stories and feelings without it becoming a conversation. There is no limit to what can be written. I have been heavily influenced by my own journal keeping as I review what I have written. The emotions and feelings of my mission can be easily recalled. I am often surprised at how much I have forgotten already.
     There are days now when I read my journal and find strength in its pages. I continue to keep a journal in hopes that I will continue to be able to learn from my past and apply it to my present. Hopefully my future posterity will benefit from learning from my life and learning about who I am.

-Scott Mehr