Mt. Timpanogos

This past Saturday I went hiking up to the top of Mt. Timpanogos here in the Provo area. It was a really cool experience for me because, being from the gulf coast of Texas, I haven't really gotten to do much hiking on mountains. I went with my writing class and only two of us made it all the way to the summit of the mountain. Everything was going great and the view was beautiful. Then, about 11,700 feet up the 11,749 ft. mountain something went wrong. Way up at that altitude the wind blows really strong and some sand or dirt or something blew into my right eye. It hurt really bad and the pain was excruciating. I then had to hike back down the mountain half blind with this intense pain in my eye. Sometimes the pain would be so bad in my right eye that both my eyes would just involuntarily slam shut causing my to stumble because I couldn't see the trail any more. This, of course, made me (and my classmate who was with me) worry about my life. I was a little afraid of falling off the mountain. While in the middle of this I remember praying so that the pain would go away. About twenty minutes later we ran into a forest ranger person who happened to have some eye drops in a first aid kit that he let me have. Then, about twenty minutes after that the pain in my right eye stopped. It was still sore from having hurt so much before, but it was more of an ache, which was much more bearable than it had been. After a couple more hours we got back down the mountain to our cabin where our other classmates were waiting for us. Then, after about an hour of being back my eye began to hurt again. I can't explain why. The experience made me think of a theme that I've seen a lot throughout my study of the Doctrine and Covenants. In Doctrine and Covenants 4:7 it says, Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen." I see this promise everywhere in the Doctrine and Covenants and I know that it's very true. I asked for the pain to stop so that I could safely get off the mountain and it did, then it came back after I had finished getting off the mountain. I was amazed by this experience. The Lord knew exactly what I needed for the pain to stop so that we could get back and helped me. He gave me what I needed after I had sincerely asked.