Each month of this Book of Mormon Come Follow Me Calendar carries with it some kind of surprise—perhaps a place you’ve never seen, a character you’ve never honored, an idea that may be new to you. For example, there are just a few witness trees left on the Hill Cumorah in New York (trees that were there when Joseph was directed to the plates). October’s photograph includes one of them. What do you really know about camels? February may enlighten you. We hope this calendar hanging on your wall will be a pleasant invitation this year to go deeper into every aspect of the Book of Mormon than you ever have before.
My photographic specialty has been documenting the sites sacred to our people throughout the world. In this calendar, I have naturally divided the photos into four sections: 1) The Middle East from whence Lehi and Sariah and family came; 2) Bountiful where Nephi and his brothers built the ship on the coast of the Arabian Sea; 3) The promised land where the main action of the Book of Mormon took place for a thousand years; and 4) Significant sites of the Restoration that have to do with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Maurine and I have been to all these places many times, and we can draw from wonderful resources to illustrate this very significant calendar.
This is the fifth calendar in a row Meridian Press has published (Bicentennial of the First Vision; Church History Come Follow Me; Old Testament Come Follow Me; New Testament Come Follow Me, and now The Book of Mormon Come Follow Me). This year’s stunning calendar makes a perfect gift or stocking stuffer (that is one big stocking) for your children and grandchildren, your ministering families, your neighbors, your associates, your relatives, your friends.
Get your calendar orders in early this year.