On March 31, 2014, the Avery family of Virginia was tested in ways most cannot fathom. On a spring afternoon the family was devastated as an accidental fire destroyed their home. The fire chief told the family he'd never seen anything like it in his 20-year career. In just 10 minutes, their beautiful house on a large country lot was dropped to its foundation, and the Avery family was brought to its knees. Losing your photos, journals and everything but the clothes on your back in the front yard would be tragedy enough. Though four of their children were safe on this side of the veil, one would perish and be welcomed by angels on the other. Eleanor Avery, an infant just six months removed from heaven, was back home again.
Naomi Avery, Eleanor's mother testifies:
"The Resurrection is real; it will really happen.
It's not just a quaint fantasy that we use to comfort ourselves.
It is real doctrine, and I know it as well as I know anything.
I know the Atonement covers all pain.
It's not just for our sins, but for every pain, anxiety, weakness.
Everything and anything.
God loves us."
(Taken from a Deseret News Article, April 17, 2014 by Jason F. Wright)
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