15-00: We find giant friends

As we were traveling as a family to find better land with more wild game and edible plants, we encountered a group of people that looked like us but were not quite the same. They were taller and hairier. They did not wear clothes but they were in a group of families. We waved at them when they saw us and they yelled something to us and we went over to them. When we spoke to them they couldn't understand us and they didn't seem to have a language but made lots of grunting and hand movements. We called them Nefilim.

They had killed a big elephant and wanted to share with us. We started a fire to cook the meat and they were very afraid of it. I don't think they had seen a 2 footed being start a fire before. We had seen one start spontaneously before during a dry season with some lightning coming from the sky. It was very loud and it burned all the dry grass. Maybe they had experienced something similar previously?

One of the younger males seemed to like Karmen. She talked to him and taught him some words. He was able to repeat some of the words but had problems with others. He called her Kaah-maahn. Karmen asked if he had a name and he didn't understand. She put her hand on her chest and said Karmen. She then pointed to him and he understood. He didn't have a name but made a noise his parents did when they called him. It sounded like "goooh-boh-boh" so she called him Gobi. They were fast friends after that.

After a few days of being around the giants we decided to head away and separate ourselves from them. We hugged them all and tried to thank them the best we could. When Karmen went to hug Gobi he cried. He seemed to beg his parents because he wanted to go with Karmen. His parents cried but understood. They cried a while then gathered some foodstuffs to give us. It was potatoes, some apples and walnuts in a hard shell. They showed us how to take a rock and break the shell and eat the meat-like insides.

A few days travel later we found an apple tree and a walnut tree near a big lake of water. We washed ourselves and the children and set up camp.

Author commentary: I came across an interesting article that may prove scientifically that we evolved from a genealogical Adam and Eve. Read the article here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/04/upcoming-book-leaves-scientific-possibility-existence-adam-eve-column/3826195002/

14-00: Another bun in the oven

Kinda ironic since both "bun" and "oven" are modern inventions and we're taking about Adam and Eve, commonly believed by Christians to be the first human beings on this planet called Earth... 

Eve and I decided to do the deed again and now we're preparing for another pregnancy. Karmen and Kaine are weaned now and eating solid foods. Karmen is crawling but Kaine isn't yet. I've always wondered how all this language came into my head and how Eve and I learned to communicate with each other. Maybe I don't really remember that in the garden and we had some heavenly visitors that helped us learn the "Adamic" language? Maybe Father left that portion of our brains alone when He placed the veil on our minds? We're definitely teaching Karmen and Kaine the animal names and all the fruits and veggies we can remember and have found since our departure from the garden. 

I have yet to find another jalapeño since our departure but I'm determined to find some more! We found a cave with some white rocks on the wall. It appears to be made from water being dripped on rocks over centuries. The rock was a little grainy and Kaine liked licking it. I tasted it and decided to name it salt. We've found it adds some flavor to the meat and helps it not spoil as fast.

We may have to find another place to call home soon. The river isn't flowing as strongly as when we first arrived and we haven't seen as many animals around either.

13-00: Sickness is a blessing?

 A few weeks after the babies were born, I was scouting out a little pond a few thousand feet from the homestead (I stopped counting after 1000 since it seemed redundant). In the pond I found the leftovers of what looks like some kind of 4 legged animal. It was missing the head and one leg. I dragged it home and left it with the other animals I had killed. We cooked some meat up that night and it tasted a little "off". Next morning I am running a fever and puking all over. Eve isn't feeling too well either. Thankfully, the little ones seem fairly unaffected since they are still nursing from mama. Having been sick the first time, I don't want to have to go through that again! It was not a fun day! We burned the rest of that animal in the fire as soon as I was feeling strong enough to drag it there. It smelled even worse than when I had pulled it from the pond. Dog seems to like some of the scraps though. I found out the bones don't burn well, and dog likes to chew them. They make noise when I bang them on rocks. Boomp, boomp, boomp. Was this how music was invented? I've noticed that when we cook things in water, they seem to get softer, so I'll use this curvy monkey head bone I found as a bowl/pot and let the other animal bone do a long soak over the heat and see what happens. The soup tastes pretty good. I don't think I would have even thought about looking at the bones before I got sick. Soup is warm and tasty and helps our stomachs settle and not feel so nauseous. We prayed to Father and gave thanks for health and for not being sick for too long!

12-00: Children, blessed children

Eve came to term and the babies were delivered by yours truly (no clue, it was freaky, we both cried from the pains and joys of it all). The first one was a girl she we named her Karmen. The second was a boy, we named him Kaine. It is such a joy to see the blue eyes (Karmen) and brown (Kaine). Karmen has curly blonde hair and Kaine barely had any hair but what hair he does have is red. Such chubby cute little cheeks and ten fingers and ten toes each. We've learned by watching other little ones and their moms that they need breast milk for a while before eating solid food. Eve seems to still be eating for 3 and luckily I was able to gather lots of food and store it for later. We may have a couple of months of tubers and dried meat. We also have some meat we leave in the carcass until we cook it. I've gotten pretty good throwing a spear and killing an animal when needed. Oh and every so often I catch a fish from the river. I saw a raccoon fishing once and decided to try it. They are slippery but fairly easy to clean and taste pretty good cooked over the fire. We've found we can dry fish out in the sun too and it stores well for a few weeks. Speaking of food, it's time for dinner! Gotta run!

11-00: Twins

Eve's belly is pretty big now, I have felt 4 small feet and 4 small hands so we're having twins. I've been really busy gathering wood and food and killing an animal here and there. We have some sheep now and did the atoning animal sacrifice a few weeks ago. Eve is eating for 3 so I'm busy cooking and preserving food.

Dog had a few puppies last week. They are so cute! Oh and there are about 8 kittens running around too. We've seen lots of other animals than usual too. Love is all around us!

10-00: Sacrifice

The same visitor that taught us about fire came again with two of his friends. They told us their names were Peter, James and John. Peter is the one who taught us about fire. 

They taught us the gospel of the Son. The Son would come to earth later on and give Himself as a sacrifice for all the sins of Father's children. Until then, the messengers taught us that we need to sacrifice the firstborn of our flocks as a symbol of the Atonement (when the Son would die to atone for sin). We don't have any flocks yet but we did see sheep and cow and their bellies are starting to bulge with child too. We are too select the firstborn and it just be all white (no colored spots or patches) and no broken bones. White signifies purity and holiness like the Son. They said the Son would be born of one of our future daughters many years from now. She would be called Mary and her Son would be named Jesus Emmanuel. Jesus means Savior and Emmanuel means God with us. He would also be called Christ which means the Anointed. They taught us that before we were born, Jesus was Anointed to be our Savior. We asked about other worlds like Lucifer had mentioned in the garden. At that point Lucifer appeared and wanted to join in the conversation but Peter said he was not welcomed and told him to leave. Lucifer said by what authority? Peter raised his right arm and said "In the name of our Savior Jesus Christ". With that, Lucifer left in a hurry. It's good to know that Father and His Son Jesus have authority to cast Lucifer out. James told us that when Jesus was chosen before we were born (they called it "pre-existence"), Lucifer had also been there. He told us that Father presented a plan where we would be able to choose between right and wrong and because we wouldn't be perfect, sometimes we'd choose to go against Father's commandments. Just like Eve and I did when we disobeyed Father in the garden and ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Because of our sins, we wouldn't be able to return to Father unless a Savior would also go down and perfectly obey all of Father's commandments so that He could take upon Himself all our sins. Because He wouldn't sin, He also would not have to die. Because His mother would be our descendant, He would have an imperfect body and could sacrifice himself by dying. Of course Father is immortal and so the Son would be able to take up His body again after dying and death could not conquer Him. Someday we would also all be resurrected and become immortal because as in Adam we all would die but in Christ we would all be made alive again. That gave us great hope! They said Lucifer had also presented an alternative plan to Father's and his plan would be that we all would return but he would force us all to return and Father would have to give Lucifer His glory. I'd prefer to choose, personally. Eve, Peter, James and John agreed emphatically too. Father chose Jesus as our Savior and Lucifer rebelled against that, along with many of Father's children who took his side. Lucifer and his followers were cast out of Father's presence, down to the earth. The war that started there is still going on and we would have to choose correctly (obey Father) or Lucifer would be able to make us his, by our own choice and his force. I hope I will always choose Father and that our children will do the same. Yet I also understand that even though I am Eve's and she is mine, we both have to choose. Forcing one to do anything would be akin to Lucifer's plan. Our children would be taught the truth and have a grace period (where Jesus' grace would cover them if they died young) and by the age of eight years, they would be responsible for their own sins. They also taught us about baptism, which is done by immersion, being a symbol of being buried by going under the water and living again. Peter told me to go to the river, a deep part where I could go completely under, and then said "Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost". I immersed myself completely in the water. When I came up, I felt renewed and very clean. They said that Father would later send the Holy Ghost to comfort us and help us. They told me to baptize Eve but instead of Peter saying the words, I would say them, then immerse Eve and help her up. When she came up out of the water, she prophesized much about our children and their children and gave many thanks to Father for having opened our eyes and taught us the Gospel. I felt that what she said was true too. It was a very happy and blessed day!

09-00: Expecting

Eve and I got real cozy last night. She and I became one. It felt very good. We'd seen dog and his mate doing the deed before and now her belly is starting to show. The wolf meat is almost gone now except for the dried meat. We found an apple tree at a bend near the river. We also found an elephant and her mate. I'd forgotten how big elephants are since the garden. And playful! They showered us with water from the river. The elephants like to eat apples too. It looks like the female elephant is expecting also. I wonder how long it takes to grow a baby?

08-00: Dinner and a visitor

Some of wolf's insides that I had set on the rocks were really dry now and I tasted some and it was pretty chewy, not slimy like it was earlier in the day. Eve liked it too. We decided to use his fur skin as a blanket.

As I was scraping a stick across some rocks, I noticed it got sharper when I turned it. Pretty soon we had some good sharp sticks that we called spears.

Just before the sun set, we saw another transparent being. It wasn't Lucifer, we hadn't seen him since Father told him to leave. He waved to us and told us his name but it was really long and neither of us could remember it afterwards. He showed me that I could use some dried leaves and sticks to create a pile. He then said to look for two black rocks. He called them flint. Eve found some and he showed us that when hit together, it created what he called a spark. He said to make a few sparks near the dried leaves and sticks. Pretty soon the sparks got bigger. He called that fire. I touched it and immediately pulled my arm back because it HURT! He said fire will burn anything and be careful when using it. 

He showed us that we could put some of wolf's meat on a stick and then hold it in the fire to cook it. He told us to blow on it after getting it out of the fire because it was hot. Fire makes things hot. He also says the big light in the sky during the day was a planet of fire and that's why it got warmer during the day. We tasted the cooked meat after it cooled and that was much better than the not cooked meat. He also said we could cook the potatoes too but to make sure the fire isn't so big so it would cook the potato slowly. He also showed us that we could put rocks around the fire and the rocks would absorb the heat and it would slowly let the heat out. So now we decided to have a fire every night to cook our dinner on and then it would keep us warm on cool nights too. He left as we started to fall asleep.

07-00: Meat for breakfast, potatoes for lunch

When the sun came up, wolf still wasn't moving and seemed a little stiff. I poked his side and he didn't move either. We were both hungry since we have found any food outside the garden. I poked him more and his skin gave way to his insides. It was pretty gross but we tasted some of his muscles and it wasn't too bad. I set aside some more of this insides on some rocks.

In the afternoon Eve was looking under some big rocks and found some leaves and under the ground were some small potatoes. I remember they didn't taste too good raw but at least it was something. We are the leaves too and some more of wolf. Eve poked his stomach and it opened showing a dead rabbit! We had seen some other rabbits hopping around, but we had no clue that animals would eat other animals. I tossed the rabbit to dog and cat and they enjoyed it. After that, dog started chasing rabbits every time he saw one.

06-00: First night outside the garden

We were trying to sleep when out of the darkness we heard a low growl. We thought it was dog but it was wolf! He seemed so friendly in the garden yesterday but now he was really mad at us! Eve screamed and I grabbed a branch from the nearest tree. Wolf jumped at me but I wacked him hard across the head with the stick. He went limp after taking a few last breaths. I guess this is what Father meant about death. We talked about it and realized that if we were to die tonight, we'd also be dying in our sins. We got down on our knees and prayed to our Father in the name of the Son for forgiveness for our disobedience. We also prayed for the female wolf who didn't have someone to come home tonight. We prayed for protection in this new world. I found it hard to sleep and had some ideas about things I could use to help protect us. Eve would wake in fits every few hours, so she didn't get much sleep either. Dog seemed very protective of us from then on. I guess he hadn't expected wolf to attack us either. The outside is much noisier than the garden. I kept hearing a "who who" noise and heard scurrying and other noises all night. Then this not-as-bright-as-the-sun-light appeared in the sky. That helped so I wasn't so afraid of all the noises I had heard. When Eve awoke next I asked her if she remembered what the not-so-bright-light in the sky was called. She didn't recall seeing it before so I named it moon. 

05-00: Eviction notice

Father came down with the Son again and asked where we were since we were hiding. We came out and Father asked what we'd been up to. I said I hid because I was naked. He said who told me I was naked and said the snaky dude did. I could see him off to the side so I pointed his way too. Father knew Lucifer's name too and asked him what he was doing. Lucifer said he was doing the same thing that was done in other worlds, which was strange to me since I barely remember a few days ago. I haven't seen any other worlds and haven't even been outside the garden on the current world. Father put a curse on Lucifer and told him to leave. He did but was looking very upset. Father asked us if we'd eaten from the tree of knowledge and I told Him Eve had given me some and I ate it. I couldn't even look him in the face because I was so ashamed. Father asked Eve about it and she said the serpent tricked her and she ate the fruit. He said we'd have to leave the garden now. He told the Son to put a flaming sword and cherubim to protect to tree of life so we wouldn't partake and die in our sins. Sounds scary enough but at least we wouldn't die in our sins. We would be able to repent because the Son would take upon Him our sins. Father told us from then on we would need to covenant with Him that we'd try to keep the commandments. He said if we did so he'd send us the Spirit and more messengers to teach us. He told us He loved us but that once we left the garden we wouldn't see Him in person again. We all cried and said our goodbyes and then the garden dried up and thorns grew up instead. I couldn't see the tree of life anymore. He gave us both coats of skins that feel like a deer or cow. I hugged Eve and we walked to find our new home in the world where plants didn't grow to feed our needs. We walked for a while until we found a river and built a shelter with rocks and branches. It started to drop water from the sky, we called it rain. It was sad and reminded me of when we all cried. Father had told us to pray in the name of the Son to repent and reach Him. He said He would send the Spirit once we fully repented and continued to keep the commandments.

04-00: Uh oh

A few hours after I left that shady snake Lucifer with Eve, she came to me alone and looking ashamed. I asked what happened and she said I need to eat of this fruit. She was holding a fruit from the tree of knowledge! I said um don't you know what fruit that is? It's the one Father said to not eat or we would die! She said she had eaten some and now feels completely different. I said I can't eat that, I'm going to obey Father. She said but Father married us and since she ate the fruit, she would be cast out of the garden! Man oh man, I'd be alone in the garden! And then she reminded me that Father had married us and told us to take care of each other. She was crying and I felt really bad. She said it's better for us to suffer some so we know when and how to enjoy the good times. I didn't know what to do but I have really started to like this girl and I don't want her to be alone on the outside and me left alone here. I said ok, I'll eat it so we can stick together. It was kind of sweet with a really sour aftertaste. I gulped it down and passed out from the sensations of the change. When I came to that shady dude was back and told us it was good. I'm feeling really bad since we disobeyed Father and I just know He's going to figure out what we did. Lucifer told us we were naked and we covered ourselves with some big fig leaves. He said I hear their voices and told us to hide since Father and Son were coming. We hid the best we could.

03-00: Day 3

We thought we were the only ones like us in the garden. We heard a voice and then this being (he looks like us but kind of transparent and he's wearing some kind of clothes) appeared out of nowhere. He said this world is different than the world we were on before. I didn't recognize him and neither did Eve. He says we were all together with Father before and that we've forgotten. We didn't believe him, he seems kinda shady. He said his name is Lucifer and he's our brother. He says we need our eyes opened and that we need to eat the fruit from that tree - the one Father said not to eat from, the one of knowledge. I said nah I'm full plus who is he to ask me to disobey Father? Some brother he is, trying to cause dissension and trouble with us and Father! Eve didn't want any either. He doesn't seem like the type to just leave it alone though. I left because he totally made me uncomfortable. I feel a lot better now that I'm on the other side of the garden.

02-00: 2nd day

The sun woke me up and then sheep starting licking my face. Eve woke up a few minutes later. She reminded me that while I was complaining about my side hurting that Father had married us. I barely remember that but she says it means that I'm hers and she's mine. She also said that Father said to multiply, and to replenish the earth. I asked her what multiply means. She says she thinks it means we have to create more of man and wo-man like us. That kinda freaked me out because I have no idea how we're supposed to do that. She says to replenish is to renew. I didn't understand that either because every time I pick an apple to eat I keep finding more and more on the tree. And that other one is called pear. I like those a lot. I've eaten a whole bunch and it doesn't look like we're going to run out of them any time soon. 

Just now I've learned something new about this body. My stomach was hurting after eating breakfast and so I found a little spot and squatted down. I pushed using my stomach muscles and a lot of stuff came out my rear end. Some liquid came out of my front too. I buried that cause it smelled a bit. Eve said she had to do that too last night when I was asleep. I guess it's normal then.

01-00: 1st day

 The first thing I remember was Father's voice. I don't recall what he was saying but it was loud and woke me up. His Son was there too. They both smiled at me and showed me around the garden. There are so many fruits and vegetables around here! They asked me to name them all but I don't remember all that. I think the Son wrote them all down somewhere. All I remember is this one I called apple. It's really good. Oh, and Father said not to go near two trees. Let's see if I can remember which ones. Ummm. Yeah. I think I'm going to have to walk around and maybe that will jog my memory. I've only been doing this "living and breathing" thing for a few hours now I think. Father said something about time and the sun (that big light in the sky that keeps me warm) going down and night coming. OK, here's the apple tree. Oh man what did I call this one? It's like the apple one but it's fruits are not the same shape at all. Let me taste it. Doesn't taste like the apple either. It is good though. It's name is in the tip of my tongue. Well that's not the one He said not to eat from. Oh one's got some really shiny fruit on it, or maybe I'm seeing things? I'm getting sleepy...

Oh, I dozed off there. My side hurts a little now. Father said he took one of my ribs (whatever that is) and created a wo-man. He asked me to name her. I named her Eve because she's the mother of all. She's pretty but doesn't talk much. I remember that just a few hours ago. Father and the Son reminded me of the trees: I'm not supposed to eat from the tree of life (the one with real shiny fruits) and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (it's in the middle of the garden next to the tree of life). They said if I eat from the knowledge one I would die. I don't know what that means but they sounded pretty stern and serious about it. They told Eve the same thing when she woke up. I named all the animals too (so many!). This one is "dog" and the one Eve is holding is "cat". I think I know where everything in the garden is now that Father and Son gave me the grand tour twice now.

It's nice having Eve around to help me remember what I named all these things. Her memory seems better than mine though. I get distracted easily too. This fruit is really good and oh I like the crunch of that bell pepper. Oh man the jalapeño was awesome! I took one bite and WOW! Anyway, the sun is starting to go down just like They said. Another dog found Eve and she's cuddling up with him. This one is a female like Eve and is pretty soft. It's almost too dark to see now.