Scripture Cases

When I arrived in Indiana as an LDS missionary I had two sets of scriptures. One with a normal case and the other was a small quad that had no case. I quickly decided I needed one, and the fad of the mission was to make your own out of cardboard, pictures and tape. So of course I made one. It is pictured on the right. It has five sides meaning it's a box without a top. Each side has pictures portraying a theme: Faith, Repentance, Baptism, The Holy Ghost, and Enduring.

About a year into my mission I decided I wanted to make another case for my big set, and shortly after I gave my normal case away to someone who needed it, so I got busy and made another case. It is pictured on the left. This one had a top plus a flap and I made it's theme scriptures so each side portrays a different type of scripture. The Bible, The Book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price are the four sides. The bottom has Modern Day Prophets, the top is Personal Revelation, and the flap just says "Scriptures."

Recently I have wanted to carry around just my Book of Mormon around, but wanted to keep it protected, so I decided to make a case that fits just my Book of Mormon. I was a little lazy though and didn't want to do all the pictures and try to think of a theme and all that. Plus, I had the fun idea of making it look like gold plates like the ones the Book of Mormon was originally translated from. So I covered my cardboard with tinfoil and then with a gold plastic and finally with tape I made another case. Pictured in the middle (sorry the picture isn't great). It's not amazing but it amused me, and it will keep my Book of Mormon safe, so it's good enough. I enjoyed making it.

For more information about Scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon you can go to http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/book-of-mormon.