Alma 17:9

And it came to pass that they journeyed many days in the wilderness, and they fasted much, and prayed much, that the Lord would grant unto them a portion of his spirit to go with them, and abide with them, that they might be an instrument in the hands of God, to bring, if it were possible, their brethren, the Lamanites, to the knowledge of the truth; to the knowledge of the baseness of the traditions of their fathers, which were not correct.

They traveled for many days in the wilderness. They went without food a lot and prayed a lot. They asked the Lord to give them some of his Spirit to go with them and stay with them. They wanted to be a tool in God’s hands. They hoped to bring their relatives, the Lamanites, to know the truth. They wanted them to know that their fathers’ teachings were wrong.

For many days they traveled through the wilderness, fasting and praying constantly. They begged the Lord to pour out his Spirit on them and stay with them, so they could be instruments in God’s hands. They wanted desperately—if it was even possible—to bring their Lamanite brothers and sisters to know the truth, to see how wrong the traditions they’d inherited really were.