I want to let everyone know that this is an amazing thing that many people are not able to do because of their busy schedules, but I promise the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon are great no matter how much you read. I know that Jesus Christ is in them and that as we turn off the television and get off the internet and the videogames to read of His words, that we are greatly blessed even to the point that we do not know the limit of the blessings we receive each day. I don't wish to preach to anyone, just to offer a simple gift that I have been given, that everyone may understand the blessings they are able to receive by reading the word of God.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Life in The Scriptures
So I have always had a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of Jesus Christ, but I have never tried to increase the faith that I have. I thought that if I had faith in Christ that would be sufficient to help me live life fully and someday return to God. This is true I guess, but I have come to realize over the past few weeks that just as God wants us to obtain greater knowledge, He wants us to gain greater faith so that one day it will no longer be faith, but a sure knowledge-just as Amulek speaks of in Alma. It is a great thing to understand the scriptures more each time you read them. I have made a commitment to start and finish the Book of Mormon while I am here in Georgia. I have two more weeks and I started in Mosiah. I just finished Helaman and am moving onto 3 Nephi. This means that I have been reading for a couple of hours every day. 
I want to let everyone know that this is an amazing thing that many people are not able to do because of their busy schedules, but I promise the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon are great no matter how much you read. I know that Jesus Christ is in them and that as we turn off the television and get off the internet and the videogames to read of His words, that we are greatly blessed even to the point that we do not know the limit of the blessings we receive each day. I don't wish to preach to anyone, just to offer a simple gift that I have been given, that everyone may understand the blessings they are able to receive by reading the word of God.
I want to let everyone know that this is an amazing thing that many people are not able to do because of their busy schedules, but I promise the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon are great no matter how much you read. I know that Jesus Christ is in them and that as we turn off the television and get off the internet and the videogames to read of His words, that we are greatly blessed even to the point that we do not know the limit of the blessings we receive each day. I don't wish to preach to anyone, just to offer a simple gift that I have been given, that everyone may understand the blessings they are able to receive by reading the word of God.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Life in Heaven
I have made a new goal to read the entire Book of Mormon while I am in Georgia. I am in Alma 56 right now. It feels good to read it quickly and have my memory refreshed so much faster than just reading a few chapters or verses a night. It is amazing how much having a goal brings you closer to God and brings you so much joy. I have been helping the missionaries this week and it has been amazing-like a small piece of heaven. They are two amazing missionaries and are great teachers. They follow the spirit and allow God to use them as instruments. Elder Oke, from Canada, is a new missionary and Elder Bateman from Utah has been out for a little bit. We have taught some discussions and done contacting in an apartment complex. I have met some of the part-member families and some less active members as well. It is just awesome when you try to give as much as you can to God. He not only blesses you for it, but gives you many other gifts that I don't think I deserve, but he gives them nonetheless. They asked me to help them today as well. I am excited to go serve the Lord and help others. I also have a friend's recital tonight that I am way excited to attend. She was a music major at Kennesaw State University. She has an amazing voice and is a wonderful person.
This past week I also went to movie night with some people in my branch. Oh my gosh! I had so much fun. We didn't really watch the movie (Sons of Provo), they had bought nerf guns with the suction cup bullets and Nick, Bev, and I just went wild. I can't remember when I had the opportunity to play with nerf, but it was awesome!
What have I learned from all of this amazing stuff? That God does really love us. I knew this before, but I haven't always felt it. I am living with dad right now and he does not practice Mormonism and his friends don't have any religion for the most part. It is hard to be in a house that is so different from a Mormon house, but God has taught me it is not the situation one is in, it is the attitude one keeps. And the attitude is always uplifted when commandments are kept and honored. I pray everyone can feel this at least once in their lives, if not all the time.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Life in Ice
The Land of Peach Trees was calling my name and I answered. I ended up landing in the middle of Kennesaw Georgia next to a cool university called, yep you guessed it, Kennesaw State University-where an escaped convict was running around last night. Never a dull moment in Georgia.
I have been trying to find a temporary job until I head back home, but as it is elsewhere, the job market is extremely slow here. The unemployment rate here is almost 10% and everyone is looking. I go for job interviews (K.L.S.C. and PriMerica) and they do not like the fact that I will be leaving in April. The others (home depot and walmart) who accept seasonal employees, I have to turn down because I see others applying who are head of households trying to afford food for their families. I'm not that in need of a job. I would be grateful to have one, but since I am leaving I don't want to take away someones income. Plus it's kinda fun hanging out in the middle of Civil War History.
I had a job interview with K.L.S.C. in Sandy Springs. This is a good company to work for if you want to make a large amount of money and if you want to be a pushy salesperson. I had a quick ten minute interview with the head boss who asked that I come back for a second interview. I was excited and boom! He explained that the second interview would be an 8-hour interview with a trainer. Little did I know, it was actually an 8-hour work shift. I was told we would train clients about new AT&T systems. NO! I was taken in a car with two other employees and we went tracting for customers. If anyone knows me from my mission in Ohio, I LOVE tracting. I get to meet new people everyday and talk to everyone. However, selling AT&T is so much different than talking to people about religion. We were all in suits and people would come to the door and say "Good, I thought you were those __ Mormons again!" I hadn't realized the mouths on people here in the south. The F-bomb is used as frequently as Heck is in Utah. So here I am with two other guys (who were nice and fun, except for the cussing), walking down street, knocking on doors, in 10 degree weather. It was like waking through a freezer. Beautiful things happen in the cold, like understanding I never want to be a traveling salesperson
no matter how much money they make. Also, I really enjoy Starbucks hot chocolate and despise pushy people.
Wow, how could freezing cold temperatures and pushy salesmen for eight hours be exciting? I'll tell ya. I had the opportunity to meet Jerome Bettis-from the Pittsburgh Stealers. He signed a card for me too! Did I say how much I love tracting! Ice cold in Roswell Georgia-a beautiful experience in my book.
I have been trying to find a temporary job until I head back home, but as it is elsewhere, the job market is extremely slow here. The unemployment rate here is almost 10% and everyone is looking. I go for job interviews (K.L.S.C. and PriMerica) and they do not like the fact that I will be leaving in April. The others (home depot and walmart) who accept seasonal employees, I have to turn down because I see others applying who are head of households trying to afford food for their families. I'm not that in need of a job. I would be grateful to have one, but since I am leaving I don't want to take away someones income. Plus it's kinda fun hanging out in the middle of Civil War History.
I had a job interview with K.L.S.C. in Sandy Springs. This is a good company to work for if you want to make a large amount of money and if you want to be a pushy salesperson. I had a quick ten minute interview with the head boss who asked that I come back for a second interview. I was excited and boom! He explained that the second interview would be an 8-hour interview with a trainer. Little did I know, it was actually an 8-hour work shift. I was told we would train clients about new AT&T systems. NO! I was taken in a car with two other employees and we went tracting for customers. If anyone knows me from my mission in Ohio, I LOVE tracting. I get to meet new people everyday and talk to everyone. However, selling AT&T is so much different than talking to people about religion. We were all in suits and people would come to the door and say "Good, I thought you were those __ Mormons again!" I hadn't realized the mouths on people here in the south. The F-bomb is used as frequently as Heck is in Utah. So here I am with two other guys (who were nice and fun, except for the cussing), walking down street, knocking on doors, in 10 degree weather. It was like waking through a freezer. Beautiful things happen in the cold, like understanding I never want to be a traveling salesperson
no matter how much money they make. Also, I really enjoy Starbucks hot chocolate and despise pushy people.Wow, how could freezing cold temperatures and pushy salesmen for eight hours be exciting? I'll tell ya. I had the opportunity to meet Jerome Bettis-from the Pittsburgh Stealers. He signed a card for me too! Did I say how much I love tracting! Ice cold in Roswell Georgia-a beautiful experience in my book.
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