Today as I was working out, I did a mile in 14-15mins, which.. is kinda long , but I felt good for finishing the first mile in that much time, all together I did three miles which I do everyday when I work out, also today I ran/jogged/walked for 40mins without stopping
It was pretty hard but I told myself I could do it, I reach 10mins then said why not just a few more minutes, I got to 15, then 20 then 25.. then 30, and by then I was like "Why not just get to 40mins" so that what I did, it was pretty tough but I won the fight
As some of you may have heard, I'm moving.
I'll be moving to Kennewick with the rest of mine family, it will be uhh.... new
New stake, new ward, new house, I been in my ward for 18 years, so to leave everyone who I know will be hard.
This is my plan for my mission papers, I'll put my membership records into the Pasco North stake single ward and switch off from that ward and the ward in Kennewick, switch off each week I mean, but keep my records in Pasco North so when I'm ready for my mission papers I'll be interview by people I know.
Hopefully that will work out, I just don't want to be interview by people who I never meant before, I know that the leaders in the Keenewick stake are good people, but I don't know them as I know President Montierth.
Ha.... my youth leader last night at mutual, he said "Well I heard you guys will be leaving us.... you can't do that" he said he would make a place for me to stay at his house, jokingly of course
I will miss the CBW, and the Priest Quorum.
We'll be moving in June, by the end of the month
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Priesthood meeting 5/15/12
Hey there, well I went to a priesthood meeting tonight, for young men 12-18 and our parents.
It was an amazing evening, the talks were amazing I felt the spirit so much.
then all the seniors in High school were asked to get up
So we all sat down and then we were asked some questions from our stake presidency
But before they gave us the questions, my stake president shared something about each senior, for me he said that "We have a senior here who have trouble verbaly but I know he writes better then the rest sitting up here"
He went on with saying some great things for the other seniors, in sports or instruments and so on
The questions we were given, I had to think for a bit what to answer back, but I couldn't really find anything which haven't already been coverd
One of the question was "What has help you as you prepare to go on a mission?" (Something along those lines)
I told them about last fall, when I challenge myself to read the Book of Mormon before the new year, I was doing good, reading each day.. and then I stopped reading for couple of days, which turned into couple of weeks
I still wanted to finish before the new year, so I told myself I would read 50 pages per day, I believe it took me three days and then I saved the book of Moroni for the forth day and last day
I then end saying the Book of Mormon is true
Once the whole meeting was over, a lot of people came up and thanked me for giving my comment, and for saying the opening prayer.
It was nice to see other seniors in this stake, being homeschool I don't really know who they are, I only knew one of them who used to live in my ward
I love being a young man in this church, in God's church I know that it is true, and these are the latter days when Satan strives to pull us down into darkness and sin. But we can fight him off by putting on the whole armor of God and seeking help from our friends
Friendship was mentioned a couple of times at the meeting, from us seniors.
I'm glad to have the friends I do now
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
It was an amazing evening, the talks were amazing I felt the spirit so much.
then all the seniors in High school were asked to get up
So we all sat down and then we were asked some questions from our stake presidency
But before they gave us the questions, my stake president shared something about each senior, for me he said that "We have a senior here who have trouble verbaly but I know he writes better then the rest sitting up here"
He went on with saying some great things for the other seniors, in sports or instruments and so on
The questions we were given, I had to think for a bit what to answer back, but I couldn't really find anything which haven't already been coverd
One of the question was "What has help you as you prepare to go on a mission?" (Something along those lines)
I told them about last fall, when I challenge myself to read the Book of Mormon before the new year, I was doing good, reading each day.. and then I stopped reading for couple of days, which turned into couple of weeks
I still wanted to finish before the new year, so I told myself I would read 50 pages per day, I believe it took me three days and then I saved the book of Moroni for the forth day and last day
I then end saying the Book of Mormon is true
Once the whole meeting was over, a lot of people came up and thanked me for giving my comment, and for saying the opening prayer.
It was nice to see other seniors in this stake, being homeschool I don't really know who they are, I only knew one of them who used to live in my ward
I love being a young man in this church, in God's church I know that it is true, and these are the latter days when Satan strives to pull us down into darkness and sin. But we can fight him off by putting on the whole armor of God and seeking help from our friends
Friendship was mentioned a couple of times at the meeting, from us seniors.
I'm glad to have the friends I do now
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Burdens and faith in Jesus Christ
As I been thinking of what to post for sometime now, I'll like to share somethings about burdens
We're all humans, we all have faced burdens in our life's, in priesthood today we talked about the Atonement,
And about burdens, why do we need to face burdens and it's easier to face them when we have faith in Jesus Christ.
Why is it "easier" (it's never easy to go threw a burden//trials) but you know you'll be able to handle it better with Heavenly Father
I would like to recall the time from trek, my feet were all blister up, I couldn't finish trekking for the 2nd day, so when it was time for bed I prayed, I pleaded for the strength to finish the trek in the morning... it was a very powerful experience for me.
In the morning I had the strength and then... I finish it.
I remember that being a trial for me, and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
I also gain a testimony of prayer, I came out of my trial with something greater.
I would like to share with you all this video, which I found on Mormon Messages
I leave to you my testimony, that Heavenly Father has planned everything, with giving us hard times in our life's, if we keep in mind, that with God on our side, we will have the strength to finish this trek of life.
there ups and downs, we must always remember, God is always with us
Deuteronomy 31:8 "And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed"
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
We're all humans, we all have faced burdens in our life's, in priesthood today we talked about the Atonement,
And about burdens, why do we need to face burdens and it's easier to face them when we have faith in Jesus Christ.
Why is it "easier" (it's never easy to go threw a burden//trials) but you know you'll be able to handle it better with Heavenly Father
I would like to recall the time from trek, my feet were all blister up, I couldn't finish trekking for the 2nd day, so when it was time for bed I prayed, I pleaded for the strength to finish the trek in the morning... it was a very powerful experience for me.
In the morning I had the strength and then... I finish it.
I remember that being a trial for me, and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
I also gain a testimony of prayer, I came out of my trial with something greater.
I would like to share with you all this video, which I found on Mormon Messages
I leave to you my testimony, that Heavenly Father has planned everything, with giving us hard times in our life's, if we keep in mind, that with God on our side, we will have the strength to finish this trek of life.
there ups and downs, we must always remember, God is always with us
Deuteronomy 31:8 "And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed"
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Monday, April 23, 2012
A good day 4/22/12
This past Sunday was really amazing, I got a phone call from my Bishop on Saturday asking if I could be the youth speaker this week, the subject was on "Why is the temple important to me"
Well comes Sunday here I am, I got their early and President Larson from my stake presidency was there, before sacrament meeting started he came over and we talked a little, he said he was checking my blog this morning
Which I thought was amazing, I love it when people read my blog, I'm happy from the comments I get from people, saying how my blog inspire them.
As I gave my talk, I was stuttering a bit... I could of changed that if I done the tricks I learn from speech therapy, but I don't really do the tricks, cause I'm able to talk to people just fine, but in front of people like giving a talk, I get nervous and start stuttering and once I stutter, I just do it more, well in the middle of my talk I grab a hold of myself and stop stuttering.
Later in the meeting President Naef (who's now a temple worker) gave a talk also, in the beginning he shared a
scripture Ether 12:27 "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
He said that scriptures reminds him of me,
the whole time I was shocked, I looked around and saw people, I turned to look over at my Sunday school teacher
(Who I talked about in two posts ago, he told me when his struggling and feeling down, he thinks of me) You can find that from here The Power of Deliverance- L. Tom Perry
He was crying, I felt really moved from it all.
When he was done he started his talk, which was very amazing, all of the talks were
After the meeting I stood up along with the other speakers, me and the Bishop shake hands along with some others. the Bishop looked at me (around my stomach area) and said "You been losing the weight" which I really liked too, people can finally notice
As I was walking down the aisle my Sunday school teacher came up to me and said "You are an inspiration to me" Along with saying my talk was really good
After Sunday school the Bishop told me and Justin (Another priest preparing for his mission) that their having classes on preparing to go in the temple at 7 o'clock at a member's house, I went there and I loved the class, I'm going to go back next week, this past Sunday has been amazing.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Contact me at agentm.a.s@gmail.com
Well comes Sunday here I am, I got their early and President Larson from my stake presidency was there, before sacrament meeting started he came over and we talked a little, he said he was checking my blog this morning
Which I thought was amazing, I love it when people read my blog, I'm happy from the comments I get from people, saying how my blog inspire them.
As I gave my talk, I was stuttering a bit... I could of changed that if I done the tricks I learn from speech therapy, but I don't really do the tricks, cause I'm able to talk to people just fine, but in front of people like giving a talk, I get nervous and start stuttering and once I stutter, I just do it more, well in the middle of my talk I grab a hold of myself and stop stuttering.
Later in the meeting President Naef (who's now a temple worker) gave a talk also, in the beginning he shared a
scripture Ether 12:27 "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
He said that scriptures reminds him of me,
the whole time I was shocked, I looked around and saw people, I turned to look over at my Sunday school teacher
(Who I talked about in two posts ago, he told me when his struggling and feeling down, he thinks of me) You can find that from here The Power of Deliverance- L. Tom Perry
He was crying, I felt really moved from it all.
When he was done he started his talk, which was very amazing, all of the talks were
After the meeting I stood up along with the other speakers, me and the Bishop shake hands along with some others. the Bishop looked at me (around my stomach area) and said "You been losing the weight" which I really liked too, people can finally notice
As I was walking down the aisle my Sunday school teacher came up to me and said "You are an inspiration to me" Along with saying my talk was really good
After Sunday school the Bishop told me and Justin (Another priest preparing for his mission) that their having classes on preparing to go in the temple at 7 o'clock at a member's house, I went there and I loved the class, I'm going to go back next week, this past Sunday has been amazing.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Contact me at agentm.a.s@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Update 4/17/12
Hey there, it been awhile.
I went to Pasco North's stake high school seniors and parents dinner on the 13th I believe, it was last Friday.
The dinner was really great, the short talk/guidance given from our steak president, then we watch a talk given at a BYU devotional Brad Wilcox- His Grace is Sufficient. I would ask you all to listen to the talk, it's really amazing.
After the program then my steak president was handing out the talk to each family (He printed them off), he handed one to me and shook hands, he told me I'm a great man and said he been on my blog and I write really good, he then turn to my mom and said "He really write good."
I was happy when he said that, first cause he have read my blog, second because I don't think I write good, but as he have said, and so many others, I'm good with writing.
By next week I'll be in the 280's which is amazing.. 40lbs lost, can you believe that??, it's a lot of hard work and some days I go nowhere with weight, but I'm 3pounds away from the 280's now.
It take time, and a lot of sweat but in the long run, it's all worth it.
I was thinking what I could share with you in this post, and this video came to mind, I watched it in Sunday school class a few weeks ago, whenever I watch it, I feel the spirit so deep in my heart, I hope it does the same for you.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
I went to Pasco North's stake high school seniors and parents dinner on the 13th I believe, it was last Friday.
The dinner was really great, the short talk/guidance given from our steak president, then we watch a talk given at a BYU devotional Brad Wilcox- His Grace is Sufficient. I would ask you all to listen to the talk, it's really amazing.
After the program then my steak president was handing out the talk to each family (He printed them off), he handed one to me and shook hands, he told me I'm a great man and said he been on my blog and I write really good, he then turn to my mom and said "He really write good."
I was happy when he said that, first cause he have read my blog, second because I don't think I write good, but as he have said, and so many others, I'm good with writing.
By next week I'll be in the 280's which is amazing.. 40lbs lost, can you believe that??, it's a lot of hard work and some days I go nowhere with weight, but I'm 3pounds away from the 280's now.
It take time, and a lot of sweat but in the long run, it's all worth it.
I was thinking what I could share with you in this post, and this video came to mind, I watched it in Sunday school class a few weeks ago, whenever I watch it, I feel the spirit so deep in my heart, I hope it does the same for you.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Update 4/3/12
Well, where do I start?
General Conference was amazing, I love hearing the talks, this time I had a question so I wrote it down and it got answered, I'll share what the question was and what I received as the answer, in a different post.
Two of my friends left on they're missions today, I have mentioned one of them on my blog a couple of times, his name is Spencer, his a triplet, he already have a brother in Texas for his mission, (Timothy) and Austin and Spencer are going to Brazil, not the same missions in Brazil, but they had the same flight and staying at the same MTC, they will confuse a lot of people, look the same plus both got "Elder Steele" haha
I last saw them at the priesthood session of Conference.. Spencer told me he was leaving this Tuesday and I said that's cool, or something like that, then we both just stood there for a couple of seconds, he then said "I don't know what to say" we both laugh and hugged each other.. I will really miss Spencer, I won't see him for four years because our missions will over-lap
But I'm proud of him for going out and serving our Heavenly Father, comes this fall, I'll be doing the same
My birthday is coming up next month, the 31st of May, I have lost 20lbs already, it is now the 3rd of April, I'm hoping I'll lose around 30-40 more pounds by my birthday.
If that happens, my birthday will be so much better then it'd be without losing that weight.
I'm thinking of having a party with my friend Justin, who's three days older then me, it will be a fun time.
I will miss being in the young men program, I'll try to stay in as long as I can, after I turn 19 but I don't think that will work out.
I can't wait until the Conference talks come out in the Engisn I love reading them.
I hope you all enjoyed Conference, and know that you're Father in Heaven loves you.
"There is help. There is happiness. There really is light at the end of the tunnel. It is the Light of the World, the Bright and Morning Star, the "light that is endless, that can never be darkened." It is the very Son of God Himself. It is the return of hope, and Jesus is the Sun. To any who may be struggling to see that light and find that hope, I say: Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve. Christ comes to you in His "more excellent ministry" with a future of "better promises." He is your "high priest of good things to come."
--Jeffrey R. Holland, "An High Priest of Good Things to Come", Ensign, Nov. 1999, p. 36
And now as I said concerning faith — faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.
Alma 32:21
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
General Conference was amazing, I love hearing the talks, this time I had a question so I wrote it down and it got answered, I'll share what the question was and what I received as the answer, in a different post.
Two of my friends left on they're missions today, I have mentioned one of them on my blog a couple of times, his name is Spencer, his a triplet, he already have a brother in Texas for his mission, (Timothy) and Austin and Spencer are going to Brazil, not the same missions in Brazil, but they had the same flight and staying at the same MTC, they will confuse a lot of people, look the same plus both got "Elder Steele" haha
I last saw them at the priesthood session of Conference.. Spencer told me he was leaving this Tuesday and I said that's cool, or something like that, then we both just stood there for a couple of seconds, he then said "I don't know what to say" we both laugh and hugged each other.. I will really miss Spencer, I won't see him for four years because our missions will over-lap
But I'm proud of him for going out and serving our Heavenly Father, comes this fall, I'll be doing the same
My birthday is coming up next month, the 31st of May, I have lost 20lbs already, it is now the 3rd of April, I'm hoping I'll lose around 30-40 more pounds by my birthday.
If that happens, my birthday will be so much better then it'd be without losing that weight.
I'm thinking of having a party with my friend Justin, who's three days older then me, it will be a fun time.
I will miss being in the young men program, I'll try to stay in as long as I can, after I turn 19 but I don't think that will work out.
I can't wait until the Conference talks come out in the Engisn I love reading them.
I hope you all enjoyed Conference, and know that you're Father in Heaven loves you.
"There is help. There is happiness. There really is light at the end of the tunnel. It is the Light of the World, the Bright and Morning Star, the "light that is endless, that can never be darkened." It is the very Son of God Himself. It is the return of hope, and Jesus is the Sun. To any who may be struggling to see that light and find that hope, I say: Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve. Christ comes to you in His "more excellent ministry" with a future of "better promises." He is your "high priest of good things to come."
--Jeffrey R. Holland, "An High Priest of Good Things to Come", Ensign, Nov. 1999, p. 36
And now as I said concerning faith — faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.
Alma 32:21
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
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