A Merry Christmas to you :)

Merry Christmas everyone

I wish you all a merry Christmas, I hope that during this time you will remember about the birth of our Savior,  without him we wouldn't be able to have the Atonement and be able to live with our Heavenly Father one day, he paid the price for our sins

This is my last Christmas with my family for two years, it will be a good time with the family. I'm excited for what 2013 will bring, for  my mission
I watched this video which is pretty amazing, the song is Mary did you know

This short movie is called "Mission Christmas" it's really awesome I have watched it two times, hope you guys enjoy it too :)

I apologize.

I apologize for not posting for a whole month, well in two days it would be a month. I just didn't felt like blogging. hopefully I'll be blogging more
The single branch has still been going good, still got good friends there I have finally done home teaching in the branch which was awesome to do. haha I moved here in July and I have yet given a talk in church. a couple of people already given two talks since I been here and I haven't given any. I wouldn't mind giving a talk.

My family have the Christmas tree up now, we have always gotten a real tree, which is always nice
there's two scriptures which I would like to share

When Elder Peterson was still serving in this area one of the many times he came for dinner,  one evening he shared Helaman 5:12 "  And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

I know that this is true... my own foundation hasn't been strong, I think people keep on improving in they're life's.. there are some parts in my life where I need to improve and the way to do so?, I need to pray... I need to build a relationship with my Heavenly Father

Doctrine and Covenants 10:5 " Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work."
I have been slacking off with praying, just as I been slacking off with blogging and with working out.
I'm still around 35-40 pounds away to my mission goal weight of 250. I want to leave early in the year as my birthday is in May and I'll be 20.

 My friend who also has Asperger's Syndrome has gotten his mission call and his going to St. George Utah and leaves Feb 6th.
I'm so excited for him and I can't wait til it's my turn to go out :)

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

Update 11/5/12

Hey all, sorry for not posting for awhile (sigh, I been saying that often, haven't I?)
Well, hopefully I'll be able to blog more then I have been doing. Things which been going on in my life right now has been FHE at my branch, activities with my branch and I got a calling in my branch now, I help with the linger longers each 3rd sunday as a branch we have dinner after church, I'll be helping plan, set up and clean the dishes etc, it will be fun and looking forward with helping.

I also been taking a family history class during the 2nd hour of church, it's nice I like it but I haven't check the new family search website often, I done it a couple of times but don't know my way around there, but I would like to get into it more.
I said this before, but I'm grateful for my friends in the branch, they are just amazing and I enjoy having them to talk to

I also been taking mission prep classes, they are amazing I love feeling the spirit in the class, and I can't wait for my mission, Elder Peterson got transferred... he was one of the three Elders in my branch when I moved in July, for a couple of months now there was only two Elders in my branch, but anyways Elder Peterson got transferred, I'm kind of sad about that because his an amazing Elder and a friend, I'm planning on getting his address later on and writing to him when I get my call to let him know where I'm going.

My friends have left for they're missions already or some of them are waiting to go or waiting for they're calls.. one day it'd be my turn to get my call and to leave :)

I am now in the Book of Mosiah, started to read the Book of Mormon again, let see when I can get it finish and start again.

Blog Anniversary

Hey guys, I'm happy to say that my blog has been around for a year now, I meant to post on the 13th of October but I thought I started the blog on the 15th of October, I'm kinda bum out that I missed the date but o well, I will still share what I had planned to do for the anniversary of the blog.

I still remember when a friend of mine suggested I should start a blog. I thought no one would read it, I had no experience with blogs, but I just dive right in and started one, here is my first post Life trials bring out our strengths
I sent an email to one of my really good friends who is now on his mission, but when I sent it to him he was at college, his name is Spencer and I have probably mention his name before. but this is what he said
"that's so cool!  It puts chills down my spine.  Keep that up - blogs gain momentum as you keep going.  I've heard a lot of great success stories about blogs and through blogs.  You are in a unique situation and you have a lot of strength, and that draws people to watch and learn and be touched."

I'm grateful to still be doing my blog, it's amazing that it has been a full year already!, I plan on doing my blog during my mission, send my mom emails to post on here.

I'm grateful for Heavenly Father and him in my life, before I moved to Kennewick I prayed I would make some friends at the single branch, and I did, I have a good amount of friends

With living in town missionaries have been in my branch the whole time I been here, I became friends with Elder Peterson, an amazing guy and I'm glad I have gotten to know him, I plan on having him here when I open my mission call, it will be amazing, his done with his mission in the spring or summer, so hopefully he won't get transfer before I get my call, which I hope can be soon... I haven't started on my papers yet because I haven't gotten to my "Mission paper goal weight" which is 250lbs.


I'm thankful for the Atonement. the power it  gives will change your life for the better, there's a EFY video which I have and I loved watching it, I know the things in it to be true.

Update 10/4/12!

Woah, do I have stuff to update you guys on.
The weight is going good, for a little bit it wasn't going so well, I wasn't working out often but I'm back at it and will continue til the end, my workout plan 3-5miles jogging/walking, 50 sit/push ups, 50 jumping jacks, if I don't do the jogging/walking then I'll do the P90X workout which I have talked about before, it's the "Monster of all workouts" from the program. I'll switch between the treadmill and P90X each day, to mix it up

Last week some of the guys in my branch and myself went to Camp Zarahemla for a service project  on Saturday, we left at 6pm on Friday, I got to know some of the guys better, I get to know people better in smaller groups.

Two of them have already been on they're missions, so we talked a little about missions and so on.
 There's this guy from the branch who is getting baptize this Sunday, his name is Yanino we became pretty good friends, his getting better with English I'm glad I was able to get to know him better, now whenever we see each other we talk. I'll be going to his baptism this Sunday
I might be getting a job at Target if I do, it'd be awesome!, I need as much money from my side as I can get for my mission. plus it'd be my first job will be an amazing experience
Here is a picture from Camp Zarahemla

Sorry for not posting for awhile.

Sorry for not posting for a long time.
this will be short but powerful, hopefully you'll feel the spirit 

Living the Gospel

Hey, so I been watching a EFY dvd which I own, and this video along with others which I like I will blog about as well.
This video is about Living the Gospel,

I know that this is the true church on the earth, this is God's church
Just like this scripture Ephesians 4:5 it says  "One Lord, one faith, one baptism"
I know that this is true, if it was not then I wouldn't be going on my mission. I have made mistakes, I have sin, I felt alone from my Heavenly Father, I felt unworthy in his sights
Satan is real, he pull us down one step at a time, he makes us feel like there is noway out that we can't get help, he makes it so we feel that we can't use Christ's Atonement because we're "Unworthy" We are never unworthy to use the Atonement, it is there for us. We are saved after all we can do ( 2nd Nephi 25:23) , what is all we can do?, I have said this is one of my earlier posts, but I will share it again.
Alma 24:11 "And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could do (as we were the most lost of all mankind) to repent of all our sins and the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them away from our hearts, for it was all we could do to repent sufficiently before God that he would take away our stain"

God is there for us, waiting with his arms open wide for us to come back to him. 2nd Nephi 28:32 "Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts."
His arms are lengthened for me and for you, for everybody
I close my testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it.

8/31/12- Update

Hey, sorry for not posting for awhile, I just wasn't feeling in the right mood to post.
Here's an update with my weight, my clothes are fitting really good now, the scale is broken so I don't know my weight, but I do know I'm losing weight, clothes are fitting more, even the clothes which were tight before. so that is good.

I took couple of pictures, of books which I should be reading to prepare myself even more for my mission, I'll put them in the blog so you can see them.

Preach my Gospel, along with a oil holder, forgot the name of it.

Here is Preach my Gospel, Tools for Missionaries and Prepare with Honor.

 Tools for Missionaries, Preach my Gospel, The Miracle of Forgiveness, Knowing Christ, Mormon Doctrine, Prepare with Honor, Preparing to enter the Holy Temple.

Here are three pictures which I have on the table by my bed, the first one is one of  my favorite  scriptures, D&C 121: 1-9 "My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high, thou shalt triumph over all they foes. Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands"
And the white piece of paper you see is a quote from a General Conference talk "Real repentance, real change may require repeated attempts, but there is something refining and holy in such striving. Divine forgiveness and healing flow quite naturally to such a soul, for indeed "virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; and mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own" (D&C 88:40) D. Todd Christofferson- The Divine Gift of Repentance"
then I added this part at the end "We need to be agents unto ourselves-- D&C 29:39

I will try my best to read as much as I can from the books I have place before you all, feel free to ask how I'm going with reading, as I might forget to read at times.

The Power of the Atonement

Hello readers,
As you can tell by the title, "The Power of the Atonement" I will be sharing my insights from what I have learned, as I been studying on my own and from going to institute.

Christ died for our sins and gave us the Atonement, we should use it.. he did it for us, just remember that
If you were like me, and thought for sometime that you can't use his Atonement, I'm not worthy then you're wrong and I was too. You don't understand the Atonement if you think that. his Atonement is there for us, it's an wonderful gift.

I been reading the book The Miracle of Forgiveness. Which is by Spencer W Kimball, I would recommend all of you to get a copy and start reading, and if you're going threw a hard time with sin or anything, it will help you.
from the book
"Repentance the Only way"
Repentance is ever the key to a better, happier life. All of us need it, whether our sins are the grievous ones or the more commonplace. Through repentance we perceive more clearly the contrasts of Paul's statement: "For wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.: (Rom. 6:23) Through repentance we may "be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory: (Moses 6:59)
And there is no other way."

 Read the text here The Laborers in the Vineyard

"I do not know who in this vast audience today may need to hear the message of forgiveness inherent in this parable, but however late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or however far from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify that you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines."
What a powerful talk it is, I love General Conference so much
I would also like you guys to check this talk out His Grace is Sufficient
2nd Nephi 25:23 " For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do."
Some people may say "But what is after all we can do?"
Alma 24:11 "And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could do (as we were the most lost of all mankind) to repent of all our sins and the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them away from our hearts, for it was all we could do to repent sufficiently before God that he would take away our stain"
After all we can do is repent, use His Atonement and be clean, be changed, be worthy.

God is there for us, he will not let his lost sheep go
2nd Nephi 28:32 "Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts."

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

YSA Conference

I attended the YSA Conference, well... the NWAYSA Conference. it stand for North West (Something, forgot what the A stood for) Young single adult, it was amazing!!

On Saturday I took a couple of classes, the things which stood out to me were the Atonement is there for you,  you don't earn it, the price is paid... Christ died for our sins
If you feel like you're unworthy to use the Atonement, you don't understand the Atonement, I was able to understand the Atonement more clearer then I did before

I also took a class titled "A Mission for me?"

It makes me want to go on my mission even more, the people teaching the class were mission presidents (there where two couples) we were able to write down questions we have about the mission, my question was "If someone have a speech problem, can they go foreign speaking?" the teachers were talking about getting physical ready,one of the couple  a story of someone who went out with the missionaries for a week, and he was overweight and that whole week he lost a pound everyday. Once the story was done being told I raise my hand and told them that I been preparing for my mission, I have lost 25-30lbs already and I will be starting on my papers once I lose some more weight

Then one of the teacher, I forgot his name but he told me that during his time as a mission president they had a couple missionaries who stuttered, and he said that even though they stutter they were able to learn the language I can't wait to learn where I get called to go on my mission and find out if I have to learn a language if I do, it'd be a challenged but I'll be ready to face it, it might get hard at times but I know God will help me 

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it   

Update 8/1/12

Well it been awhile since I blogged last, so here is what been going on

I been going to the single branch, which I said earlier and it's going good, I have been meeting new people there, been going to the FHE (Family Home Evening) and after FHE some of the people play volleyball I'm not that good with the game but I'm improving.
Haha this week when I was playing volleyball I got hit at the back of my head with the ball, it was very funny the person who threw the ball was asking if I was okay and all that haha, but I was all fine
Also I been working out again, hopefully when I weight myself on Sunday (or Monday) it'd be something good, last time I weighted myself was before I moved and I was at 280.... I'm hoping to be down to 270 or close to 260, but I doubt it'd be to 260 because that would of been 20pounds lost and I don't feel like I have lost 20pounds since then.

I been doing three miles a day along with 50 sit ups and push ups and I been eating less and eating only foods I know I should have, I REALLY don't want to see the scale say "280" this week.
If you would be so kind as to pray about me dropping below the 280 line, please.

When I'm on the treadmill I put on a playlist of Mormon Message Youth videos, and it really brighten my day and it's something I need,  I feel the spirit strongly and at times I'm on the edge of crying ha...
I been watching people opening they're mission calls on youtube, and it just make me want my call now.
But the time will come when I get it.

I'm going to leave a Mormon Message video, which is very powerful and it's one of my favorites

Endure to the end stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it 

Want my mission call already.

Two of my friends are leaving for they're missions and I haven't even started on my papers yet, I want to get to 250 before I start on papers, but maybe I'll stick to 260, I have no idea, I just want to have my call already, as I been reading about the progress of mission papers, it looks like it will take a couple of months to even get the call, I can't wait like that there's 5 months left to this year, I want to go out in 2012, not 2013

and 5 months plus the time to get to 260 or 250, I don't even know my weight right now because the scale is broken, the time is just slipping away

A friend of mine who got back from his mission in the summer, I was talking to him bout weight and not sure when to even start my papers, but he said the weight will come off during the mission.

which makes me lend into the 260, but a part of me want to wait to 250, it's just time is slipping away from me, I don't want to go out in 2013, because 2012 is suppose to be my year to go...

but there might be a reason why I'm leaving later then I would like, it could be there's someone out there who I need to teach, or the right mission just for me.

I don't know, I just want to have my call already.

Endure to the end, don't ever give up, never.

Repentance

I had a feeling I should post about  repentance
We have all sin and we need to repent, I know from my own experiences that if you repent, you feel free, you have a change of heart, you feel closer to Heavenly Father
last night I was searching in the  index (After the Book of Mormon) 'Forgive, Forgiven, Forgiveness'
There were a couple scriptures which really stood out to me
Mosiah 4:10 'And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.'

Enos 1:4 'And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens'

Heavenly Father is forgiving of us, He want us to be free from our sin, and to live with him again, there's this song which I really like, the person who wrote and sang  it was at the best of EFY which we attended

There's also this talk given at General Conference on repentance

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

I moved

Well, I moved.

It's all very different, new stake, new ward, new people. I feel young at the single ward, more then half of them are back from they're missions, or they have a year or more finished in college, and all the guys know each other in the single branch, when I only know Nathan
But beside that the house is okay, doesn't feel like home yet, but will later on I guess

My plans are still to start on my mission papers in August, and leave in October or November
My friends been getting back from efy, it doesn't even seem like it has been a year since I was there last, I will miss going as a youth, but after my mission I'll be going as a counselor every summer until I can't anymore, I love efy so much, and as a counselor I'll be able to help the youth,

I leave with you today, a MormonMessage video, Ponder the time when the spirit has been there to strengthen you.

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it 

I'm Moving

Hey readers,
Well as I have posted about already, I'm moving but I didn't know when.. but now I do, I'm moving on the 6th of this month

It's a sad time, for leaving my ward which I have grown up in all my life, but it's also a time for new experiences, a new stake and ward, new people as well
I visited the family ward last week with my family, I attended the family ward for two hours but then I went to the single ward (They meet in same building, which is also new, in my old ward we were the only ward who went to the building)
I liked the family ward and the hour I spent in the single ward, I met up with my friend Nathan from efy at the single ward, and I saw two other people who I know, so it was all good, I will go back this week for the full three hours

Packing to move take a lot of work.... and boxes, we got 100 boxes all pack, and we still got more to pack, we been throwing away a lot of useless stuff and just random things which we don't use anymore

I went to my last fireside in my ward, it was an RM fireside, his name is Danny, in one of his stories he told us about  his best companion
This companion have a speech impediment, he had a hard time talking to people, Danny said this was how he started talking to people "Hi, W----W---We're Miss--Missionaries", Danny said it was very hard for his companion to talk to people, but once he got comfortable and became friends with people, he didn't had such a hard time talking to them

This story makes me think of me, Some of you who don't know me in real life, but I have a speech impediment as well, and I'm the same way as Danny's companion.
When Danny was telling this story, it was hard not to cry, I felt the spirit so strongly
He told us that his companion had a real desire to go on his mission.... as do I, I'm losing the weight for my mission, I'm studying, preparing myself, I want to be the best missionary I can be




After the fireside, I was talking to Danny, I was stuttering and took me couple of seconds for the words to come out, I told him that the story of his companion make me think of me, when I go on my mission
He said that he know I'll be a great missionary and he said he will keep in touch with me (because I'm moving) he told me to let him know when I get my call




I know that the Gospel is true, if it wasn't then I wouldn't be going on my mission
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

My Testimony of the Apostasy

I have been teaching a friend of mine, about the Restoration of the Gospel, his open for me to teach him and he says it's all very interesting and he feels good about learning it

As I been learning more about the great Apostasy, I know that this is the true church on the earth, that it was restored

In Ephesians 4:5 it says  "One Lord, one faith, one baptism"

Taking this from the "True to the faith" booklet "The Old Testament prophet Daniel prophesied that God would "Set up a kingdom" that would "never be destroyed" and would "stand for ever" (Daniel 2:44). In making this prophecy, he spoke of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the kingdom of God on the earth today. "
-Done with the True to the faith book-
 Amos 8:11-12 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord
 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it."
 Prophecy of the Apostasy,


There's a talk in the Ensign June 2012 session. Please read The Honor and order of the Priesthood




In 1976 an area general conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Following the closing session, President Spencer W. Kimball [1895-1985] desired to visit the Vor Frue Church, where the Thorvaldsen statues of Christus and of the Twelve Apostles stand...
“To the front of the church, behind the altar, stands the familiar statue of the Christus with His arms turned forward and somewhat outstretched, the hands showing the imprint of the nails, and the wound in His side very clearly visible. Along each side stand the statues of the Apostles, Peter at the front to the right and the other Apostles in order.


Most of our group was near the rear of the chapel with the custodian. I stood up front with President Kimball before the statue of Peter with Elder Rex D. Pinegar and Johan Helge Benthin, president of the Copenhagen stake.
“In Peter’s hand, depicted in marble, is a set of heavy keys. President Kimball pointed to those keys and explained what they symbolized. Then, in an act I shall never forget, he turned to President Benthin and with unaccustomed firmness pointed his finger at him and said, ‘I want you to tell everyone in Denmark that I hold the keys! We hold the real keys, and we use them every day.’

“I will never forget that declaration, that testimony from the prophet. The influence was spiritually powerful; the impression was physical in its impact.

“We walked to the back of the chapel where the rest of the group was standing. Pointing to the statues, President Kimball said to the kind custodian, ‘These are the dead Apostles.’ Pointing to me, he said, ‘Here we have the living Apostles. Elder Packer is an Apostle. Elder Thomas S. Monson and Elder L. Tom Perry are Apostles, and I am an Apostle. We are the living Apostles.

“‘You read about the Seventies in the New Testament, and here are two of the living Seventies, Elder Rex D. Pinegar and Elder Robert D. Hales.’

“The custodian, who up to that time had shown no emotion, suddenly was in tears."

I know that the these men are called of God and hold the real keys to the Priesthood.
We watched this video in Sunday school last week and  I felt the spirit so strongly that I looked it up and watched it again
A Search for Truth

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

Update 6/24/12

Sorry for not posting for awhile, I had some ideas  what to post about but then I just didn't felt like it, but I'll be doing those soon.

The moving date has been pushed back for two weeks, so I'll be around a bit longer, but I think the 2nd Sunday we'll be checking out our new ward, which I think will be a bit awkward, the first couple weeks there

oh and I'm in the 280's now, getting close to the 260's (when I can start on papers) but I might start them around 250-240, which would be pretty awesome


I can't wait for my mission, getting my mission call will be amazing, I'll have someone record it and then I'll post it on here for all of you to watch.
Also, I have only worked out two days this week, the funny thing is I haven't been losing weight for awhile, it been going down and up but I only worked out for two days and I lost 6pounds this week, I think it's because I been pushing my body to much?, with working out everyday (not on Sunday, sometimes on Saturday) but I think that my body needed to have a break, and once it did, more pounds shed off without me really doing anything, just watched what I ate

My goal is to lose 20-30 more pounds til August, and then I'll be at 250-240 then hopefully start on papers, once I move I will be applying for UPS, hopefully I'll get a job there and start saving

I'll leave with you today a song, which I love so much, I like to share a scripture or a video for you at the end of my posts, but today it's a song, enjoy

Youth Conference 6/9/12

I went to the youth conference this past week, even though I'm 19, I still wanted to go

It started out a bit awkward for me, but a lot of things start out awkward with having Asperger's,
I was just standing by myself, I wasn't sure if the youth from my ward wanted me to join them or not, so I just found a chair where no one was sitting and sat there by myself

Later on we went to classes and it was a lot of fun, my first class was dating, which didn't really have me learn anything new, I'm 19 years old and been on a couple of dates already, I know how to act like a gentleman and so on

But the next class was "Who you really are" It was an amazing class, even though I know I'm a child of God, it was good to feel the spirit in the class and listen to the teacher

then it was a third class on prayer, we listen to this Mormon Message video (I love Mormon Messages so much)

After the classes we played some games, skipping to the parts which stood out to me the most
We then had testimony meeting, it was a very powerful meeting, I love testimony meetings at efy and youth conference, all of the testimonies were great and very powerful, I would like to share a testimony given by a young woman, I do not know her name, or do I know her but her testimony was very powerful

She said this past year she gain a testimony, it didn't come all at once, or was it some big spiritual   experience, like for me, I gain a testimony on prayer from trek which was a big spiritual experience for me, but she said her's came ,  here a little there a little precept upon precept
2nd Nephi 28:30 " For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon aprecept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have."

I know that what she spoke is true, you're testimony doesn't need to come in one big piece, for some it does and for others it's line upon line precept upon precept

I bore my testimony there, I started out with saying I wanted to read the Book of Mormon cover to cover for the first time, I told them of my testimony which I gain by reading the Book of Mormon, I also shared with them that Heavenly Father does know us, he are never forgotten, I recall the time at trek with the blisters and how on the 2nd night I prayed and pleaded  for strength and I  received the  my answer, it was a huge spiritual  experience for me, and I'll never forget it

I would recommend you all to read Alma chapter 32
I know that  by small and simple things are great things brought to pass (Alma 37:6-7)
These small and simple things can be saying our prayers, reading the scriptures, and so on

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

I graduated, so now what? (My plans)

Well, I'm done with high school and seminary, a lot of people been asking me what are my plans now, so I have told them, so why not tell you guys as well.

My plans are to work at UPS, loading the trucks, getting money to help pay for my mission and sending my papers (Mission papers) in August, and leaving around October-November for the mission

And of course, part of the plan is to lose more weight, by August I'm hoping to be done with my weight, by the end of the month, but I have doubts I'll be able to be finish with it by then, so August-September 

Also, I have one more Sunday in my ward before we move (We're not sure if we'll be here for the week after this coming Sunday)

I will miss everyone in the ward, I been in this ward for all my life and grow up knowing everyone

I graduated from seminary tonight, it was very nice, although they only put me down for 3 years of seminary, when I did 4, so I didn't got my diploma, we're going to talk to some people and see if they can fix that because I did do the 4 years 

There's a youth conference coming up this week, and even tho I'm 19 now, I'm going to still go, it will be my last youth conference which is kind of sad 

I'm glad I been in the young men program for 4 years, it really been amazing and this last couple of months with the pilot program been even more amazing, it was just want I needed 

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it 

To know Jesus Christ, is to know Heavenly Father

As we been packing to move, we were packing books and we have a lot of church books so I noticed one which said "Knowing Christ" author is  George W. Pace
I had a thought of reading it,  so I may know my Savior better and build my relationship with him and my Heavenly Father.

I have reach to page 5 and I just want to share some of my notes with you, from what I have learned.
First I would recommend the book, it is truly amazing, it will strengthen you're relationship with you're Heavenly Father and his beloved Son.

 In the book he says "The Savior said, "Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he whomsoever the Son will reveal him."
Matthew 11:27- end quote

As we come to know the Son, we come to know the Father, the greatest revelation of our Heavenly Father is Jesus Christ.

Jesus came to the earth for his Father's will.
John 6:38 "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me."
He told the Israelites on the America continent as a resurrected being the same
3rd Nephi 27: 13-14 " 13 Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.

 14 And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil"


This is something which I liked from the book
quote-As we seek for eternal life, we acknowledge the Savior's teaching that "no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
When we accept the Savior as the Son of God, we recognize that in his name and his name alone is salvation possible
2nd Nephi 25:20 "  And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved."
End quote

I will keep on reading this book, for I want to know my Savior better along with my Heavenly Father.
As we were packing, a piece of paper fell out of a book, I picked it up and this is what it said "D&C 29:39 Agents unto themselves"
It reads "And it must needs be that the devil should tempt the children of men, or they could not be agents unto themselves; for if they never should have bitter they could not know the sweet"
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

Update 5/17/12

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

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

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

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

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

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

Graduated from the class of 300

Readers, I would like to inform you that I have graduated from the class of 300 (pounds) and now I'm under it and will never, never go back.

I have lost over 20pounds right now, let break it down.
I started after Thanksgiving I was doing the P90X program but that wasn't working that well for me, I would lose weight then gain it, I stayed around the same weight for weeks, I started the diet (there's 3 different diets in P90X, the one I'm on is called "Fat Shredder" I'm on the level 2 phrase  and  will stay on that one, I thought by starting that I would lose the weight faster along with the workouts from P90X, but the program itself wasn't working for "Me"
after I stop doing the P90X workouts  and  started doing the treadmill, the pounds started to drop, a week and a half ago I was 48 pounds away from 260 (Which, at 260 I can start on my papers.. that is if I have been  making money, for mission).
Now I'm 37pounds away from 260, amazing isn't it?

In a week I lose a pound  everyday, if I didn't lost one in a  day, then the next  day it'll be gone, so now in a week I lose 5-7pounds
When for weeks just doing P90X it wasn't moving, it stayed

I'm just so happy it's working now, life will get so much better.
My friends are amazing support, they all know I'll be able to lose the weight, and that help tons, same with my Mom, she's amazing, helping me out, telling me I'll be able to do it

Last week I tried on a pair of jeans, they were to tight, I couldn't even put them on all the way, today I tried them on and they fit, I was able to wear them and walk around, they are the tightest jeans I own, so I will not wear them yet, couple more weeks and they will fit like normal.

The shirt I'm wearing now, used to be tightish, now it's baggy.
The shirt I had during trek, the second shirt, I only wore it on the way home, it was to tight for trekking, I now use it as my church shirt and there's so much room!

I'm loving the changes, I was talking to a friend of mine, Spencer Steele and he sent me this video to watch


It'll be an amazing journey, and I would like to welcome you all to share this journey, send the link to my blog to you're friends and families, I now have 20 followers and that is just amazing by itself, how much can I get before I leave on my mission?


"The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the obstacles we face. He has shown the way to gain strength during our struggles. With His assistance, we have the ability to succeed."
--L. Lionel Kendrick, "Strength During Struggles,", Ensign, Oct 2001, 24

I know the Lord is on my side, I have prayed to him, for help on this journey of losing the weight to be his servant, to be his hands for two years, and it doesn't even stop there
Here I come missionary of 2012
And here I come new body.
"I have not yet begun to fight!"- John Paul Jones

Service- the different person.

Today in Sunday school the lesson was on service, not the kind like service projects but, be-friending people, cheering people up, and so on.

Brother Davidson asked us "Is it hard, to be friends with people in school, who are 'different' and other people aren't friends with them because of it?"

The class said it is hard, because their friends might dis-friend them for hanging out with someone who is different and doesn't have many friend, and if you're popular it's harder cause you might get un-popular a little if you hang out with the different person.

I was thinking in the class, how I'm the different person, now.. don't get me wrong I have friends now, but I still see myself as someone who is different.
And I do know what it feels like to be the outcast, the person people don't get to know
But with my amazing friends, it's so much better

I want you all, my readers to think of people you see, from school, work and so on, see if their lonely, the outcast, the different person.

My teacher shared a story I won't be able to explain it as well as he did but I hope you understand it.

He was in high school and this one girl walked with a limp, no one would help her to class, they didn't do anything for this girl because she was considered "different", from walking her to class  he would get to his own class late, his teacher was a tough one and told him  that he'll get low grades for showing up late and he told him to stop walking the girl to class, that his grades would be lower because he'll getting in class late.
Joe my Sunday School teacher said "No one else will help her to class" and he continued walking her to class, he studied hard in his own class and got a good grade, an A I believe.
This girl and my teacher are still close friends to this day, he was the one that helped her when no one else would.
She is now a teacher in a High school where my teacher's son goes to, once she learned that he was the son of Joe Davidson she had him call his dad and they talked a little, she has never forgot how he had helped her in high school.

I can say that his oldest son, Hunter who is now serving a mission in Brazil was liked his dad and saw that I was 'different' and he befriended me, we are really good friends to this day, he know I'll be able to lose the weight to go on my own mission.
I want you all to look around you, look for someone who's alone and try to befriend them, it won't just do them good, but it'll do you good as well when you make a bond with that person and be the best of friends.

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regert it

The Armor of God

We need to wear  the whole Armor of God, Brothers and Sisters

The armor will protect us from sin and the darkness in this world we live in, it is our gift given by our God. Ephesians 6:11  "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."

We are all human, we have all sinned, we can repent, and WE can put on the armor of our God.

Roman. 13:12
"The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light"


Are we tempted to the point of no return?, in battle we might get wounded, are we to wounded to be able to heal?, no we are not.
1 Corinthians 10: 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it

I would like you all to read and ponder to yourselves Ephesians 6 starting at verse 10 until you're done with that chapter.

shield of faith: Ephesian 6: 16 "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."


Nephi 15:24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.

I find joy in reading the scriptures, we need to hold fast to the word of God (The Iron Rod)

We are all Enlisted  This was a talk given in the last General Conference Oct 2011 during the priesthood session. 

I had tears when I was listening to this talk, I felt the spirit so much,  I know that this is the God's church on the earth today. 

We need to take hold of the Armor of God and be ready for battle, for this world is getting wicker and these are the last days. 

In these times it's easy to be afraid turn to the book of Isaiah 

 "fear not, for I am with you;

be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

—Isaiah 41:10"

the 2010 youth theme "“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:9)"

Brothers and Sisters, God is on our side, stand for right, stand for the truth, put on the whole armor of God.

This video even tho it is old and the clothes they wear are funny looking, hah, I still felt the spirit  from watching it, I was on the edge of tears 

Update 3/5/12

Yet again, i'm sorry for not posting in awhile, I have been busy with things going on, I planned on blogging three or so nights ago but I didn't do it, so sorry.

I have came up with a couple of things to blog about, it's all in my head so once I sort it all out hopefully you guys will like it, their really good subjects so I hope you'll like them.
At church this last week I said the prayer for the water during sacrament, I said it without stuttering, I was very happy about that.

 I'll be applying for a job this week, hopefully I'll be able to get it, I really need to start making money to pay for half of my mission.
Speaking of missions a friend of mine Dirk got back from his this last week, we saw each other at church and talked some, I told him that I'm losing the weight to be able to go on my mission, he said he knows I'll be able to lose the weight to go, he said that we should get together sometime to go running. That would be amazing if we do go running, I'm not sure how I'll do without the treadmill but we will see.

Oh I was wondering if you guys liked the "Scripture of the day" which I added in my last post, I have a feeling that one of you if not more will read just the right scripture for that day, it could be an answer to you're prayers, let me know if you think I should keep doing that.

What I been missing

This is what I been missing!
doing the treadmill, it works the best I believe, I'm always  sweatier doing it and feel great when I'm done
I remember a couple of years ago when I tired losing the weight before then I did the treadmill for a week and lost 7lbs
I always failed trying to lose the weight before but not this time, I will conquer it. going on a mission will be a dream for me and be the best two years of my life.

Last week I was  mad with myself because the results of last week, but after a couple days to look back at it, I lost 2lbs, I did not gain 2lbs, therefore that was a win for me.
Life will always have  ups and downs, when you're in the down part try to change you're mood, think of uplifting and happy things in life.

My plan of being done on May 9th for the BBQ at mutual, will not come true, there is less days then there is weight to lose, but I will be half way done by then I hope.. and if not, then I'll look better then I do now.

Scripture of the day: - Alma 26:12
"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever."

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

Update 2/19/12

I'm sorry I haven't post for awhile, just this week has been kinda different.
I started the P90X diet to go along with my working out, it been going good, the diet is called "Fat Shredder"
I'm on the level 2 (there's 3 different diets and in each diet their 3 levels, you can choose whichever level and diet suits you).

I was pushing myself to hard this week, I was doing the "Mother of all workouts" everyday along with another workout or two. By Friday I was exhausted and couldn't work out, I really wanted to see a big loss on the scale this week but it only showed 2pounds less.

in the P90X booklet I saw that you are trading fat for body mass, and I can see changes taking place, my arms are getting big with muscles, my legs/calf area as well.
But I want the weight to be gone already, I would like to start on my mission papers but can't right now because of my weight.
For mutual we're having a BBQ for the seniors in high school.. I will be one of them and this is taking place on May 9th  which is 80 days from now.. I would like to be done by then but I probably can't, by losing 2pounds a week, no way I'll be done by then.

My birthday is 102 days away I don't even think I'll be done by then, I would like to be done it's my 19th birthday I would like  to celebrate my birthday with friends and so on.

I planned on losing 5-7pounds which week, but no not happening right now and I'm just so mad with myself.
My plan was to be done with the weight in March, but can't do that now cause it's to close, it was my plan before the holidays and when I stop working out for a couple of days, therefore I moved it to May 9th for the BBQ, but it's 80days away and I don't see it happening, hopefully this week will be better.

John Rowe Moyle story

Readers, as I been thinking what to blog about, this video came to mind, it is a true story of a pioneer who was "Only a Stonecutter"

If we can have his determination of fulling our callings, how great will our life's be?.

It doesn't even end at our callings, what about who we are?..

Brothers and Sisters I have thought to myself  "I'm only Michael"

I am wrong with what I think of myself.. I'm a child of God and he loves me and he had sent me here on the earth at this time for a reason.

And I'm finding out what my reason is, it's to be there for people, I have said this in previous posts.. but I want you all to know, that you are here for a reason too, you have to find it, I believe everyone on this earth has a mission.

We may get down at times, but just remember our Heavenly Father loves us all, he wants us to be able to live with him again.

In 2010 I believed I was just "Michael" nobody important, nobody who my Father in Heaven was proud of. 

You can read about this in this post Priest/Laurel Conference 2010

My friends were right, I wasn't just "Michael" neither was Brother Moyle was "Only a stonecutter"

Brothers and Sisters, we can matter in people life's. I have seen it... even a simple smile can cheer someone up, you don't know what their going threw, maybe they needed that smile.. talk to them, I know what it felt like to be alone, and that's why I want to help people, I never want them to feel the pain I felt, if you are feeling this way, you can always talk to me.

There was this General Conference talk which I loved from the 2011 October  session You Matter To Him

Update 1/30/12

Hello readers,

Ever since the holidays I been on and off with working out, I do it one day for a couple of hours, then nothing for three days or more, my life was going down, I wasn't happy with doing that, I was 8pounds away from breaking 20lbs before the holidays and since, I been going down and up in weight, now I'm 10 pounds away from breaking that 20lbs.

I have moved my goal up to April, it was March but because of the holidays I had to move it.
I know I'll be done by then, I do not want to move it up any further, April is the month.

Going to bed at 9pm, waking up at 6:30, do 2hours of working out then later in the afternoon I do 1-2 more hours. it's tough because I am not a morning person I hated getting up today, but felt good after those two hours... I'll be able to do it, endure to the end I will.

I plan  not going to any church dances until April, I want to surprise my friends with my new body, wouldn't you?, those thoughts is what keeps me going and the biggest one so far is entering into the MTC.. you have no idea how much I desire to be a missionary, to teach God's children.
On Sunday then I was just watching people open their mission calls on youtube, I can't wait until I get my call in the summer, I'll be making a video of it while I open my call and I'll be inviting friends over to be there when I open it, so amazing I can't wait!
2012 will probably be my best year yet, losing the weight, hanging with friends in the summer and heading off on mission in the fall

100-year anniversary of seminary

I went to the 100th year anniversary broadcast  last night at my stake center, it was a very powerful setting and I have learned some things from going.

It's amazing to listen to stories of the youth how seminary has blessed their lives, there was a video during the broadcast which I loved so much

I felt the spirit testified to me that this church is God's true church and my testimony grew more.
I do seminary at home and it's not as good as in a class setting, I follow the manual   and answer the questions, I learn somethings but I'm not able to  have a discussion with what I just read with other youth.

doing seminary at home gets boring  and right now I'm behind.. but as I'm preparing for my mission i'm learning so much and to me it adds up, when I did went to seminary class once a week last year, I did liked  it sometimes.. but I would just sit in the back and listen and didn't really say anything, I didn't know the people in there so I kept quiet.

This is my last year doing seminary and I can't wait until the seminary graduation, gone to two of them and this time it's my turn!, it should be amazing.
If I could, I would go to seminary everyday but not the high school, it would cost to much to drive there and back so I just do home study with seminary.

This video is how a young man choose to go to seminary had change his life for the better

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

My studying, and good works.

Okay so I have been studying in "Mormon Doctrine" and I read about good works. 

I fine it funny how people mock etc, if you may say.. that Mormons do good works. 

As I was watching some videos on youtube there was an anti-Mormon video and I post a comment.. the comment I received said the following

"Are you familiar with the bible? Christ condemned the religious practices of the Pharisees & Scribes (Matt 23:1-12). Christ exposed their hypocrisy & self righteousness before thousands of people, which made them very angry. They wanted praise from man for their "good works" rather then giving praise to God. Christ made it clear that good works alone will never please God. 

The Mormons act like the Pharisees did, preaching lies, hypocrisy and self righteousness."

My comment was "Yes, I am familiar with the bible, read James 2:15-26... he has yet to reply to my comment and it been more then two weeks.

I don't plan on visiting anymore anti-Mormon videos, because what they say are all lies and false "teachings", 

As I been studying more and more, I know that this is truly God's church on the earth, the Book of Mormon and the Bible go together perfectly. 

There are two videos I would like to share with you today, one of them is the 2012 mutual theme song, which is an amazing video and I love it so much

Update and goals

Hey readers, sorry for not posting for awhile, I have been trying out something new, going to bed at 9 or 10 (10 being the latest), waking up at 6 or 7 and work out for one or two hours, have breakfast, school, and then one or two more hours of working out in the day, making a total of three or four hours.

I was 8 pounds away from breaking 20lbs before the new years came (I was going good with Christmas), but I gain some pounds back,  but their leaving now.. By the end of this month I'll pass 20lbs in total.
Clothes are still fitting better, it's all going good just a bit slow right now because of the holiday.
In each month I'm hoping to lose 25-30lbs, will it be hard?, yes.. but life is hard and this is part of life for me, I love hearing from people saying "Everytime I see you, you're clothes are getting looser" comments like that is what keeps me going at times when working out I just dread it and want to give up.

Now for my goals I have came up with before leaving on my mission in the fall.

I will be studying the Book of Mormon, I have read it once (You can read about that in my blog entry of my testimony of the BoM)
I'll be studying the Bible more too.
Reading and studying all the subjects in "Mormon Doctrine" which is by Bruce R. Mcconkie
Reading and studying all the subjects from "True to the faith"
With everything I'm going to be studying and so on, I'll be keeping  journal(s), write down my thoughts and promptings from the Holy Ghost.
Applying the booklet "Duty to God"
Reading  "Preach my Gospel" coming up with lessons from there, learning as much as I can.
I been reading the book "Miracle of forgiveness" which is by  Spencer W. Kimball
It's an amazing book and I recommend reading it
My last goal I have came up with is, hanging out with my brother, and studying with him,  reading scriptures with and and praying, I want to be an example to my younger brother, even tho Nephi was younger then Sam, I want to be an example to my brother as Nephi was to Sam.
First Nephi 2:17
 "And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things which the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit. And it came to pass that he believed in my words."

Studying and using my journals will take time, but read Doctrine and Covenants 19:23
"Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me"
I want to walk in his meekness, I want to have peace inside of me,

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light- Matthew 11:28-30
Brothers and Sisters, come unto God and he will give you rest, learn of him and we shall have rest in our souls.

On the back of the Duty to God booklet it says "Behold, thou art my son;... and I have a work for thee" Moses 1:4,6"
I am a son of God... we are all children of our Heavenly Father, remember that forever and ever.
I want to be the best missionary as I can when I enter into the MTC, and then grow and learn more over the two years and apply that  threw out my life.

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

I am different.

Readers, I went to my friend's birthday party tonight.. haven't been to a party since.. umm probably August.
There was a lot of people there, people laughing, talking, and so on.. I felt very, um how can I say it.. a bit awkward being there.
No offense Jonathan I love ya just with the stupid Asperger's it's hard for me, thanks for inviting me.

It have gotten to the point in my life when I am invited (which I'm not invited to a lot of things) that I want to go.. because I was invited and I hardly am.. but it's very difficult.
try to imagine you being at you're friend house, with people you have seen from dances but you have never really spoken with them, and imagine that their not talking with you, but laughing, talking, with their friends.
And you not knowing what to say to them, the whole time I was at the party only one person I did not know came up to me, said "Hi, i'm (name), what's you're name?" a conversation wasn't started, I said my name and that was about it, she went to hang out with her friends after that.

As I was sitting at the table where they were playing the "Question game" I wasn't playing with them, just watching them play the game, I just "couldn't" join in and play it with them.
As I was observing them (As stated in my blog entry about Asperger's "Not pick up on social cues and may lack inborn social skills, such as being able to read others' body language, start or maintain a conversation, and take turns talking.")
I observe people (which kinda like me staring at them)... does it sound creepy?.... sigh yeah I'm weird.

When I observe them, i'm like.. "How can they do that?!" their talking and laughing , laughing and talking, it's crazy at least for me, you my readers probably see it as "normal" and see me as.. "different".. another thing I don't understand, is how can their be a group of friends talking together all at once?, sometimes two people or more talking at once.

I was just standing in the house just observing people.. being a creep, Jonathan came over and told me to go outside and hang out by the fire, I was making my way to the door when he asked some others to join us as well.... all were girls hah.. I turned back and was walking into a room but he came and got me, after spending five minutes or so by the fire I went inside, the girls that came out where talking in their group, the people by the fire who were already there was talking to Jonathan, and me just standing there.

My friend Spencer asked if I wanted to play chess, which was nice because I was just sitting in the living room area, we went into his room and played it, he won the first time, I  won the 2nd time.

I then went back to the party area, most everyone have left so it was a bit easier for me.. why must I be so weird?,  God knows I'll be able to handle Asperger's... but at times I just don't know if I can.

What is normal in my eyes?... normal is being able to interact with you're friends 80% more then I can, being able to be in a group, playing a game, talking, laughing, talking and laughing.. being with that "someone" which whom you have a crush with, I know for sure no one has a crush on me or even think of me in that way, why would they?.. being normal is when you can flirt just for the fun of it and just hang out with the opposite gender , as what I saw tonight at the party.. and not even just tonight, but at dances and so on.
I have only been on two dates in my whole life, and that was when I was 17.. it's not just all about the opposite gender but just wanting to interact 80% more with my friends.  I am grateful for the friends I do have, everytime when I pray I let my Father in Heaven know that I'm thankful for the few friends I do have.

People have told me "You're not like most guys" and have told me I am unique, a part of it I guess is I speak what I mean, I don't speak to be mean to people, and like at efy bout the tissues (You can read that in my post about efy).. but I do wish to be "normal" at times,  I do wish to have that "someone" to hang out with and to talk to, even if I do.. I don't know how  I'll be at it...
Anyways, have a good new beginning of this year.