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