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