As most of you know I am no longer a full time missionary for The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sad day! I loved every
moment of being a missionary serving the people of the California Santa Rosa
mission. The people I have met have made an indelible mark on my soul. You have
changed me for the better and for that I am grateful.
I will always have
a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know it's true and I know it
changes people for the better. The Book of Mormon truly is the word of God
translated by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost through Joseph Smith. I know
Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and that he actually saw our Heavenly Father
and His son Jesus Christ; our Redeemer. Because of my testimony of the prophet
Joseph Smith I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the
Lord's true church on the earth today.
Most importantly I
have a deep testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ. I am not perfect. I cannot be
so without Him. He has made it possible for me to have salvation, to be free
from the guilt and shame of sin. Not only that, but to be free from sin and
free to become what my Father in Heaven knows I can be. He knows all
that I go through, all that I have gone through and all that I will go through.
He is there every step of the way. When we don't think He is there that is
Satan and the world trying to confuse us. He is there desperately trying His
hardest to be there for us.
One of my favorite
Apostles, yes I know you shouldn't have favorites, Elder
Jeffrey R Holland testified
that:
"I testify that God lives, that He is our Eternal Father, that He loves each of us with a love divine. I testify that Jesus Christ is His Only Begotten Son in the flesh and, having triumphed in this world, is an heir of eternity, a joint-heir with God, and now stands on the right hand of His Father. I testify that this is Their true Church and that They sustain us in our hour of need—and always will, even if we cannot recognize that intervention. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come."
They do indeed
come and they bring indescribable joy.
I am starting a
new blog entitled "Continuing in Joy." It will be mostly my crazy
antics of me being home an of course testifying of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I would love for all of you to be a part of my life still.
