I am a disciple of Jesus Christ

 I wish I could post pics of the missionaries I write about but I want to respect privacy and such.  I see miracles all the time on my mission. I know how much Heavenly Father loves his children as I observe these miracles.  And I have another story to tell that is worth writing about.   There is a sister called to our mission from Madagascar.  Her arrival keeps getting delayed even though she is in the Provo MTC.  We finally found out why the delays.  While here, in Provo, she has been diagnosed with cancer.  The Church has been so good to her.  Rather to send her home, where there is no treatment, they are going to send her mother here and get her treatment here.   What a blessing to her that she was called on a mission and sent to a place where she can get treatment.  The Lord is so good! And so wise! And so loving! And knows all!

 I was asked to submit an article to my ward for our ward history on my role as the secretary for the Utah Salt Lake City Mission. Here's what I said.  The Duties and Joys of Serving as an LDS Mission Secretary   July 1, 2025 began my service as the secretary for the Utah Salt Lake City Mission. Serving as a mission secretary is a sacred and meaningful calling.   The mission secretary plays a vital role in supporting the Mission Leaders, assisting the missionaries, and ensuring that the Lord’s work moves forward efficiently and in order.   My daily duties as the mission secretary often include managing mission correspondence, organizing transfers, maintaining missionary records, handling travel logistics, preparing reports, organizing mission meeting and ensuring that all communication between the mission office and individual missionaries runs smoothly.   Beyond the administrative work, the role of a mission secretary is one of quiet servic...

  Dallin H. Oaks was sustained as the prophet, seer and revelator for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I know he is a prophet. One day shortly after President Nelson passed away I was reading the most recent general conference talk by President Oaks.  This is what he said in the talk. "One of the most significant of God's helps for His faithful children is the gift of the Holy Ghost." We have to be baptized in order to get this gift, he says. And, "All who possess this inestimable gift, this pearl of great price, has a continual thirst after righteousness and without the aid of the Holy Spirit no mortal can walk in the straight and narrow way." He says we simple cannot walk the straight and narrow way without baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost.  He answered my long lost question I have had.  Why do we need baptism? A dear friend of mine asked many many years ago.  It seems silly, she said, that we have to do this act of baptism in order...

  I love Pres Nelson so much!  I knew this day would come and I don't like it one bit.  President Russell M Nelson passed away September 27, 2025.  He taught me so much and was such an example to me.  In the coming days I will add to this post some of his quotes that are so special to me. 

  I. love. this. picture. Thoughts from Sister Sherri Dew's book  "Amazed by Grace" What is Grace? How do I gain access to it?  What difference does grace make in my life?  Can it help me with loneliness, with overeating, with bad relationships, with weaknesses and temptations, with insecurity, with heartache and stress?  Can it help me with my family?  Is grace always present, or do I have to do something to get it?  Is it a feeling?  How can I tell when grace is helping me? 

 I woke up this morning singing a song from the new hymnbook called " Believe ."  Then what happens? I come to zone conference for the Service Missionaries and the choir was practicing a song for it.  Of course, it was this song.  This happens all the time!   You know what Albert Einstein said. " There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."  Here are the words to the song.  Believe Because He walked the path, I know the way. Because He calmed the storm, I'm not afraid. Because He made the lame to walk and caused the blind to see And blessed the children one by one, I feel His love for me.  And I will praise forever t he Savior of the world. And I will sing together with all the Saints on earth. Because He gave to me ev'rything He had to give, I breathe, I see, I hope, I love, I live. Because He died for me, I'll live again.  Because He is my Friend, I'l...