Oldest LDS Chapel in the South

This church building in middle Tennessee is the oldest standing chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I love the South. It is beautiful here and I especially love the people. I am so glad to be here in the Tennessee Nashville Mission and share the restored gospel with our brothers and sisters here.  I have been able to see how this gospel has changed lives for the better. If you want to know if something is good, you look at the fruits of it. I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ because I have seen the fruits of the gospel. Feel free to ask questions and make comments!

Finding Joy in the Work (Even when its cold)

   Missionary work is the best. Sometimes you get cold and tired though, like after walking around all day and nothing happens. But its not so bad when you stay happy and have fun. I love having fun, so sometimes doing something random is just what I need to make my day a good one. 















(Attempting a heel click in Kentucky)

My Favorite Scripture

  He Teaches Us to Put off the Natural Man   Watch this talk, its great!
One of my favorite scriptures of all time is found in the Book of Mormon. It is Mosiah 3:19.
   For the ^anatural ^bman is an ^cenemy to God, and has been from the ^dfall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he ^eyields to the enticings of the Holy ^fSpirit, and ^gputteth off the ^hnatural man and becometh a ⁱsaint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a ^jchild, ^ksubmissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.
   I love this scripture because I think this is the way we should all strive to become. As we become as this scripture describes, we will be cleansed from sin. We will be spiritually in-tune so we can receive specific direction from the Holy Ghost.
   The world these days is drifting further and further from the Spirit because their "natural man" is ruling their lives. Since it is a struggle pretty much everyone is having feel free to make comments about your ideas of how to put off the natural man.

The way to Happiness

   Since I have been out here on a mission in the Tennessee and Kentucky area, I have seen what brings happiness and what does not. I have come to know many people who have struggled with alcohol, drugs, and other things that have really made them miserable. It is sad to see.
   Luckily, there is a way to be happy. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way we can be truly happy. I know this because I have experienced it! I have been the happiest ever since I have been spreading the Gospel. It is the greatest. The best part is it is up to us! We can choose to follow God and keep His commandments and be happy. We can also go the way the rest of the world is going and be miserable. It is up to us! Feel free to make comments!
   Finding Happiness What this video, it is short.

Speaking of Opposition

   Howdy everybody. That was pretty crazy, the last post on here was about opposition and we got another taste of that today! It was great.
   So there we were, sitting and talking with this guy on his porch, when out of nowwhere, this other guy comes up. He politely interrupts and asks if he can join in on the conversation. Then he told the guy we were talking with, that us Mormons are great people who do great things, but the stuff we're teaching is not true, but is just distorted from the Bible. Interesting, huh? Does any other church get this kind of opposition? Why not?
   If Christ's church were here on the Earth, wouldn't Satan do everything he could to stop it? Of course there would be oppostition to it, because the scriptures teach us that there is an opposition in all things.
   In Jesus Christ's time, the religious scholars rejected him. They couldn't see Him for who He was. The very Son of God was right there with them, and they couldn't see it! The same stuff is happening today. There are so many great people who love Jesus Christ and the Bible, but for some reason cannot see the truth.
   I know that the fulness of Jesus Christ's gospel was brought back to the Earth. It was done through another Prophet! Because of the Restoration of the Gospel, I can find answers to questions and can have a fullness of joy, happiness, and peace. I know that truth can be found in all of the other Christian denominations, but in order to have everything God wants us to have, the Restoration had to take place.

Overcoming Opposition

   Here in Franklin, things have been going really well. We have a few people we are teaching who are preparing for baptism! We have been really excited about the things going on. We also know however, that when God's work is moving forward, Satan always decides to come and mess things up. Just yesterday, we saw how Satan is trying to do just that! He tries to get into our heads that there is no hope, we can't come to Jesus, and we can't be happy and do God's work. But that is all false!
   When this kind of stuff happens, we can know we are doing something right, because why else would Satan come at such a time? It can happen to all of us. When opposition comes, just know you are making Satan mad and he doesn't like it, so just keeping doing what you know God wants you to do. I know this concept is true, and now when it happens, I just stop and think, then I just try and keep working and pushing forward. That is when true happiness and success comes! Think of all the times in the scriptures where stuff like this happens? Joseph Smith, who had to overcome the being from the unseen world? Abraham who almost had to sacrifice Isaac? Jesus Christ, who suffered for our sins before He was resurrected? They, as well as so many others, were blessed so much after their trials. We will be too if we endure!

Thoughts for Today

Lately I have been coming up with these big long posts to put on here about our main beliefs and what sets our church apart from other churches. Then I was thinking, this sure is taking a long time. Why not just send viewers of this blog to a great website that describes our church's beliefs way better than I ever could? So that's what I'm doing. This blog will be dedicated to sharing experiences, testimonies, and new views on different gospel topics. I hope you enjoy it! By the way, that website, in case you didn't know, is mormon.org.