Because this is Christmas time I am writing my feelings about Jesus Christ.  I am thankful for his life and teachings.  His teachings have had a great affect, for good, in my life.  I believe from following his teachings I am happier and have more freedom.  Many, especially here in Utah, claim that religion restricts freedom.  I am going to disagree with that statement.  Because I profess to follow Christ here are the reasons his religion has kept me unrestricted; I have not used or experimented with alcohol, cigarettes or elicit drugs and therefore I am  not a slave to those addictions.  I have not engaged in promiscuous sexual conduct, and therefore my life is not restricted by the effects of sexually transmitted deseases.  I do not steal or Murder and therefore not in prison.   These are all pretty serious things.  I am not however, trying to say that I am anywhere near perfect. I have done many things wrong in my life, and continue to make mistakes, that bring me sorrow as I realize my errors. My faith in Jesus Christ has helped me out with the sorrow I have felt.for my sins.  Jesus Christ promises if we follow him he will forgive us of our sins and with this forgiveness we can feel peace.  I have felt the peace that comes from Atonement Jesus Christ made for the sins of mankind, mine included.

I have also learned to listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost in my life to help me make good choices.  Unfortunately I have also felt the effects of poor choices I have made from not listening to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.  Everyday I strive to have the wisdom and strength to follow Jesus Christ and listen to the promptings he gives me through the Holy Ghost.   Even with all the influence he has had in my life I still lack faith.  Why do I still ask myself, almost daily, “Is he real?”  As i contemplate this question I realize it is because I am selfish, lazy  and want to find an easier way.  Hopefully I can overcome my selfishness and laziness to more fully enjoy the peace that comes from committing myself to following him.

I also believe that if all people followed his teachings life would be easier, not just for me, but for everyone.

Why is Christmas time the best time of the year?  It’s because it’s about Jesus.  The more we think about him and follow him, doing what he would do the better our lives will be.

Christmas time is less happy now because we have tried to push Christ out of Christmas and replace him with the holidays.

Merry Christmas

I have been using google voice off and and on for over a year.  Now it been hooked up with sprint.  There are a couple of cool things about this.  Here is a short list.

1. I am at a computer a lot, and I can text from my web browser.

2. Voice mail to my phone is transcribed and sent to me as an e-mail.  I can also download and listen to these messages on my smart phone.

3. I can call people from the computer and they see it’s from me.  I’ve used a skype number with my last company for over 6 months and people wouldn’t answer my call because most of the time the skype number didn’t even show the number it was coming from.

4. This is super cool!  If I am in a building, house, where I don’t have cell coverage, like the basement of my in-laws, I can receive calls to my cell phone on my laptop.

There are probably other things for other people.  but these things, while small, make my life just a little bit better.

Received this e-mail today – My job search is over. (made it through google spam filters)

Good day.
our corporation, works in the E-field for a long period .
nowadays firm begin our activity in the territory of the EU and we need to hire reputable person in USA.
Any interested can become our manager.
Our position is opened for you if you are:
- Age/Years: from 18 till 60 years
- Sex/Gender: has no matter
- Education: has no matter
- Other requirements: Skill to communicate and access to the I-net.
- Bank account
- Living in the territory of the EU.
No relocation required, you can do the work in your place.
Let us know if you interested and our operator will contact you within few hours.
Thank you for your attention.

Last week in Deacons quorum it was fast Sunday and I taught about feasting on the words of Christ. We challenged all the kids to read at least one verse during the week. Jim Freeze had a cool Idea and brought food to class this week: chicken salad sandwiches, crackers, grapes and bottled water. I thought it was pretty cool and I think the boys will remember that for a life time. Great lesson.

As I sit here trying to think of something that would be attention grabbing right at the first of this post to grab attention and make someone read further. I figure a couple things, I’m really just writing this for me, no one is reading this posts anyways and it probably isn’t worth the effort.

Back to the story. This week has been tough for me, as I am sure it has for millions of people. I spent a bunch of time working with young mens for the combined activity and then trying to pull off the camp out for the scouts. But a wonderful thing happened. The hobo dinners we made at the camp all worked to start the deal. But that was not the best thing. Durning the night while I was sleeping in my tent I got cold. This is a pretty common occurrence in the western states, but durning the summer, over the last 10 years camping in the south this has never happened to me.

And to top it off the sunrise was beautiful and I didn’t even have to get out of bed to see it. It’s just these little things that keep me having faith that God is there and he cares about me. Hopefully there were others that felt the same way about the cool night and the beautiful sunrise. But if not I am grateful I had those small things to make my life a little better, a little more enjoyable at the end of a tough week.

Another fun thing for me this week is I communicated with two people that I was connected with in High School. It was fun to see that both of them had kids that played waterpolo. That is what I played in High School and really enjoyed it.