Hi, I'm Jeremy

I'm a Husband, Father of four, Scientist, Engineer, friend, and servant. I love laughter, computers, music and service.

About Me

I enjoy movies with clean comedy, family, good messages, and the strugle for that which is good. I like stories about the struggle between good and evil and how there is always a choice to do the right thing even when it may be the hard thing.

I love to read, sing and spend time with my four wonderful children and beautiful spouse. I have been married to a wonderful woman for 14 years and enjoy every moment of it.

I want to study engineering. I have a dual degree in business management and want to expand my horizons in the future. I love computers, programming and writing anything, documents, forms, letters, books, poetry and qwips.

My backbround in Business Management is for Information Systems Technology and Human Resource Management which serve me well and help me relate to people and the technology around us.

I work for a globally recognized company to improve maintenance techniques, practices and standards, and adhere to government requirements for compliance.

My most favorite activities involve spending time with and serving my family serving in my community, my church, and my country. Politics is a small hobby that I love to study.

As a lay minister, I have the privilege to work with others and serve them. It is an honor to help people embrace a central and powerful fundamentally sound value system based on the principles and teaching of Jesus Christ.

Why I am a Mormon

I joined as a child at the age of eight, and like all children had a taste of what being a Mormon was all about. I grew up studying and learning with family. But my personal conversion came when I was a teenager, looking for validation to my life and searching out my feelings.

I had a rough go through high school and struggled with self-esteem, but found out through intense study, prayer and personal reflection and meditation that the church and the truths that I was taught as part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ helped me to understand that God loves us all and knows everything about us.

He wants us to discover for ourselves the potential that He knows we possess. Because of the truths taught in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I have come to understand this love and have gained a conviction to follow the teachings of Christ by way of His church.

It contains a path of clarity, there is no question about life and death and my purpose in this life or my capacity for success or good. I know that I am a Son of God and that His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ is our savior and redeemer and that he gave his life willingly for us. I know that he died and resurrected for us.

I continue to follow His teachings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because they are true, clear and easy to understand and there is a fullness of Jesus' light that shines from His church. I don't have to search for solace in my life from other outside sources because I have found it from above and through His love.

I have learned to follow teachings that I have personally prayed about and have uncovered in my own mind and heart that they are true by personal revelation (through the whisper of God's Spirit) to me.

Personal Stories

What blessings have come through your faith in Jesus Christ?

I have received a greater peace in my life and can seem to withstand the difficulties that come my way. I have been able to look forward with hope in times of trial.

It has helped me find truth and real knowledge in a sea of conflicting opinions, corruption, greed and hatred in an ever shrinking world.

I know that Jesus Christ lives and loves us. He is real and I am honored to follow his example in this life.

Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

Because of where I live and its proximity to my work place, I have at least 45 minutes each morning and evening to talk with my Father in Heaven. Prayer is the central act that I can perform to draw closer to my Heavenly Father.

I have been very blessed during my lifetime as a direct result of prayer. It has performed modern-day miracles and brought me a more complete understanding of the Plan our Father in Heaven has for us, His children.

Through prayer I come to know of Him, about Him, and how much He really loves me.

Each night before bed our family has prayer together, and each morning before we begin our day one of the first things we do is gather together as a family to pray for guidance, inspiration and motivation during the day. We pray for safety, protection and the ability to help those seeking for truth or in need of a friend.

Prayer is the central switchboard between heaven and earth and is the one true way to communicate with a loving and Eternal Father.

I know that prayer can change the theme of our lives and can definitely change our focus.

Vocal and silent prayer are the privileged keys to a compassionate and considerate Father who grants us everything good, for our families and for our friends.

We can learn critical and valuable lessons and life changing instruction and revelation directly from our Heavenly Father through Prayer.

And we do all that we do in the name of His Son, even Jesus Christ because he was and is the only true Savior and Redeemer of the World (mankind).

Why do Mormons go on missions?

I served a mission for the Church in Brazil in several different cities throughout south central Brazil. I had the privilege to serve among the people of Brazil. I came to love them dearly.

We serve as missionaries throughout the world because there are those that are looking for clarity in their life which can be found exclusively in the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We go out to share this new found clarity, faith, and joy that comes with being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We desire our friends and families to have the same blessings and joys that we have. It is like a good restaurant or a good movie, we will speak of it whenever can. It helps us to feel more joy.

As an example, the Savior left His home and preached the Gospel (good news) to the regions round about his home. In order to follow his perfect example we also dedicate a certain amount of our time and monetary well being to serve others.

Regardless of where we are called we have the opportunity to help someone else find the answers to questions that they may have been asking for a long time and only through this one simple message conveyed to them through the weak and simple things of the earth (missionaries) they are able find a settled peace within themselves.

Why would I not share that wonderful news with my friends and family?

Please share your feelings/testimony of Joseph Smith.

I remember the first time I remember praying to ask if Joseph Smith Jr. was a prophet. It was after watching a short film-strip about his vision and my Sunday-school teacher asked us to go home that day and pray to find out if Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ really visited Joseph in the grove near his home.

I remember feeling in my heart that it was true. I was eight years old and had no doubt about it.

I know that Joseph Smith Jr. was called of God to restore the fullness of the Gospel to the earth and reestablish the living church in our day with apostles and prophets.

How has The Book of Mormon helped you understand the purpose of life?

With all the questions that loom as a result of life's most difficult challenges we can know through the power of Holy Ghost by reading The Book of Mormon that life is a process not a goal, it is also not an end in itself but rather one of the greatest blessings we can partake of.

The Book of Mormon helps us center our focus on Jesus Christ, His Life and Mission and the blessings of His infinite and eternal Atonement. That is what The Book of Mormon teaches us.

It is a doorway to the soul, an instrument of light and truth that teaches us where and how we can obtain the blessings of God's greatest gift, that of His Son's sacrifice!

We live in trying times, and in these trying times The Book of Mormon gives a focal point of stability and personal peace in such turmoil, and teaches me where I can continually turn for answers to the deepest of life's questions. Who am I? Where am I going? What is the purpose of MY life?

I have learned through The Book of Mormon that I can find rest for my soul, in and through the Holy One of Israel and that it is the power of godliness that bears record of the truthfulness of the Love of God.

How I live my faith

I have the honor to serve as the Lay leader of my local church unit where I have the distinct and humble honor to serve the members of the church, and help them handle difficulties, problems and concerns in their lives and make positive improvements and follow more closely the example of Jesus Christ.

I served in an assignment where I worked with the leaders of my church to take care of all of their administrative tasks and responsibilities on behalf of the members.

Just prior to this, I was a youth leader and was able to watch them grow and develop into fine young men, bound for success in life through goals and aspirations of service to their fellowmen. Their example changed me and affected me deeply in spirit and I was able to counsel and guide their path toward a more excellent way.

I have served as a Sunday School Teacher, Missionary Leader, Men's Organization President, Sunday School President, Teacher Trainer, Music Leader, Choir Director, Music Chairperson, Children's Organization Teacher and Music Leader.

I served two years in Brazil as a missionary for my church and was able to teach and serve the people of Brazil.

I love to teach and serve others and try to help others feel welcome each Sunday by greeting them as they come in or as they sit down prior to start of meetings.

There is nothing greater than sharing my love of the Savior with others and sharing my testimony with them.

What is the Atonement of Jesus Christ? Why was it necessary for Jesus Christ to sacrifice His life?

Jeremy answered...

The Atonement of Jesus Christ was the final sacrifice and selfless act that He performed for mankind. It was in this powerful yet gruesome personal suffering that the Savior was able to take upon Himself, both in body and in spirit, in behalf of the unrighteous who are willing to repent and return to the Lord and keep his commandments. It was the suprement act of vicarious work for others.

His sacrifice caused Him such agony that the burden of it all caused his body to sweat great drops of blood for each of those that believe in Him and keep His commandments.

Jesus Christ did this because He loves us and for the simple reason that we are all sinners. He led a sinless life so that through him we might be saved in the Kingdom of His Father. Because of our imperfections and sins we could not return to the presence of our Eternal Father without some form of a payment made to appease the demands of justice upon us for our own sins.

His sacrifice and our obedience to His commandments allows us to enter the straight gate that the Lord spoke of in the Scriptures and live together in the presence of His Father and our Father.
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What is the Book of Mormon?

Ben answered...

We believe in a loving Father in Heaven who desires all of his children to have His precious word. "Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?" (2 Nephi 29:7).

Of course, with any thing concerning God, it is important to find out, personally, if the work is true. What better source can we trust than God Himself? Through prayer we can know, independently of anyone else, where the truth lies concerning any matter.

In the introduction to the Book of Mormon we read: "We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost." I testify that this pattern of revelation is true. If we take the time to study it out in our minds, ponder upon the truth and ask God, in faith with desire to act upon our answer, that we will receive. He has answered me, and He will answer you when you ask in faith.