Hi, I'm Travis

I am a father of 6, I like geocaching, blogging, and politics. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am the father of 6 children ranging in ages from 2 to 15 years old. My wife homeschools all of our children.

I work for a company that operates several ocean terminals in the US and throughout the world. Here in Utah we help provide services for several terminals locates along the West Coast of the United States. My primary function is technical support.

Some of my hobbies include geocaching, watching TV, and blogging. I also spend a lot of time involved in politics. I have helped several politicians get elected, and I enjoy working on campaigns.

Why I am a Mormon

While I was born and raised by an family who was actively involved in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I consider myself a convert to the church. My parents took me to church regularly, and they taught me the principles of the gospel.

However, when I was about 15 years old, I decided that I needed to know for myself if what my parents believed was true. So, I put the Book of Mormon to the test. I read and prayed about it regularly. As I neared completing my reading, I remember after praying, I felt something that said to me, "You know it is true, you have always known it." And since then I have remained faithful to the teachings and practices of the Church.

Personal Stories

Why do Mormons go on missions?

I served a mission, because I wanted to serve the God who loved me enough to send his Son. I had a deep and abiding testimony of the atonement in my life. I knew that he had forgiven my sins, and I wanted to share the joy I felt from that with others.

It seemed like a small price to pay two years of my life, so that I might one day return to live with Him. And He made that possible through the atonement.

How I live my faith

I have just recently begun working with my friends and neighbors to work on genealogy. It has been exciting to learn about my progenitors and helping my neighbors learn about theirs.

Who is the Mormon prophet today?

Travis answered...

The prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Thomas S. Monson. I thought that my testimony of President Monson would be difficult to come by. While many enjoyed his stories and lessons from life. I often found them trite and oversimplified.

However, after his calling was announced, and I saw him on TV News, I knew that he was called of God. I don't know that I can explain it, but I felt the Spirit of God testify to me that he will lead the Church according to God's will.
Mark answered...

God through out the ages has spoken to His children through living prophets. We have a prophet today, named Thomas S. Monson. He is a prophet just like Moses, Abraham or Peter. My wife and I, were blessed to be personally called by President Monson to serve a mission. For 2 hours we sat in his office as he taught us. We felt his spirit and his love. I know that he is a prophet. This is the Savior’s church and He leads this church just as he did anciently through a living prophet. As we follow President Monson’s teaching and example we will be blessed to draw nearer to the Savior.

Why was a Restoration of the Gospel needed? Haven’t we always had the Bible?

Joshua answered...

The Restoration is needed because of the Apostasy. The apostasy is a time foretold of by the prophet in the Bible Amos. In Amos 8:11-12

" Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it."

Amos tells us that there will be a time when the gospel, or "the word of the Lord" will be lost. That time came when Jesus Christ and the Apostles were killed. Even though we still had the bible, there were no prophets or apostles to keep the gospel pure and true. Man was left with their own interpretation of the Bible. As we all know, there are thousands of christian churches all based on the bible, BUT all teach different doctrines. When Christ was on the earth He did not set up thousands of different churches so that there was something different for everyone. He had one church. His church. The prophet Peter tells us that there will be a restitution or a restoration of the gospel, in Acts 3:21

" Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."

In short, the gospel was lost during the Apostasy and the Restoration brought it back. So, now we have the same gospel that Christ set up when he was on the earth. :)