Hi, I'm Andrew

I love to sing and play golf, And, I'm a Mormon

About Me

I am 20 years old, and am currently serving a mission in St. Louis, Missouri. I am from the suburbs of Salt Lake City. I'm the oldest of two children, and am very close to my 16 year old sister.

I have lived a few places throughout my life. I was born in Walnut Creek, California, just outside of San Fransisco. I have also lived in Denver, Colorado, Springfield, Virginia. I have lived in Utah for the last 13 years.

I have been a mormon for my entire life. My mom was raised in the church too, and my dad converted when he was 18. I know that if it wasn't for them and their diligence in this gospel I wouldn't be here either.

Some of my hobies are singing (mainly in choirs), watching sports, playing golf, and playing card games with anyone willing.

Oh, and before I forget, I'm currently on a mission for the church in St. Louis, Missouri! I love the atmosphere and the people out here. Everyone is very devoted to what they believe in, and that's the way it should be.

Why I am a Mormon

As I stated earlier, I was born in the church. But that doesn't mean that I've always known that it was true. Honestly, I really didn't know that this is where God wanted me until about a year or so ago. The way I found out was very simple: I prayed about it. I knelt down and offered up my heart to the Lord. I told him what I knew and believed, and then very simply asked Him if this was His church on the earth. I didn't recieve any huge sign or anything, but just a quiet whispering in the back of my mind that said, "you know that it's true." Then the reassurance came, I did know that it was true, and I know that it is where God wants me to be.
The rest is history. I know that what I am doing is right, and that God is proud of me.

Personal Stories

Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

Prayer is a big part in my life. I pray several times a day. And the reason is because I love my Heavenly Father. I know that he cares for me and that he wants to hear from me too. I feel that I have a personal relationship with God. I can talk to Him at any time or wherever I am at. He is always there.

One of my favorite parts of prayer is the fact that I can recieve answers from God through prayer. I can remember several experiences where I simply talked with Him and told him of the questions in my mind, and asked him how I could do something. Without fail, He will answer. Later on in the day, I will recieve an answer, a quiet whispering in the back of my mind, telling me the answer. The thing that I've noticed is that I usually recieve the answer while doing something spiritually uplifting, such as reading from the Bible or the Book of Mormon, watching an uplifting movie, or listening to spiritual music. God will always answer when we ars seeking for it.

How I live my faith

The way I live my faith, now, is by serving the Lord full time, while I'm on a mission. I have been serving in the St. Louis area for about 17 months now, and will be continuing until the start of May 2011. Doing this service has helped me to learn a great deal about the world, myself, and my relationship with God. Some of the specific ways that I am able to do that is by praying many times a day, and by studying the scriptures (the Bible and the Book of Mormon) daily. These are great resources that God has given us to be able to draw closer to Him, and to know what He wants us to do.

Why is family so important to Mormons?

Andrew answered...

One of the main reasons why we emphasize the importance of families so much is because we believe that we can live with our families forever. In the temple we can be married forever, even past death. Along with husband and wife being together, we believe that children can be with their parents and family too. My personal belief is that God put us in our individual families for many reasons. To learn from each other, to love each other, to help each other in times of need or distress. We can also have fun, laugh, and play with each other. I love my family very much, even with all the faults that each of us have. I know that God would not want that to be a temporary relationship, but that it should be an eternal relationship.
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Ben answered...

Because family is so important to God. Why do you think God intoduces Christ as His "only begotten SON in whom I am well pleased" and not something more formal like my servant, the Christ? Why in the scriptures is God referred to as "The Father" more than any other title? why is it that naturally we come into this life into a family, whether functional or not? Families are ordained of God. Agency and human nature is what may cause us to believe other wise.
Family ought to be our foundation of education in this life. I've moved around a lot. I've attended many different schools and one thing I've learned is that it is hard to focus on my goals if I don't have a social network providing acceptance and unity. A support group I can lean on and be there to be leaned on at school. It's a miracle that God has provided that support group for the important lessons in life.
If our families aren't what they could be, we can choose individually to be an example and a friend to them as far as possible. practice the principles of repentence and forgiveness. Understanding that our families are meant to be eternal helps us to not allow the small things to obstruct our relationships.

Do you really believe there is a prophet like Moses alive today?

Michael answered...

Sure I do. People have been deceived into believing that there are no prophets throughout biblical history. The first thing the adversary does when there is a prophet on the earth is to try to convince you that there are no such things or that the time has passed.

Think about it...when Noah preached to the people and prophesied that the flood was coming, they laughed at him. Even amongst the Jews, they disregarded and/or imprisoned Isaiah and Jeremiah because they prophesied that Israel would be carried away captive into Babylon.

I believe that the thing that one must overcome in order to believe that there are prophets alive today is get over the mindset that tells you that prophets have to be splitting the Red Sea or calling down fire from heaven in order to be considered as such. For every great miracle wrought by a biblical prophet there are many more who simply preached about the coming Messiah. Think of the prophets like Joel, Amos, Hosea and Habbakuk. These were prophets sent by God, but they were "boring" because they weren't performing miracles or commanding armies. The people disregarded their counsels at their spiritual peril.

Let us not repeat their error by not believing that prophets can't exist today. Let's instead get on our knees and receive our own personal revelation about the ones here amongst us.