Hi, I'm Blake

I am from Blackfoot, Idaho. I love to play music, work on cars, and go longboarding. I have hemophilia, and I'm a Mormon

About Me

I am 20 years old. I am serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Minnesota Minneapolis Mission. I am a musician who plays the guitar, drums, piano, bass, and sings. I come from a loving family. I love to go longboarding. I like working on cars and hanging out with my friends and my family. I live with a bleeding disorder called "hemophilia".

Why I am a Mormon

I was raised into the church and was baptized when I was eight years old. I came to know that this church was the only true church on the face of the Earth after reading from The Book of Mormon and then asking God in sincere prayer if the book was true.
I practice this faith because of the answers that it brings me. Questions such as, "Who am I?" or "Why am I here, where am I going?" have all been answered.
I know that God has always called prophets. We read in the Bible that he always called people like Noah and Moses. If he is our loving Heavenly Father why would he stop? I know that there is a prophet here on Earth today and his name is Thomas S. Monson.
I believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that he saw Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. I believe that they told him that it was now the time to restore the same gospel of Jesus Christ, that Christ himself taught in his mortal ministry. (Ephesians 4:5)

Personal Stories

Please share your feelings/testimony of Joseph Smith.

As I was growing up a had a lot of "heros" in my life. People like Batman or Superman. I loved these people because they were brave! They were strong! They were determined! They had a fixed mind and a determined resolution to do what was right even if no one else was going to do it.
All in all, these "Super Heros" had a lot of the traits of my all time favorite hero, Joseph Smith.
Joseph Smith was a young man of the age of 14 when he first started wondering what this life had for him. He had the questions a lot of us do. Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going? What is the best way to get there?
One day as Joseph was reading in the Epistle of James, he came across a verse of scripture that in my opinion has had more impact on religious history than any other verse in all of holy scripture. "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him." This verse impacted Joseph. It caused him to act. What happened next has changed the world and has changed my life. Joseph decided to pray in a grove of trees near his home. As he was on his knees in prayer to the Almighty, this is what he said occured. "I beheld a pillar of light exactly over my head above the brightness of the sun which descended gradually until it fell upon me. When the light rested upon me I beheld two personages, whose brightness and glory defy all discription, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name, pointing to the other, saying, "Jospeh, this is my Beloved Son, hear him..."
The bold claim that this church makes and that I testify of is that Joseph Smith saw God and Christ and that they told him it was his calling to restore the same church the Christ had set up in his mortal reign and ministry. Joseph endured a lot for this claim. He suffered persecution for the rest of his life. Ultimately, he lost his life for this cause. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet of God...

How I live my faith

I live my faith currently by serving a mission for the church in Minnesota. I bike and teach the streets of Jesus Christ's love for all of us and how he wants us to return to live with him again.

Are Mormons Christians?

Blake answered...

Are we Christians? Yes we are! Jesus Christ is our Redeemer and our advocate before the Father. He is the most important man who has ever walked the face of the world. "I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end."
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Brittany answered...

Yes, Mormons are definitely Christians! The official name of our church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. In fact during the course of the Book of Mormon, Christ appears and ministers to the people of The Book of Mormon. We just like other Christian denominations believe that Christ is our Savior. I personally know that Jesus Christ is my Savior. He lived and died for me, and the atonement makes it possible for me to be forgiven and cleansed from my sins.

What is faith?

Zen answered...

Of all the definitions of faith I have read or heard, I add the simplest and most complete to me, which is the Love of Christ. I cannot think of a better way to describe faith. Love of Christ is the substance of hope in something evident we can not see with earthly eyes. It is the faith in Christ or the love of Christ that enabled Able to make a more perfect sacrifice (Hebrews 11:4). That love is why we believe in Christ, it is why we have grace, it is why we have works, it is why we have belief, it is why we have hope, it is why we have charity, it is the very essence of faith, and faith is the very essence of the Love of Christ

Perfect knowledge is worthless without faith. For instance, most of us have perfect knowledge that applying a pointed pencil to paper will cause a mark. That knowledge will not make a mark if we do not exercise the elements of faith called works (picking up the pencil, applying it to the paper, and making a mark), belief (that doing so will make a mark), and hope (that it actually will make a mark). It is my desire that you would exercise works to find out about Christ and study Him, that you would believe on His words and His life and His sacrifice, and that you would hope that He would have an effect in your life. If you exercise this faith, you will truly come unto Him.