Hi, I'm Bird

I'm a Mormon, a Hunter and a Disciple of Jesus Christ! I have celiac and have lived gluten free for almost 4 years!

About Me

I am serving a mission right now for the church on the East Coast. The most important thing to me is my family! Everything I do is because of them or with them! I love to paintball, snowboard, wakeboard, kneeboard, hunt, going 4-wheeling, riding dirt bikes/ ATV's and playing video games. I grew up on a small farm on six acres which included a paintball course. My favorite subject is Math. My favorite games include: Age of Empires, Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War and Mario. I also love ice cream! My plans in life are to major in Mathematics. I am not sure what I am going to be yet but my choices right now are a high school math teacher, a programmer, or possibly a seminary teacher. I am also looking into Cryptonalysis or cracking codes.

Why I am a Mormon

I am a Mormon because I was raised a Mormon. I continue to believe and attend because I know it is true! I love the values and standards that truly have made me happier. I came to know this church is true by living its teachings, sincerely seeking, and by asking my father in heaven if the things I was taught are from him. I read the Book of Mormon, prayed and received my answer. It wasn't some miraculous vision or anything of that sort. I simply felt comforted and knew the things I have been taught are true. More than anything else, it just made sense. Why wouldn't God send another prophet just like old times? He would and has!

Personal Stories

How has attending Church services helped you?

The biggest thing I have noticed isn't necessarily attending church but when I miss church. When I attend a feel cleaner, happier, excited, my week goes five times better and I just feel more peace in my life. Whenever I miss I feel like something is missing in my life like I have a hole that should have been filled but wasn't. It is a great blessing to be able to go and be with people who share the same beliefs as I do.

How can we develop greater harmony in our homes?

The easiest and best way to have harmony in the home is to spend time together. You should also have Christ be a part of everything you do. The thing that brought my family the most harmony was eating dinner together every night and saying a nightly family prayer. When you eat together you stay together! :)

How I live my faith

I live my faith by serving a mission. I have sacrificed two years of my life to share this wonderful message with all whom I come in contact with. I have always been an active member attending church every week. I also live my faith by being an example to my friends and family. Staying strong to my values and helping them do the same.

What is faith?

Bird answered...

Faith is a hope for things which are not seen which are true. Faith leads us to act on things which we believe in. Faith is what everything starts out with. If we dont have faith we won't go far!
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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.

What do Mormons believe is the purpose of life?

Kylaas answered...

A lot of people asked me this question on my mission, and, on the flip side, I asked it to a lot of people as well. Many people were surprised when I read them one verse from the Book of Mormon, that being "Adam fell that men might be and men are, that they might have joy." -2 Nephi Chapter 2 Verse 25.
It's simple the purpose of life is to have joy. Now, joy is not fleeting, it doesn't depart when things get rough, it doesn't have negative consequences nor connotations, and you will never be ashamed to be found having a joyful experience. I think of it this way real joy is that which you would be excited to see the Lord join you in your happiness. If it isn't worthy to be in the Lord's presence, it's probably not real joy. Real joy comes from lasting relationships like father and son, mother and daughter, husband and wife, friends that you would stay with forever from experiences which you always look back upon with a happy memory from making promises to God and keeping them from doing that which is right in the sight of the Lord. That is what real joy is, and when you feel that type of joy, you will feel the love that the Lord has for you in that very moment.