Hi, I'm Rick Robinson

and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am 25 years old and attending Brigham Young University Idaho. I am majoring in Business Management with an emphasis in Spanish and Entrepreneurship. I am huge into the outdoors and doing things like snowmobiling, quading, snowshoeing, camping, hiking, etc. I am also a pilot which has probably been the most fun I have ever had! I am dating a wonderful girl named Jalissa and she is such a blessing in my life. She means the world to me!

Why I am a Mormon

I am a Mormon because I know that this church is true. It is something that I have prayed about and have felt a strong confirmation from the Holy Ghost that this is true. It has brought so much happiness into my life and has helped me to be guided through tough times in my life. It gives life such an eternal perspective.

How I live my faith

I live my faith through service. I served a mission for two years in Buenos Aires Argentina and helped the people there come to know of the love that our Heavenly Father has for them. It was one of the greatest experiences that I have had in my life. It was so great to watch people grow and come to know their Heavenly Father. I currently serve as a Sunday School president helping to serve about 150 people. It has been such a wonderful experience to help them and to encourage them to serve others. I am also a missionary prep teacher which has been probably my favorite calling that i have ever had. There is nothing better to me than preparing young men and women to serve the Lord and to spread His wonderful Gospel.

Are there restrictions based on race or color concerning who can join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have the priesthood?

Brooke answered...

Nope, “every faithful, worthy man in the Church may receive the holy priesthood, with power to exercise its divine authority, and enjoy with his loved ones every blessing that flows therefrom, including the blessings of the temple. Accordingly, all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.”
Scot answered...

As is recorded in Matthew 10:5, the Lord said to His Apostles "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not..." Later the resurrected Lord told the same Apostles "...Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:8) This is not an example of any variableness or a shadow of turning (See James 1:17) but is ever more evidence of His wisdom and foreknowledge in executing His designs.
Some who wish to attack the Church think they find hypocrisy or guile in the fact that the Church did not allow men of African descent to hold the Priesthood until 1978. There is nothing contrary to the pattern of God in this. For decades and decades before the 2nd Official Declaration righteous men and women of African heritage were baptized into the Church and fold of God with the full promise and testimony that they would be denied no blessings in the worlds to come. Then, when the time was fully come, and as had been predicted by prophets previously, the Lord inspired His prophet to extend the full blessings of the Church in this life to all worthy members. This could well be one of the happiest days of this era.
Whether in this dispensation or any other anyone who is uncharitable to another due to their race is in direct defiance of the Gospel of Christ, who is Savior to "black and white, bond and free, male and female" (See the Book of Mormon, 2nd Nephi 26:33.)

Why do Mormon missionaries proselyte?

Nick answered...

Our decision to serve missions is motivated by our belief in the Gospel and our desire to fulfill the Savior's command to "preach the gospel to every creature" Mark 16:15. The Gospel teaches us that we are all sons and daughters of God, and so we feel a kinship with all of God's children and a desire to help them enjoy the peace in this life that the Gospel provides.Our missionaries are not salesman and won't take much of your time, but I know that your decision to invite them into your home will change your life for good!