Hi, I'm Don

I am a physicist who loves fly-fishing, hiking, and wood working I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a husband and father with four children. My educational background is in physics, computer science and electrical engineering. I am the first in my family born in the US. My family emigrated from Sweden just before I was born. I like spending my time with my family. I enjoy flyfishing, photography, woodworking, reading and the out of doors. I speak Swedish fluently.

Why I am a Mormon

My initial contact with the church came as a little boy, having been born into a family belonging to the church. As I grew I became very aware of my family's love for their Swedish culture. My question was, what had brought them all this way from their homeland...and the answer, to be able to enjoy the blessings of the temple and the ordinance eternal marriage only available in the temple, and there was no temple in Sweden at that time. These sacrifices of my parents for their family lead me to study the gospel on my own, and resulted in my strong conviction of it's truthfullness and a clear appreciation for the many blessings available through living the precepts of the gospel. I decided to share these gifts that I had become so aware of and was able to serve a full time mission to Sweden and return to my family's home land and share the truths which had brought me so much happiness...and continues to today.

How I live my faith

Everyday...I have spent many years teaching the youth both as an ecclesiastical leader and as a leader in the scouting organization. Working together with my wife, our children, and others. This has made possible countless service opportunities as we have worked within our community to help those in need, worked to beautify our city, and improve natural habitat to help protect our wildlife. Sunday school teacher, youth leader, are my most recent callings but over the years I have had many many others. Being of service to self, family, community, country, and God at all times and knowing that all we have is a gift and blessing from Him.

What is faith?

Don answered...

Faith is a belief in spiritual truths that are not necessarily physically obvious. And in exercising this faith, acting upon and sharing with others, miracles can occur. Challenges can be overcome and strength can be gained from challenges. A belief in things not seen that are true.
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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.

How can we increase our faith in Jesus Christ?

Mark answered...

How do you increase your muscle mase? You work out, eat healthy, keep your mind sharpe, and do things right and correctly. Same thing is with our faith in Jesus Christ. We need to use our faith in Him. We do that by doing what he has asked us to do, and follow His example in all things. We will not know what life holds for us until we go and do things to expand our knowledge. The same thing is with faith. Try accomplishing one of His commandments, and see the miricles and blessings and knowledge from doing it.