Hi, I'm Clark

I'm a Video Gamer, Soon to be a College student and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I love to hang out with my friends, I love to play video games, play with friends, and you know, they are like a visual book for me, I just gotta have the story! My Favorites are Mega Man X, Chrono Trigger, Halo, the list goes on! I also love any kind of electronic, they all fascinate me! I love Scouting. I am a Eagle scout, and I am also a Vigil in the Order of the Arrow, and I love the aspect of serving others and being outdoors! I also love to learn new things. Planning on going to College after my mission is up, and I plan on doing my best to live life to its fullest.

Why I am a Mormon

That's a great question! I had always wondered from my childhood why, I am here and what is my purpose? I would catch my self staring at my hand and wondering why am I here? I'd have to say when I was a bout 14 years old, I really started to pay attention to what I was being taught in church, and seminary. In church, everyone has a chance to bare their testimony, of how they know this church is true, and that had left a deep impact for me, cause I wanted to know as well, but I didn't know how? Like I said I started to pay attention to what was being taught and I knew that if I wanted to know, I had to pray to God, and ask him if Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet, and if the Book of Mormon was true. I prayed, and I got my answer through the Holy Ghost, that God had indeed called Joseph Smith to be a Prophet, and that the Book of Mormon was indeed True! Since then I haven't had any questions to where I needed to be, and where to go, because it was there right in front of me the whole time! I just needed to read the Book of Mormon and pay about it! Heavenly Father has a plan for us! He is going to do all that he can to get our attention, so that we can repent, and make it back onto the road home again!

Personal Stories

How has The Book of Mormon helped you understand the purpose of life?

I love the Book of Mormon, it truly is an inspired work, it really does bring us closer to the Savior. When I read it the first time, it was kind of hard, but as I kept to it, and kept reading about the Savior and that he was to come, I felt as though i was there listening to the prophets in person. As I got up to the point when the resurrected Savior visited the Nephites an overwhelming feeling came upon me, I felt that I was there witnessing the savior descending from the heavens, and there to hear his glorious teachings. This book has forever changed me, it has made me a better person today, and it is still helping me answer some of life's toughest questions. It has testified to me that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and that God loves us, that by learning the gospel we will stay on that path that leads us back to them! I Know that this book is true and that it really is another testament of Jesus Christ, and I will continue to read this book so that I can continue to know more about my Savior, and how to make it through this life!

How I live my faith

I do the best that I can to live up to my baptismal covenants and endure to the end. When I slip up, I know that its not the end, I know that I can use the Savior's Atonement, and move on, cause you can't stay in the past, no matter what you think. I'm not perfect in anyway, and I know that it is through, the Savior's help, that I will make it back to Him and our Father's Prescence, also through reading more about the savior in the scriptures and following the counsel of the Prophet and the twelve Apostles. Life is meant to be lived, and we were meant to have joy, so I do my best to have as much joy as possible, and help all around me experience that joy.

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?

Jeff answered...

Of course not! It really doesn't matter where you are from or what color your skin is. The only things that matter are the content of your character. If you are worth to be baptized and live the gospel according to it's principles, then you are worthy to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Official Declaration 2, found in the Doctrine and Covenants, states "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.” As long as you are worthy, you can be any nationality.
Peter Blomfield answered...

No. We are fortunate enough in these days to have the blessings of the gospel and the Priesthood available to all. Unlike other times throughout the world's history, God has offered the Priesthood to every worthy male. Women are able to enjoy the blessings of the Priesthood through these men, and are invaluable in blessing the world through their attributes.

Why don’t women hold the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? How do Mormon women lead in the Church?

Leeny answered...

This is a question I had to really consider before joining the Church. My mother is a non-denominational chaplain, and both my sisters are pastors. Female leadership in church settings is very important to my family.

It is to me as well. I think many people become offended when they learn that only men hold the priesthood because they misunderstand it. The priesthood is a tool given to men in order that they might serve others more. It does not in any way give them power or dominion over women. Those people who suppose the priesthood is a way to control others are deeply mistaken.

My husband is a priesthood holder, this means I am too. I have claim on my husband's priesthood power. Even more than he does. If I am sick, discouraged, or in need of help I can call upon my husband to give me a blessing through the priesthood that he holds. I then recieve many blessings because of my husband's worthiness to work in behalf of Christ. My husband is never able to give himself a blessing though. If he is sick or discouraged he must call on other priesthood holders to administer to him. My husband holds the priesthood so that he can bless me and our child - never himself.

The priesthood is the power of Christ on the earth. It allows those who hold it to serve their families in the same way Christ served the Church. Did Christ do any deed for himself during his earthly ministry? No. Christ spent all his energy serving the people. This is what the priesthood does for my husband. It infuses him with Christ's compassion and ability to love, and then my husband is able to use that celestial love in our family.

Why don't women also recieve this special gift then? The simple answer is women don't need it. As women we are innately endowed with compassion, selflessness, and love. Think about the way a mother loves her child. I believe there is nothing more pure and similar to Christ's love for us, than a mother's love for her children. Women naturally have the ability to love as Christ does.

In an ideal situation, which is what God always intended for us, there are two partners in marriage. There is the husband and father, a priesthood leader who can be called upon to administer blessings and serve in Christ's name. And there is also the wife and mother, who is blessed with the ability to love as Christ loves and sacrifice for her family. These are two seperate and divinely appointed roles. Each complementing the other. Both make a complete home.

Women do not hold the priesthood because they do not need it. Women have other God-given powers that raise them up to the task they are called to. A man is appointed to serve his wife and children - it is the power of the priesthood that enables him to do this.

I am grateful to have a husband who is worhty to use the priesthood in my behalf. It has blessed me many times and I know that it is a special gift from God - not only to my husband, but to me as well.