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Hi I'm Ben

About Me

I love to cook, eat, watch and play sports, play games and read. I served a mission in Brazil. I loved my time there, the people and of course the great Brazilian food. My wife and I have been married for almost 2 years and our son is 7 months old.

Why I am a Mormon

In my field of work I see many challenges and many tragedies. I see families struggling to make ends meet and marriages that are falling apart. I see individuals struggle with addiction and loneliness. I see many other difficulties and I know that the teachings of Jesus Christ can help in each of these situations. Being a Mormon doesn't mean I'm immune to personal tragedies or difficulties, but it means that I can learn the teachings and principles to cope with whatever challenges I'm facing. Such assistance is promised to all who will listen, learn and live the truths God will install in your heart.

Personal Stories

Which of the Savior’s teachings have influenced you?

The Savior taught and lived a life of service. As a boy I was taken on numerous camping, fishing and sporting trips by adults who willingly gave of their own time and resources. Now I try to return the favor and serve others.

How has the Book of Mormon brought you closer to God?

Any time I read the Book of Mormon I feel peace. As a student I often struggle to get everything done on time. There are tests, papers, assignments and all types of deadlines to meet. From time to time I feel overwhelmed and think that there's no way I can get everything done. When this happens, I stop hurrying through tasks and pick up my Book of Mormon. I simply sit and read it. I feel peace, I feel comfort and am no longer overwhelmed. The Book of Mormon reminds me that there are more important things than grades or a single assignment. It reminds me that there are more important things like family, friends and true principles.

How I live my faith

I have a lot of fun working with the Cub Scouts. I have 10 scouts who have a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm. We like to play games, make things and even try to learn things from time to time.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What blessings can we receive through the gift of the Holy Ghost?
Ben answered...

The Holy Ghost is how God can communicate to us that things are true. It is how God can bless us with greater peace, love, joy and happiness. We can find out answers to life's difficult questions and we can know that God exists and that he knows each of us personally. Show more Show less
Mandy answered...

There have been many times since I became single where one of my kids would do something or ask me a question that I didn't know how to respond to. And with no husband to ask his opinion on the matter, and my parents living 2,000 miles away, I felt alone. During these times, I get down on my knees and pray. Thoughts and ideas have often come to my mind about how to handle a problem or answer a child's question. This is the Holy Ghost helping me in raising my children. Show more Show less

What is faith?
Cary answered...

Faith is a huge topic, rarely fully understood even by people who talk about it a lot. In the Mormon conception, it's a step of confidence between mere belief and full knowledge. It's perhaps best described by contrast with these two extremes on the continuum on which they all lie. First, faith is not that passive thing we call belief because it's a principle of action. So for someone to have faith, they have to be motivated to put a belief into practice, not merely be content with keeping it in their mind. For example, we believe that Christ is the Savior, but because we have faith we ACT as if this were true, and follow His example as best we can. In fact, "acting as if..." is a fairly good phrase to define faith. On the other hand, faith is not "perfect knowledge" either. There is enough of an element of uncertainty about the thing we have faith in, that it takes an effort of conscious decision-making to test our faith's hypothesis. If we had a full knowledge of a thing, that whole test, and the faith to find out if it's true, wouldn't be necessary. Atheists will argue that faith is mere belief (and baseless, at that), but what I have described for faith here leads to a more "scientific" approach that Atheists would like to admit is operable in the minds of the faithful. The proper response to a scriptural assertion, then, becomes not blind obedience, but rather careful thought, hypothesis forming, and testing. As tests come back proven or unproven, faith will grow in the right direction until it approaches "perfect knowledge". Show more Show less

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