Hi, I'm Scott

I love rock-climbing, swimming, volleyball, and basically everything outside and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I love it! I rock climbed a lot before I came to New York to serve it's kind of flat out here. I'm a swimmer, a camper, a volleyball..er. I love kickin' back outside.

Why I am a Mormon

It started when I was pretty young. I really wanted to know if the Book of Mormon was true. I'd been praying and reading it and I still wasn't feeling very strongly that I knew. Then, out of the blue, during a random church meeting that I almost didn't go to, the speaker was talking about the Book of Mormon, and I felt this inexpressible peace and joy that I knew that the book was true! Since then I've built on that testimony and come to know so many other truths. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's church on the Earth - restored in these days. I know that Jesus Christ is the head of it and that the prophet is his mouthpiece to let us know all that we need to know.

Personal Stories

Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

I had a hampster named Stretchy when I was 6. We also had a cat... One day stretchy disapeared and we searched and searched and I was crying all over the place. Then my Mom asked if I had prayed yet. I hadn't. She let me alone and I prayed and sincerely asked for help from my Father in Heaven finding my hampster. I opened my eys after praying and straight ahead was Stretchy! Crawling out of the book case. That was the first experience I had with prayer and it has been a deep part of my life ever since. I know it's real.

How I live my faith

I am a missionary for the church. I am called to serve in Western New York State for two years. My purpose as a missionary is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. I love it! I meet people every day and get to see how the gospel pulls them out of their troubles and gives them new life.

Mormons believe Jesus Christ is their Savior. Why do we need a Savior?

Scott answered...

God has revealed the law that we must follow to return and live with Him again. We all fall short of that law and 'owe' the difference. Jesus Christ is our mediator and will pay the difference if we will come to him through faith in him and his atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. He makes up for what we lack so long as we are doing our very best at following his example.
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Trisha answered...

There are doctrinal answers to why we believe we need a Savior to redeem us from the Fall of Adam and to return us to our Father in Heaven that you'll probably come across here. But let me tell you why I need a Savior personally and what He does for me. Christ suffered personally for my pains, sorrows, and sins so that if I ask Him too, He can take them from me. I have been the victim of abuse in my life, and yet through Him I have been able to lay it all at His feet, freely forgive, feel peace, find love, and understand how important negative life experiences can be in teaching us humility. Daily He takes my pain and replaces it with pure love so that I am no longer a victim, but a victor. I need a Savior because He knows me, and through him my flaws become strengths and my pain becomes peace.

What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' attitude regarding homosexuality and same sex marriage?

Casey answered...

Love the sinner, not the sin. We do not uplift or support it in any way. We try to help those overcome this serious and difficult urge of same-gender attraction. To some it is very serious, they feel they are 'borne' that way. Others feel great peer pressure, some are simply curious. Not matter the case, it is simply wrong. It is not ordained of God, and God does not take it lightly. To those who may struggle with this very urge, as you avoid it, and try to overcome it, God will strengthen you. Some people struggle with an addiction toward pornography, or cigarettes, some it might a seemingly over-powering urge toward alcohol, or to some, same-gender attraction. No matter the urge, they are all not of God and all Satan's devices to bring down worthy and righteous souls down to his level of misery. The family is ordained of God and it is our responsibility to uplift and support the family in any way we can.