Hi, I'm Larry

I'm a retired Engineer.My wife of 46 years & I raised 5 children and have 12 graandchildren, and I'm a Mormon!

About Me

I was born and raised on a small ranch in Utah doing farming and taking care of cattle. I like to spend time in my shop repairing my farm equipment and making new things. I weld and do machine work as well as custom tractor work. I garden and have a small orchard.

My wife and I built our own house on 2 1/2 acres 43 years ago..

I've worked as an electronic technician, electrial drafsman, electrical maintenance technician, and design engineer, specializing in control systems.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born and raised in Utah to parents who were Mormons, but not active. I enjoyed going to church with my sisters. I enjoyed church basketball, scouting, and other church activities. I liked the idea of how the church teaches family values. I always knew the church was true, eventhough I became less active during my college years.

I met my wife, who was not a member, but I knew that I wanted a forever family. When our fist child was born, she was baptized.

We have a saying at our house and it is: "If it's not eternal, forget it!"

How I live my faith

I have enjoyed many different callings in the church. I have enjoyed working with the youth and adults. I love helping others who may be in need. Prayer and reading the scriptures is important to me, as well as doing my hometeaching to my assigned families.

Presently I am serving a Service Mission at the Bishop's Storehouse.

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

Devin answered...

One of the core teachings of the Church is the eternal nature of the family relationship and that marriage and gender play foundational roles in that relationship. Gender is an immutable aspect of our identity that has been part of us from the beginning, before this life. Viewed from this eternal perspective, marriage is more than a contractual arraignment between two people. In the Gospel of Jesus Christ, marriage involves eternal commitments, including having children and teaching them to distinguish right from wrong. In addition to the ability to conceive children, Men and women have unique parental characteristics that, when combined, create the best scenario for raising those children. Those abilities and characteristics are not present in same-sex marriages.

As far as same-gender attraction goes, the Church's attitude mirrors that of its attitude to any sexual activity outside of the marriage relationship -- complete abstinence. In that sense, the Church does not distinguish between homosexuals and heterosexuals in how it looks upon sexual activity outside of marriage. It emphasizes the cultivation of heterosexual relationships at appropriate times because it is that relationship that leads to marriage.
Christina answered...

Mormons believe that we are commanded to love all people as sons and daughters of God, regardless of age, sex, race, or sexual orientation. However, we believe that homosexual behavior is a serious sin and in direct violation with the commandments of God. We believe that marriage, between a man and a woman, is ordained of God.

Why do Mormons perform proxy baptisms in their temples?

Donna answered...

We have a loving Father in Heaven, whose work and glory are to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. He is our Father, and wants each and every one of us to return to him. Some of His children never had the opportunity to receive the blessings of the gospel and be baptized in their lifetime. Because our Father loves all of His children, each will have the opportunity to accept the gospel, even if it is taught to them after this life. We do baptisms in the temple by proxy so that those who did not have the opportunity in this life to be baptized into the church may receive this ordinance if they desire it.