the Book of Mormon.

The whole world's talking about it.
It's probably become a household name by now.
Why not figure out why it's so important.
I promise it will change your life.
Because it's changed mine.

My story is a simple and fairly common one.
I was 7 when my family met the missionaries. They'd met them many times before, but this particular set of meetings led to us eventually all being baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I grew up in the Church. I always thought that I knew it was true because of how I felt when those missionaries taught us. As little as I was, I felt the truthfulness of the message they brought. I remember them sitting on the couch in our living room with my sister and I teaching us how to pray. And I received answers.
But when I was in high school, like for so many others I know, there came a point when I needed to know if it really was the church that my Heavenly Father needed me to be a part of. I could only listen to what other people told me was true for so long. I had to find out for myself.
So I set out on a quest for the truth.

And as part of this quest, I read the Book of Mormon.
Cover to cover.
I prayed every day to find answers.
I went to church.

And one day, after praying to know if the Book of Mormon was true, I got my answer. The answer that I knew in my heart the whole time. It was an answer that came from the Spirit directly from my Heavenly Father in special "Hermana Jordan" packaging. It was an answer that helped me to know that my Heavenly Father knows me. He is aware of me. And He loves me.
I promise that this type of answer can come to all of us. We just have to read the Book of Mormon, pray about it, and keep the commandments of God, like coming to His church.

So I invite you to set out on your own quest for the truth of the Book of Mormon.

If you live in Graves County, Kentucky, come to church with us at
1036 Coplen Rd, Mayfield, KY

Or find a church building near you here!

It will change you life for the better!
I promise.

"Whatever comes, comes."

Good line right?
I thought so too.
It came in a letter that I received today from my friend Alex.
He was telling me some funny stories about how, more often than not, life seems to take us by surprise. Now these surprises can be good, bad, ugly, exciting, funny, nerve-wracking, sad, happy, beautiful or any other adjective you can think of.

An example:
When I found out that I was coming here to McMinnville, you can bet that I was super surprised! Excited to be going to a town that I've spent the last year hearing nothing but good about, scared that we were both going to be new in the area, sad to leave the members and friends that I had grown to love in Hermitage, nervous for the unknown.

An example:
When I found out that I had been called to serve a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Nashville, Tennessee, I was surprised.
Excited. Nervous. At peace.
When I found out that I was going to be learning Spanish there, the surprise doubled. [And the peace went away..]

An example:
When the spirit told me that I needed to serve a mission, I was surprised. [And reluctant.] It wasn't in the plan. I was supposed to go back to school. I didn't like that surprise. So I took the easy way out-- I didn't listen. I kept on going on with life as if the Spirit hadn't told me anything.

But surprise! Here I am! Full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Some days I think that it would have been easier if I had just kept ignoring those promptings to serve. But then I remember that Heavenly Father is a whole lot smarter than me. He knows what I needed then and He knows what I need now. He knew exactly who I needed to meet and what experiences I needed to have. He knew the person that I was, and He knew that I needed to be

better.

braver.

more humble.

more patient.

more loving.

more accepting.

more Christ-like.

He knew that I needed to be all of these things so that I would one day be accepted into His presence. He knew that I wasn't good enough then, and trust me, I'm still not good enough yet, but if I had never accepted His will in the first place, I wouldn't be the tiny bit closer that I am right now. That's what brings us back to Alex's thought: "Whatever comes, comes." I know that when we accept the plans that Heavely Father has for us we'll also receive the blessings that He has for us.

So I say, "Follow the path that Heavenly Father has for you."

Alex says, "Whatever comes, comes."

And Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, apostle of the Lord, says,

"Come what may, and love it."

I'd say we're in pretty good company :)

I believe in Christ. and I'm not the only one.

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is launching a 3 day advertising campaign to help everyone out there know that we are Christians! 

We believe in Jesus Christ.

He is our brother,

our Savior,

our friend,

our Redeemer,

our Master,

and He lives.

I know it. 

And so do others.

Visit mormon.org/easter

or

facebook.com/mormon

Un desafío a ser agradecidos. Dia 10.

Escriban 10 cosas acerca del Evangelio por las cuales esté agradecida.

1. Las familias pueden ser enternas.
2. Tenemos un Salvador.
3. Es por medio de El que podemos arrepentirnos y ser limpios de pecados.
4. Tenemos el plentitud del Evangelio de Jesucristo restorado en la tierra otra vez.
5. Tenemos el Sacerdocio--o sea, la autoridad para actuar en el nombre de Dios.
6. El Libro de Mormon.
7. el templo.
8. La revelacion moderna.
9. Un profeta viviente.
10. Podemos regresar a Dios y vivir con El para siempre si vivimos el Evangelio de Jesucristo aqui en la tierra.

Estoy aqui para testificar.
Primeramente de nuestro Salvador, Jesucristo. De Su vida, Su Expiacion, y que El vive.
Tambien, estoy aqui para compartir con usted que se que este iglesia, la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias, es Su iglesia verdadera que fue restaurado en la tierra otra vez.
Y que ser miembro de la unica verdadera iglesia de Jesucristo es una forma de vivir. Una forma de vivir que si lo vive, le traera mas gozo que pueda imaginar.

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Write 10 things about the gospel you are grateful for.

1. Families can be together forever.
2. We have a Savior.
3. It's through Him that we can repent and be cleansed from sin.
4. We have the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ restored on the Earth again.
5. That includes the Priesthood. [The authority to act in the name of God.]
6. The Book of Mormon.
7. The temple.
8. Modern revelation.
9. a living prophet.
10. We can return to live with God again if we live the Gospel of Jesus Christ here on Earth.

I'm here to testify.
First of our Savior, Jesus Christ. His life, His Atonement, and that He lives again.
I'm also here to share with you that I know that this, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints, is His true church restored to the Earth again.
And that being a member of the true church of our Savior is a way of life. A way of life that if lived will bring you more happiness than you could ever before imagine.

i may be totally behind the times...

a mission tends to do that to you i guess.
but check this out.

a.ma.zing.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is true.