I’m a regular listener to the Latter-day Lives podcast. I’ve blogged about it before and I’ve even been a guest before. I had lunch with the creator and host Shawn Rapier, a dear friend, when he told me out of the blue one day that he was going to start a podcast. I thought itContinue reading “Hurrah for Israel”
Category Archives: Dad
A letter to my children on Father’s Day
I wrote a great blog post Saturday after coming home from the Seattle temple. It was a good one and I was very pleased with what I had written. It was a special trip with the sister missionaries here in Port Angeles, with a new convert who I was able to baptize just two weeksContinue reading “A letter to my children on Father’s Day”
Hershey Chocolate Surprise for Xavier
This could not have gone more perfectly. I was out in Hershey, Pennsylvania for business this week and stopped by Hershey’s Chocolate World. (It’s totally fun and you should bring the kids). While there, I had the idea to get small Hershey chocolate bars for the kids, and then one 5 lbs (yes you readContinue reading “Hershey Chocolate Surprise for Xavier”
Making music
I have always loved music. I used to play around with a double cassette recorder adding different sounds and singing to mix my own music. I was never trained in music and I don’t play any instruments, but I have been able to learn enough to sing in our ward (church) choir and have evenContinue reading “Making music”
The secret about the Book of Mormon
I was raised in the faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My grandmother always had the Book of Mormon on the end table next to her chair so she could read it every day. It was well marked and worn. I saw her read it often. I had my personal copyContinue reading “The secret about the Book of Mormon”
Ending World Hunger – The Lord’s Plan
My wife and I had the opportunity to live in Holland and England for a couple years. While working in Europe, I was invited to attend a trade show in Germany where many representatives from the company would attend. My English and French language was needed and my expertise on our line of cables wasContinue reading “Ending World Hunger – The Lord’s Plan”
Notre Dame, Easter and the hope of resurrection
We’ve all received shocking news. Yesterday seeing images of Notre Dame in Paris with flames shooting out of the roof was shocking. This morning I received a phone call notifying me that someone very dear to me had passed away. I can imagine how shocking the news might have been when Mary came to theContinue reading “Notre Dame, Easter and the hope of resurrection”
Unexpected trip to Paris
Often my posts are serious. I might write about something that I’ve been pondering for quite some time before I put it into words. Occasionally however, they are humorous, like my post on finding a Diet Coke in France. This one is a little more on the light side and it’s just a memory that IContinue reading “Unexpected trip to Paris”
Testimony of the Book of Mormon – Joan
Recently I came across some testimonies of the Book of Mormon that had been given to me when I was a missionary serving in France. These testimonies were from some of my family members. I had taken them, translated them into French, hand-wrote them in the front of a copy of the Book of MormonContinue reading “Testimony of the Book of Mormon – Joan”
Redeemer of Israel
It’s been a very uplifting and spiritual weekend. We had a visiting general authority and an area seventy come to our stake conference. We knew that we were going to be getting a new stake presidency. Our stake president had been serving for 9 years. Elder Randall K. Bennett and his wife Shelley along withContinue reading “Redeemer of Israel”
Rocky Mountain Sunshine 