My Mormon.org Profile

Dear Readers,

I recently created a profile on Mormon.org. Here it is:

http://mormon.org/me/1PH0/

And I might as well just copy and paste everything I wrote on my profile here:

Hi, I'm Ben

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a twenty-eight year old husband and father. I have one daughter. I make movie screens for a living. I like writing, drawing, painting and napping. I used to teach English and drama at a public school, but that didn't work out very well, so I got a job at the movie screen factory, and I like that.

Why I am a Mormon

I'm a Mormon primarily because I was raised a Mormon. I was blessed to be born to a mother and a father who have been life-long, faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My parents brought me up in a home filled with love, kindness, and faith, and for that I will be forever grateful.

My life has not been perfect. My testimony of the gospel wavered throughout some of my teenage years, but as my life has passed, and as I've prayed, studied, and attended church, I've come to rely on the faith of my fathers. I've come to believe in Jesus Christ, in his doctrine, in his commandments, and in his saving power. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is what it claims to be. It's the kingdom of God on the Earth. It's the only church that is headed by a true prophet of God, Thomas S. Monson.

How I live my faith

I'm a ward missionary. That means I help the full-time missionaries preach the gospel to people who are not members of our church. My wife leads the music during primary, which is the class for little kids at Church.

I try to be a good person. I try to be neighborly. I try to follow the teachings found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, I don't cuss, I obey the law, and I bake a lot of bread.


We had a combined Priesthood and Relief Society meeting last Sunday that talked about the new Church media initiative. The bishop encouraged us to create a Mormon.org profile.

What do you think about the media initiative that the Church is doing? I think it's great. Isn't it neat that the Church is preaching the gospel through cyberspace in these modern times? I hope the commercials and billboards and Internet advertisements inspire people to learn more about the Church. I think they're tasteful, uplifting, spiritual, positive, entertaining and well-done.

That being said, sometimes I think it's cheesy when the Church tries to look cool. Especially this skateboarding Mormon guy.

In a lot of these videos the Church is producing, the diversity of the Church membership is emphasized. I think that's because the Church wants to invite more and more people to join the church, and they don't want to give people the impression that certain demographics are unwelcome. They want to make everyone feel comfortable investigating the Church.

OK, see you later.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa