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Jason Akinaka
2 years
I don't know how to talk publicly about what is going on with my daughter Eve. But I worry I will regret not doing so. Carrie is and has been much better at sharing. But I'll try anyway. Eve has a very rare recessive genetic disease, which Carrie and I (both carriers of the
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1 year
@ThebestFigen me on my way to the bathroom in the middel of the night
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
Today at 11:59 AM my daughter's heart stopped & she was taken home to that God who gave her life. We miss her so much already. Thank you all for your prayers, but if you will, please offer up one more for my family.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
I don't know how to talk publicly about what is going on with my daughter Eve. But I worry I will regret not doing so. Carrie is and has been much better at sharing. But I'll try anyway. Eve has a very rare recessive genetic disease, which Carrie and I (both carriers of the
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11 months
@user84829272 It's faux religious ritual—public call to repentance and public penitence.
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1 year
@lporiginalg His other name is Ten-year-old.
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1 month
"I have gotten a man from the Lord."🙏
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1 year
@real_lord_miles it was at that point they realized there was nothing they could take from you & yet so much that they could glean
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9 months
@mikestabile Very nice. Now let's see NPR and Mike's hard drives.
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7 months
A 4-yr-old girl's parents, both members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints, divorced. They both stop attending church, & thus, that little girl did, too. It wasn't until she was 18-yrs-old & the missionaries knocked her door, that she found the church again.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
How many of you noticed the great importance of the gesture @NelsonRussellM did when he said the phrase "When someone dies 'prematurely,' think celestial?"
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@conservmillen We didn't know our daughter had a fatal condition until 3 weeks after she was born, but we wouldn't have changed a thing. She lived 5 months & 4 days with us, the best time of our lives.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
I don't know how to talk publicly about what is going on with my daughter Eve. But I worry I will regret not doing so. Carrie is and has been much better at sharing. But I'll try anyway. Eve has a very rare recessive genetic disease, which Carrie and I (both carriers of the
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8 months
At some point in her short life, Eve started cooing/whining in the early morning hours in her bed-side bassinet, waking Carrie and I. We'd carefully pick her up, making sure not to pull out her continuous feeding tubes or low-flow oxygen cannula, and hold her; whereupon she'd
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Given that our prophets and the Book of Mormon warn us of the prevalence and danger of secret combinations in the world today, why are so many members hesitant to embrace the reality of an active cabal?
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1 year
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints is going to be collectively studying The Book of Mormon in 2024. That is no coincidence given where we are in the timeline. I invite you to read it with us & see how it reflects what will unfold before your eyes. Link below:
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
@cnviolations Tbh, those rubber bands looking kinda tasty
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
A few thoughts about President Nelson's talk: 1) When someone has a really bad take, you can just ignore it. 2) Engaging drives the algorithm to spread bad takes far & wide 3) This is what the adversary wants 4) You can tell intent sometimes by looking at the whole — is the
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6 months
The Lord is the head of @Ch_JesusChrist . Read on for evidence in the following story by Dean M. Davies, member of the Presiding Bishopric of the Church at the time he gave this speech. -- A few years ago President Thomas S. Monson announced that there would be a ­temple in
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Jason Akinaka
3 months
@owenbroadcast watching sheep videos on youtube for 12 hours. eating sheep cheese. feeling immortal.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
#Generalconference with Eve. She wasn't around for the last one & isn't expected to be around for the next one. This is a special one for sure.
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Jason Akinaka
3 years
@sashachapin yes. because long walks in the sun make you realize that you should stop looking for happiness and settle for eating right and not getting sunburnt.
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"Before the Mount Timpanogos Temple dedication, the First Presidency invited the residents of the Utah State Developmental Center to a special open house of the temple. This center houses severely mentally and physically disabled sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. I now
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
@lporiginalg "Hello, I- I've been...I think I've been...raped." "Are you white?"
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@AP I thought we were trying to NOT increase anti-biotics resistance.
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
@PrimeVideoAUNZ Man, Hollywood really is hard on women huh?
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
unity
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
@tannerguzy There is an "odd" bond formed between two men who don't like each other, fight it out, and then respect each other immediately after.
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Jason Akinaka
10 months
During his 1st general conference as President of @Ch_JesusChrist , @NelsonRussellM said, "In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting and constant influence of the Holy Ghost." It's becoming clear why this is so.
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6 months
@owenbroadcast "Who did these floors?" "We don't talk about that." "Fair. But why are you laying down and talking to the side of my head? What are these couches?" "Don't make me get up and hit my shins on the way over there."
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Let's talk about sacred symbols & covenants. 🧵 (Disclaimer: this is my personal understanding of the doctrine of @Ch_JesusChrist ) You are a fallen person in a fallen world. God invites you to leave that world & person behind. What did you fall from? His presence. Why?
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
So we making peace today or...?
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Jason Akinaka
4 months
@drantbradley You don't get to burning churches without consequence without making it socially acceptable or tolerable to discriminate against Christians first.
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Jason Akinaka
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Lady babies, he's single.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
There's been some discussion today about testimonies in sacrament meeting & church settings & what they should entail & should not entail. Clearly, there's a hunger for faith-building stories—a good desire. But in the context of sacrament meeting, let me offer a gentle pushback.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
To my LDS mutuals, there's a dude with fewer than 100 followers that got way more views because you responded to his anti-LDS tweet. It would be better to ignore and let him tweet to the void, no?
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Jason Akinaka
10 months
Thank you for the prayers. My wife is 4 weeks pregnant.
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Jason Akinaka
10 months
IVF transfer day. Please pray for our embryo and us.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@libbyemmons Lemme laugh my tears into this bowl of milk I'm having with a glass of milk.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@dyingscribe Jordan would've missed game 5, too, if he had to destroy 8 horcruxes.
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
@ChayaRaichik10 Btw, I tried to get some background on this and Microsoft A.I. is 1) super biased (left-leaning) & 2) got triggered when I told it to source right-leaning outlets to moderate it's language. It ended the convo & made me open a new inquiry. 😂
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5 months
PSA: it's now the "coming days."
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Jason Akinaka
6 months
Missionaries knocked the door of an older couple. The woman said to her husband that she wanted to hear what they had to say. And tho the husband had a history of trouble, he loved his wife & told her he would not stand in her way. She let the missionaries in & felt the Spirit.
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6 months
Brothers and sisters, I have been in situations where all appears lost, where it seems that nothing you can do or say will make a difference. What I have learned in these situations is that if you are on the Lord’s errand, do all that you can do with the talents and abilities God
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9 months
When Christ comes very soon, my daughter will rise from the grave with a perfectly strong & capable body & a brain free of seizures. She will shine. She will meet Christ in the clouds. I'll get to witness it all. And she'll be my daughter still.
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Jason Akinaka
8 months
Captain Moroni writes an epistle to Pahoran, circa 62-57 B.C.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@ycsm1n not the same person obv. They both had different surgeries.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@lporiginalg HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Jason Akinaka
3 months
@Alkibiades_ Squares with the Book of Abraham 1:24.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@msolurin You can tell Anthony Broadwater is a man with his heart in the right place.
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Jason Akinaka
10 months
From the First Presidency of @Ch_JesusChrist
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Jason Akinaka
3 months
Do you know how incredible it is that in roughly 400 A.D., Moroni wrote down the sacrament prayers that we use today in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Verbatim. And our temple endowment is the same story, rites, laws, & blessings as that given to Adam,
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@iowahawkblog I was almost a girl, but i grew out of it at the blastocyst stage.
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Jason Akinaka
3 years
@modestmarina Normalizing is seeking social validation where internal validation is not found.
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
First pic of the lil king.
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
@shoe0nhead Comments turned off wow id've never thought
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
How long do you wait before you're supposed to post the cricket emoji?
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Jason Akinaka
6 months
@AMAZlNGNATURE "9/10 bears prefer Anzer Bali Honey."
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
These are the kinds of exmos that say, "I was a bishop." Never understood or converted to as simple a principle/law as tithing. Also, says he "paid her bills." Why not use his stewardship to approve ward fast offering funds for this faithful woman? Oh wait...
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
@shoe0nhead Dad's know
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@NelsonRussellM I'm also very glad you're still with us. Thank you for your faith and righteous stewardship.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
Oak's talk is chess, bc anyone who gets offended at it is taking offense at Christ's literal words.
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6 months
@tonytula "so now that I know you don't have a great excuse, will you go with me?"
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
Eve would have been 6 months today. We sang her halfy birthday, and my niece ran around putting flowers on the nearby graves. Carrie & I ended the day with s'mores with friends whose daughter was stillborn, & we talked & coped together by the fire. A good day.
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Jason Akinaka
7 months
The reason I can't black pill is bc Christ wins in the end.
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Jason Akinaka
7 months
The end. This true story was shared by a woman who gave a talk today at church. It was about her & her father. Did you notice how much the miracle of forgiveness had to happen in their lives in order for it to end the way it did?
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
I believe my daughter will live again without the ailments she suffers in this life because of Christ's resurrection. Happiest of Easters.
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Jason Akinaka
10 months
@MikeWingerii Joseph Smith was a prophet of the Lord. He revealed more scripture than any other prophet & I'll be forever grateful to him for his part in doing God's work for all people and for the price he paid for it — his own life. I know Christ better bc of Joseph Smith.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
Thank you friends for all the kind words and prayers. It means so much. Eve is fulfilling her mission. 🙏❤️
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@the_churchnews All things restored to their proper frame and order.
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@SWCulture She is. Doesn't mean we "hate" her or Daisy Ridley. But the way her character is written is lame & everyone knows it.
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
Imagine a world in which people had listened to Spencer W Kimball in 1971
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@extradeadjcb "She's being oppressed by the patriarchy!" the feminist said as she smeared the woman, her family, and her way of life in national print media.
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1 year
@The_Hellenist Yes, IF you actually read all the scriptures, you quickly realize all those Greek gods are mere shadows of the one true God.
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
@KSLcom Christus or bust.
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
@Alexandria67423 Conserve water
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Jason Akinaka
7 months
I'm going to tell you a story about the Holy Ghost now that will illustrate its quiet, incredible power. 🧵
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Jason Akinaka
10 months
@prageru El Libro de Mormón
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
I typed this up on my phone and then almost at the end, Twitter crashed. No draft saved. Dang. God tried to save Laban. 1) Laman & Laban meet up. Laman asks for the brass plates, which contained the genealogy of his fathers AND Laban's fathers. They were both descendents of
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Jason Akinaka
7 months
You think that an apostle of the Lord misunderstood doctrine, but do not consider that you might have misunderstood an apostle of the Lord.
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
Ward shopping is a false practice.
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One of the reasons Jesus Christ established a church, His Church, was to give us experience in loving others, to learn what being motivated by charity means in practice. There is genius in the organization of local Church units based on geography. We don’t choose a congregation
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I don't think I realized (stupidly) how special/miraculous it was the way my daughter passed yesterday. It took my bro-in-law to call it to my attention. He's a radiation oncologist & has seen lots of death, including anticipated death. And he said, "That was an incredibly unique
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If you're hungry for God to speak to you, please consider joining me in watching the 194th semi annual General Conference of @Ch_JesusChrist Saturday morning session, 10 a.m. MDT Saturday afternoon session, 2 p.m. MDT Saturday evening session, 6 p.m. MDT Sunday morning session,
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
@FPallopides the more i learn about this geni, the less I care for him.
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Jason Akinaka
9 months
@kriissaa_krae Every Amazon affiliate is digging deep in this economy, selling elementary school recorders as security whistles.
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Jason Akinaka
6 months
@DeadBug15 I think it's for the Melchizedek Priesthood Leader.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
It's time to share. My 3-mo-old daughter has an extremely rare disease that is progressive & fatal within the 1st year of life. We've been in & out of the ICU several times since she was born. If you're navigating scary things with your child, feel free to DM. Link below:
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Jason Akinaka
2 months
@ArturSmiarowski You did the right thing not adding this "feature" to the game.
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Jason Akinaka
11 months
Really tempted to get this.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
Eve was amazing. She was selfless, considerate, brave, patient, tough as nails, and gorgeous to boot. She was a very good girl — perfect, actually. The best daughter a parent could have. I'm eternally grateful for the unique opportunity of being her father.
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@marv0l0riddle Anointed. Truly one of the best men to ever live.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@RichardHanania And I thought healthcare in America was bad.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
@lporiginalg You can't just identify as virgin.
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Jason Akinaka
2 years
@awalk_0304 My heart aches for you and your daughter. Look at those angelic eyes.
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Jason Akinaka
7 months
You can be forgiven, too. You may not think so, but if a man can trade his little girl for the glitter of Las Vegas, & if she can forgive him & he can forgive him, & God can forgive him, you can be forgiven too. Learn more at
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Jason Akinaka
7 months
This all began because at 18, his daughter wanted to repent & be forgiven & return to her covenants she had made at 8 that she had learned about until she was 4. The miracle of forgiveness can save families. It can save individuals. It can save eternal lives.
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
"Any addiction be it gaming, gambling, debt, drugs, alcohol, anger, pornography, sex, or even food, offends god. Why? Because your obession becomes your God. You look to it rather than to Him for solace." #ThinkCelestial
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Jason Akinaka
5 months
The veil o'er the earth is beginning to burst. (Last one.)
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Jason Akinaka
1 year
Friends, please DM me if you'd like a link to my daughter's virtual funeral service. We'd love for you to be able to tune in if you'd like.
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