I was on a 5-hour flight two days ago.
For the last 1.5 hours, a young child (who was no more than 2 years old) was screaming and crying so you know what I did?
I sat in my seat and knew that the parents were doing their best and the child was simply having a tough time.
BYU sends out really cool swag boxes to their former players that are now in the NFL.
They look amazing and I would love to have one, but the only things the school sends me are letters or phone calls asking me to donate money to them.
Do you think Tom Holmoe would even know Kalani was being considered for other coaching positions and that BYU needed to give the coaching staff more money if everyone wasn’t tagging him in their tweets?
Serving as a bishop continues to be both incredibly rewarding and extremely challenging.
One thing I didn't expect with this calling is how many people reach out via the church's website to ask for a place to stay while they vacation in Tokyo.
The kids have been in Japanese public school for just over a month now - here's what I've loved about the experience:
1. The kids are the custodians. The wipe down the floor, the chalkboards, their desks, take out the trash. Its a group effort that everyone participates in.
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Overall, serving in this calling has been a big blessing. Thankfully, our ward is full of incredible members who have helped me tremendously and who have, from what I can tell, made things much easier on me.
Christ lives.
Once again, massive thank you to everybody who help spread the word about Marie. We are all over-joyed that she was found safely and she was able to reunite with her family.
It’s great to see social media used for such a great purpose, and so many willing to offer their help!
How I experienced the game:
- Checked the score after meetings and saw we were down by 17. Slightly annoyed.
- Drove home from church, checked the score again, up by 7 with 5 or so minutes left.
- Immediately turned on Greg to listen to the game
- Now basking in an incredible W
I've been married for nearly 8 years and a father for 6.5, but as of today, I can finally say I spent an entire year (365 consecutive days) with my wife and kids and have been able to say goodnight and good morning to them in person.
It's been a great year.
The fact that
@byuwbb
is consistently embarrassing teams, only has two losses (one of them to a top 25 team), and is only ranked 19th is beyond ridiculous.
1. Miracles still take place today. I’ve been able to see some amazing thing that can only be chalked up to divine intervention. I feel extremely blessed to have witnessed these thing and they’ve strengthened my faith, tremendously.
So Kanye West is currently residing in Tokyo.
A guy in our ward saw him hailing a cab and pulled over to offer him a ride.
Yada, yada, yada…
He has hung out with Kanye multiple times over the past few weeks.
7. Approaching every situation with kindness is always the best way to do so.
At the end of the day, being remembered, as someone who is kind, rather than someone who was right, it’s probably the best reputation any of us could have.
I went to church in Ueda, Nagano yesterday.
I served in the Ueda branch 16 years ago to the day. At the time, there were about 10 members.
Yesterday, the same 10 members were all in attendance.
Their Faith in and commitment to Jesus Christ and His Gospel is inspiring.
29 Points
- Amount of points that BYU scored in the 1st half
- Amount of points that TCU scored in the 2nd half
- The point swing BYU executed to get the win.
Incredible.
2. The Atonement is real and it changes lives.
The healing power of the atonement in peoples live that I’ve seen has been one of the most incredible things. The happiness, joy, and relief I’ve seen people feel through the atonement has been life.
I hope the
@byuROC
and many other BYU fans attend the Duke vs. Ryder volleyball game and cheer extremely loud for duke and their player who experienced racism yesterday.
Culture of Temples
Japanese Latter-day Saints “are some of the most active temple-going, temple-attending, temple-worshiping Latter-day Saints in the whole world,” said Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
5. The Lord makes up the rest.
There’s been plenty of times where I felt like an absolute idiot and that I have no idea what I’m doing in this calling. I somehow, thankfully, the work goes on, and I haven’t messed things up… Yet.
3. God hears and answers prayers.
We’ve had a couple of opportunities to pray and fast as a ward. I have complete confidence that blessings were received as a direct result of these prayers.
Can you imagine the meltdown some would have if they made/showed a graphic comparing Zach Wilson and Trevor Lawrence as heisman candidtates during a major game today?
Let’s hear everyone’s best MTC story.
There was an Elder going to Korea who swallowed two of those pills you put in water and they grow into a dinosaur sponge.
He started having trouble breathing so he went to the Dr., got a jug of laxative and had to stay on the 🚽 for 2 days
When I was in the MTC there was a kid that showed up in a bright red double breast suit, he looked like he was gonna get drafted number 1 in the 93 NBA draft, I only saw him wear that suit once.
Rivalry Twitter has been interesting the past few days, but can you imagine if someone made the joke on the CFP ranking show about BYU winning the pac-12?
Hahaha, oh man, that'd be hilarious!!!
6. God loves all of his children and truly wants them to be happy.
Similar to when I served as a missionary, it’s such an awesome experience to feel the love that God has for someone.
Reason why I love Japan: whenever someone finds something that isn’t theirs, they place it somewhere visible so the person who lost it can’t find it easier if they come back to look for it.
Even if it’s someone’s AirPods.
In an attempt to give my wife a well-deserved break, I offered to book a hotel room for her to have some personal time.
While she was grateful, she said she preferred to sleep in her own bed.
So, me and the kids are headed to a hotel tonight, haha.
Our ward is doing a culture night to celebrate and learn about all the diversity we have among our ward members.
I’m looped in with the Hawaiian/ Polynesian group so naturally, I’m making a staple.
Japanese football game notes:
1) The band played “Zip-a-dee-do-dah” multiple times.
2) After a player had a questionable hit on a sliding QB, he turned towards the opposing sideline and bowed to apologize.
3) Both teams bowed towards each other before and after the game.
Just saw an article on Facebook saying how Pope needs to control his emotions and until learns to do so, he will continue to be the problem.
Give me a break - dumbest thing I’ve ever read.
Our neighbor is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.
Anytime she sees us, she insists on giving us something. Today, she gave us a portrait she drew of our family.
I’m staying at the Lego Land hotel in Nagoya and currently at the breakfast buffet.
There’s another American family here and their son is wearing a Wyoming Cowboys shirt.