The Low Life

I was listening to a podcast today, and was reminded how important it is for us to record our beliefs. And I thought I'd take a few minutes today to record my journey of faith. Everybody has such a unique journey, and even though we may share ours from time to time, there is power in writing it out. I believe there's no harm in sharing my journey of faith in Heavenly Father, and I hope I can have this saved for my children and family to keep. My parents were raised in different faiths, my father was a Christian Scientist and my mother was a pastor's daughter of the Methodist faith. When they were married, they weren't sure which church to attend. They met a family while stationed in Germany that they admired and became friends with, and were then introduced to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They talked to the missionaries, read the Book of Mormon, and the doctrine resonated with them. I think my mother was baptized before my father, but I am n...

-- -- Richard wrote out our experience of using the self reliance program through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I thought I would share  it on my blog. I hope we can pay it forward and help someone by sharing our experience and maybe provide motivation for anyone to try it out. In the past I have done Dave Ramsey‘s financial peace University and really enjoyed it. So I volunteered to help with the self-reliance financial class hoping to gain more insight into budgeting and using our money wisely. What I came to realize even more was the importance of adopting an attitude where money is not mine, it is the Lord’s and I am a steward of the money that I have and I need to spend it in a way that would uplift our family and please my Heavenly Father. ------------------- When the Army moved us to Elgin, OK in July of 2018, we didn’t know what to expect. It was a town of 4,000 with a small ward 30 min away that had recently been a branch. While Elgin was g...