I know I know there was another apostasy of blog writing and I apologize for that! But I'm back and doing great so I will be writing more starting a brand new dispensation of great blog writing as directed by the Spirit. As for now here is a little picture of where Eldorado IL is.

or to give you a broader picture as to where in IL it's located since this map probably doesn't help you out at all

Or in other words God loves to send me to places in the middle of nowhere, but that's just because He knows what I'll enjoy and where I work best!!! God knows me personally!

One of the most touching testimonies from a wonderful missionary! Elder Dye

""Elder Dye was a late talker." Said my mother. "He only said a few words until he was 3 years old and I tried to put shoes on him that were too small. He said 'Mommy, these shoes owie my feet'. I was shocked. He really could talk. He started speech 'therapy' in kindergarten and was doing quite well. The only problem was that he had a slight hesitation when he said certain things. He stopped speech in the fifth grade. He said it wasn't helping anymore and he didn't like missing classes."

For as long as I remember I have had trouble with my speech. I had the hesitation, or stutter, from a young age. My mother is right, I quit going to speech in the fifth grade because I thought it was a waste of time and didn't like missing class, but mainly because I did not like being the outcast in my class, having to leave to go learn how to speak like everyone else already did. So the hiding began. I began to substitute words that I could say for words that I thought I would stutter on. I got quite good at this. Actually really good at it. For a while my mother did not know that the stutter was a problem because I hid it from everyone. I hated being the outcast.

My mother continues".... read the rest of his story here.

Today I figured I would simply post my testimony because like the title says "MY MOMMY ASKED ME TO" her words were "One of the most powerful things you have is your testimony. When in doubt bear it. My favorite blogs are yours and Elder Dyes because you do relate them to personal experiences so how do we overcome the Goliaths in our life?" So to answer my mother's question, I will simply bare my testimony!

To begin I'd like to say I dearly love each and everyone of you who read this. You bring joy to my heart, and I just hope the things I type and say might touch your heart, because I know that I simply type what is on my mind and in my heart. It is my hope and prayer that the Spirit will touch you as it touches me as I write. I know, without a shadow of a doubt that God has restored his church on the earth today through a Prophet. I know that Amos taught us so many years ago that this is how God works. That God works through his prophets, and I know that Joseph Smith is that Prophet that God has worked through for us today.

I also know that each of us can know "the truth all things by the power of the Holy Ghost." All these things I know because I initially had a desire to know. In this universal truth I hope that I can answer my mom's question, HOW DO WE OVERCOME OUR GOLIATHS. Desire is that answer. Such a simple word can take each and everyone of us to a new understanding of how God works.

It was Desire that Abraham had to follow the things that he was commanded to. It was desire that made Noah build a boat. It was Adam's desire to be able to multiply and replenish the earth and made him fall into his transgression. We too must have desire before anything can happen. Whether it's for the right or the wrong, the things we bring to pass come with desire. So it is my hope that we desire to do good. I know that if you truly desire to know if the things I have shared with you today are true than you can put these words into action:

"And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Sorry I have been so slow to answer ya'll's questions, but I am back and todays entry will be a shorter one and if time allows I will expand if questions are unanswered. Someone who just finished the Miracle of Forgiveness was wanting to know the difference between being perfect and being worthy, and I think this is an amazing question that I will try to do justice so first. Worthy is being able to honestly answer the questions that are asked you in an interview with someone who holds greater authority. For those of you who this doesn't make sense to let me explain. Before someone is baptized they are given an interview to see if they are worthy or ready to take on this commitment to the lord. Someone who is worthy is someone who is capable of honestly standing up for those things that have been done. Perfection on the other hand isn't something we do it's a gift that as we live worthy we will ultimately be able to obtain through the Atonement of Christ. So to me the biggest difference is one is the way we act (WORTHY) and one is our gift because of how we act (PERFECTION)! hope that answered some concerns!

"It is important to Do good, but we need to focus more on the Being good. We all need to make that inner change" 
-A quote from my aunt who posted on my facebook the other day. 

Today let us look at why this quote means so much to me!!! the other day I got in a car accident... That's new news ain't it!!! Well this is something very valuable I learned. You see I had always lived my life that "Image is everything, If I look good then it doesn't matter what I'm like on the inside.

View the image of this room which used to be exactly how I lived my life. You see I figured "No one saw the inside of my apartment so I didn't really care what it looked like. While this was the inside I made sure the outside looks flawless. I mean just look at this beauty!!!


But since the accident I've learned a very valuable lesson, It doesn't really matter what it looks like on the outside at all, what matters is whats on the inside! So to relate this back to the initial quote, we must remember that no matter how much we focus on the desire to "do good" we must never forget that we must BE GOOD. There is a fine line between showing that you are good and knowing within that you are Christlike. Strive in all things to be as Christ was!!!!

I never thought I'd be running out of ideas to write, but i've kinda recently hit a stumbling block. A goliath in my life. People help me. what do you want to hear about or see??? Your kind replies are well needed to fuel this blog to the next level!!!!

Another message from my mom read this and understand the power of prayer!!! I love Prayer!!

I know you realize just how blessed you really are.  I hope you realize that the entire world has rallied around you and Elder Corbridge in fasting and prayer.  I physically felt the sustaining peace and support of those prayers last week as we were getting ready for the wedding and so scared, but thankful about your condition.
So how are you really?  In church our prayer was that you have a full and complete recovery and you are able to continue with your mission responsibilities. 
Well of coarse I bore my testimony in church.  So did Brother Astle.  He was our high counsel representative.  He said that he has spent more time in the emergency room with you Mac then he has with his own kids!  He also testified of the power of the fast and said that you have an important mission here on earth. 
After the meeting a lady came up to me.  She said she was from Texas on vacation and she had been praying for you Elder Walker.  She was so happy to get your updates.  Yup, she is from the missionary moms group.  Elder Colbridges mom just joined the group too!  We are going to meet for lunch when Dad and I go to Utah and Idaho at the end of the month.
A couple of other faith promoting things:  Grandma Pahl was at home in Arizona and turned on the TV.  It was an evgelical minister, you know the kind that do those tv prayer shows.  She said there were two young missionaries from the LDS church who were involved in a terrible accident and to pray for thier recovery.  Grandma said that the show originated somewhere in Kentucky.  I have two Catholic friends.  One said she stayed up at night and said rosery for you.  Another did a morning mass in your honor. 
My point:  Prayer is universal.  Our kind Heavenly Father loves all of his children and allowed them to be touched by the needs of two servants of the Lord.  All denominations have joined in praying for you complete recovery.  Wow

So it's time to make a bad into a good. Today will be an email from my mother I feel that everyone could use. A little background. I was in a huge car accident while out here. I am all well and God has blessed me beyond belief. Here is the email from my mother.

"My Dear Son, In whom I am well pleased.  Words cannot express the gratitude that your dad and I  feel in our hearts for the love and protection granted you and Elder Corbridge during your car accident.  So my message for you and for those reading is Thank You.
First of all:  Thank you Elder Walker & Elder Corbridge for representing the Church of Jesus Christ with honor, diligence and obedience.
Thank you to the Elders in Louisville Kentucky mission who came so quickly to the hospital to give you a priesthood blessing.
Thank you to all those people who have fasted and prayed on your behalf and on behalf of all the sisters and elders in the world.  Their prayers have brought both physical and mental strength to both our families and to your own temporal body that survived such an ordeal.
Thank you to your mission president President McKee.  His Christ like service and father's love helped keep me and your dad from jumping on the next plane to Kentucky!
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And most of all, thank you to our loving Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ. May you know that a miracle happened on a tiny highway in Kentucky when two representatives of the Lord were protected from major harms, and the miracles continue as their injuries heal.  I could have lost a son.  Our Heavenly Father did.  However this sacrifice was for us.  I know that is was through the atonement of our Lord and Savior that you were offered protection that extended beyond this earthly veil. 
May all who read this know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true.   Love, your mom"

Many people concerned with this debt crisis America is facing. And to be frankly honest the whole situation in the news is about unity. Whether or not the republicans or the democrats are right or wrong doesn't matter. What matters to most people is the division that is causing chaos.

Likewise there has been a religious division for quite sometime. Ephesians 4:11-14 teach us that we will need prophets till we all come in the unity of the faith. Christ came to the earth and established his church to have One Lord, one faith, one baptism,(Ephesians 4:5.) Christ is perfect, there is one way for all of us. In 1820 Joseph Smith was looking for this one way and he found it. Through divine intervention he was called as a Prophet of God. As we look around us we can realize religions still fight and there isn't much unity. A prophet is thus still needed today.

Thomas S. Monson is a prophet today that I know can teach us the things that we must know in todays troubled world to help us in our hardest times. I may not know the answer to our debt ceiling, and I may not be the president of America, but I know by following the teachings of our Prophets, modern and old, we can grow closer to Christ and be the safest possible in hard times

Today we learned in District Meeting the importance of self evaluation. Today's blog I encourage ya'll to dig deep into yourself and find something you can approve on and look to God for help as you strive to change. Like a midyear-new years resolution, but instead actually do it!!! Look forward to pictures soon in which I talk more about this self evaluation theme!!!

1 Nephi Chapter 11 teaches us the story of the tree of life. A little summary of that follows: Lehi has a dream in which he sees a rod leading to the tree of life. In the midst of fog is a large building. Lehi stands at the tree pertaking of the fruit, in hopes he can find his family on the rod coming to the tree to pertake as well. In chapter 11 Nephi sees the same tree and has an receives in interpretation. The tree of life is the love of God, the rod is the word of God, and the midst around as well as the spacious building is the evils and contentions and struggles of the world.

Today we experience our own struggles everyday, are we willing to stick on the iron rod and go the distance? Recently my companion and I have had the great oppurtunity of visiting a chriropractor during our lunch break! As we started going there we at first got an X-ray of our backs which were a little messed up, not bad but not perfect.


The doctor let us know if untreated it could go bad. Likewise if we don't continue straight down the iron rod. If we think "hey we can sway back and forth"(kind of like my back) then we might be just fine at first, but the final outcome is surgical. Luckily we too have a doctor that can straighten out our mistakes just as the chiropractor straightens out my back. Our doctor is flawless, his name is Jesus Christ and as long as we constantly look towards him in all things then we can finally reach the tree of life and pertake of his Love to the fullest measure! Who wouldn't want that?

I am the youngest of 3 children I have an older Sister, Allison(25), who is currently serving a mission in the Atlanta Georgia mission! My sister graduated from BYU-I a couple years back with a major in Art and minor Psychology in hopes to become an Art Phychologist, instead she found a job as an art teacher on a remote island in Saipan. A year into her twoyear there she knew she had to go on a mission as diligent prayer had led her know that is where God wanted her. She also knew she had another year left before she could quit her job, but God had other plans for her. That summer ther principle layed off all the teachers planning to rehire and rebuild. Although she knew she could easily be rehired, since her and the principle were close, she knew this was an answer to her prayer! So off to a mission she went. From my sister I have learned the importance of prayer and the importance of following the spirit. I know no one closer to the spirit then her and maybe my mom!

I also have an older Brother, Jonny(27), who served his mission in the Denver Colorado North Mission. Sadly about 9 months in he wasn't feeling too well and had to be rushed to the doctor. To make a long story short they discovered he had Crohns disease and after surgery had to be sent home on an honorable medical release. He is now engaged to my soon to be sister-inlaw, which is weird to think, but she was already like a sister to me when I was home so it'll all be normal when I get home. Their date is for August 6th, so I'll be doing the Lords work out here, but I'm still just as excited for them. It's been GREAT to see his progression since his mission! I hope I'm half the man he is now when I get home!!! Which hopefully never comes... I mean extensions are always an option!!! From him I've learned that no matter what sickness or illness gets in the way don't let this destroy your dreams.

You probably didn't only want to know about my brothers and sisters so I will share with you a little about my parents. First off my mom, Camie, who is originally from Poccatello Idaho. She has been the backbone in my religious life and am so greatful for it. It was her that pushed all the kids to go to church and go on missions... well didn't really push my sister, but always stood behind her choices. Sadly on the negative side of things all my relatives got a bad singer voice from our mom, but we make do and have a little fun with it! It brings smiles to all of our faces!!! I guess that wasn't as negative as I thought it would be. One thing i dislike is negativity but hey it exists so might as well make it into a positive!! My mom has been married to my dad for a little over 20 years! There's been some downs but mostly ups, just like in any marriage! I'm positive that it is because of my mom that I am who I am today!

Now a little about my dad. My entire life I grew up with my dad never coming to church. Yes my parents were sealed in the LA temple, but I he had gone less active long before I was born. He would find excuses not to come and it's just the way I grew up. I used to think it was normal to only have one parent at church. One thing my dad never lost though was his testimony. He didn't come to church but he knew it was true. Right after I turned in my mission papers I went on a two week mini mission in my own local mission. On my mini mission I learned of wht they called the "the 15 family plan." The plan that we still use to get less active reactivated and find referalls from doing so. To say the least alot of wards don't fully understand the plan and my home ward was one of them. I quickly got on the phone and requested that my family be put on the list of 15 families. Soon missionaries were teaching us the lessons. They quickly commited my dad to get back to the being temple worthy. This goal was something he had already committed himself to do since he so badly wanted to be my escort for when I went through the temple. Soon the missionaries were making smaller commitments with him to get him to that point. It wasn't too long till he was making it to church at least once a month, which was a huge improvement. I then got my mission call and he knew he had about 2 months to be ready to go to the temple with me. Putting this time limit on things really blessed him so much. He went in and had an interview with the bishop and was told unless he starts coming every sunday he wouldn't be able to get a temple reccommend in time. He tried his hardest to do so, but because of his surgery on his back quite often he was stuck in bed in EXTREME pain. A new bishop was called about this time, which was a huge blessing to my father. This bishop pushed my father to get to at least sacrament every week. The month before I was to go into the temple my dad made it to two sundays in a row for the first time in as long as I could remember. It was time for him to talk to the bishop again. The bishop understoon his circumstance and could tell my dad was trying his hardest and commited him that he would let him go through the temple as long as my dad promised the bishop he would continue to come to at least sacrament! My dad made the commitment and for the first time in about 20 years my dad went through the temple with me my first time. To this day my dad now goes to church and tries to visit the temple at least once a month with my mother! A great testimony of the importance of commitment has come from my dad who I know has experienced alot more than any one else that I have met to this day!

I've always lived my life "eat till your full then keep eating cus it's yummy." To be honest with you this rule has always worked for me or so I thought. There I sat at breakfast, yesterday morning, and ready to gulf up what I thought would be a good size meal. Not too big, not too small. I mean the description was just 2 sentences "eggs, bacon, sausage, some kind of meat I don't remember, and bisquits and gravy." I figured it was like a sample platter with a little bit of everything. My initial thought was reassured by those who was taking me out to breakfast when they insisted my companion and I also try the pankakes. They swore that "they were to die for," and would not take NO for an answer, so 2 pancakes were on the way as well! Elder Corbridge and I were still in this state of "This will be a good hearty meal." To give you a visual of what we expected take a look at this LumberJack ready to demolish his good decent sized meal



He's even got my glasses

It didn't take us long to realize that this picture was pretty close to accurate but in a totally different sense then I had initially imagined. You see the Lumberjack is actually a GIANT and the meal if propertional. Since that didn't make the most sense, I'll put this into more simple terms, The meal came out on four plates... all of them full! Soon after the meal Proverbs 23:2 took on a whole new meaning "And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite." I knew after that meal I'd never have to worry about appetite again. Nothing sounded good to Elder Corbridge or myself, but life had to go on and sure enough that night the same family insisted on taking us out to dinner!<--- Not sure if that should be an exclamation mark, but you see I'm super greatful for the dinner and I love this family, but my belly just didn't feel like anything at the moment. 5 hours passed, stomach is just getting better from our nice "hearty" meal when it's dinner time. We head out to dinner and are happy to have some entertaining company!! We order something small, but like I said before there is no such thing as small, so the grandma orders us more food. Out comes a huge BBQ sandwich, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, onion rings and a soda for me, and another sandwich, more coleslaw, and more onion rings for Elder Corbridge. Within seconds we had more food than our bellies could handle, but somehow an hour latter the food was gone and we were back to that point where we had to waddle to walk. They always say pictures speak 1000 words so here I'll just put a picture of me here so you can see how much I waddled.


You see I can barely stand up straight. Plus I look like a penguin in the picture, but you get the point. I was so fat I waddled around just like a penguin so it only makes sense I'd look like a penguin right... well back to my point. Soon our dinner was finished and we were once again over filled with food. Yet I wish I could tell you that that macaroni and cheese was the last thing I ate that night, but the grandma insisted on taking us to "Dairy Bell" as she called Dairy Queen, so since NO was not an option off to "Dairy Bell we went. Trying to order a mini chocoholic blizzard just didn't work either as I heard "make it a large" come from the grandma in the background. With a full stomach a large blizzard was now on it's way. I don't know how but I finished the entire thing, which still confuzzles my mind, but more importantly confuzed my belly. Luckily for us it was insisted that we get some icecream to take home with us as well. So to say the least we now have a box of ice-cream sitting in our fridge. I can promise you I'll be eating it, but I sure hope it's latter than sooner. I'm done for food for quite sometime.

So now what does this story and this penguin have to do with the gospel? You see the scriptures teach us “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”(1 Cor. 6:19–20) The wrong way to treat God's temple is to fill it up with junk and over work it. The nice way to treat this temple God has blessed us with is truly live as God wants you to. He's given us clues to treat our body the best possible, so forget my initial rule and live by "when your full, your full, don't abuse and overuse the temple God gave you"

The more and more I think about our loving Heavenly Father the more and more I would like to relate this next song to his love. A love with out end, Amen by George Straight so fully shows a fathers love.

I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye. Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why. When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed. And then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waited for the worst.

How many times have we sinned and felt like there is no way we can be forgiven of this. There is no way I'm telling anything and then we realize we have to and we too sit there on our tremblin knees and just wait for the worst.

And he said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love, A secret that my daddy said was just between us." He said, "Daddies don't just love their children every now and then. It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen."

Remember God's love for us is a love without end. He sent His only beggoten son to die for us. Let us not forget that great and everlasting sacrafice!

The other day I was driving around in this beautiful Mazda 3 when it hit me. Cars don't just relate to the restoration but they relate to the Gospel of Christ. The next day, I had just walked out to the driveway and gotten in the car. I now had to use a little FAITH to turn on the car. Something I hoped would happen but I couldn't see it yet.

With the turn of the key my FAITH became knowledge, the car started. Next I started backing up forgetting that on the mission my companion is suppose to be behind the car to make sure I don't hit something. I had to REPENT, and the breaks did a perfect job at helping me do so. Soon after I started driving along having to REPENT(use the breaks) quite often it started to rain or maybe I went to the car wash.


My car was immerged in water (baptism). Soon later the sun came out and made my day all bright and sunny. It's influence brought me happiness, just like the Holy Ghost. It wasn't long till I still had a long trip to go but because I knew my car was so full of the Gospel of Christ that I too could keep driving and endure till the end!

"And I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head above the brightness of the sun, which decended gradually until it fell upon me and when the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other--"This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!"

God the Father and Jesus Christ answered his question. All the churches had part of the truth but none of them had the complete truth. Jospeh Smith was called to restore Christ's church on the earth today. You can find out for yourself if the church has been restored by reading the Book of Mormon, praying to ask God if it is true, and taking the appropriate actions when you receive you answer. We all must be mechanics of our soul and restore the truth within ourselves!!!

Father's day is right around the corner and for those of you who don't know my dad's favorite car is a Corvette!!! So today for fathers day I figured I'd right this blog on the Restoration of God's Gospel... Yeah i know nothing to do with Corvettes... NOT.  And if I ever get my photos working then I'll be able to have pictures of Corvettes for you!! But anywho as of right now for time purposes at the library I'll continue with the comparison. Sit back and imagine... hopefully you will only have to imagine this... but imagine you are driving along the road in your nice new Corvette when a car comes out of no where and T-bones you. Leaving your car dismantled but still fixable. People come rushing to the scene trying to help but none of them really know how to fix your car. They try their hardest to make your car look the same as it used to but they just aren't the creators of your beautiful Corvette. You are left with a car that just doesn't run the same as it used to. That is until you go to the right people and ask them to fix it. A Corvette Speciality Car Mechanic! There your car gets a full on resortoration. They take in your car remove the stuff that people had added that didn't need to be there, fix the stuff that was damaged, and put the same old car all back together again. Same old car, same old Look!

Likewise the Gospel of Christ needed a restoration after Christ was crucified. Shortly after this sad happening and after the happy ressurrection Christ called his 12 apostles to go out and teach His Gospel. Sadly Christ could not stay he had other work to do as he told those in Jeruselum "I have other sheep that are not of this fold" Slowly more and more sad things happened short after the Gospel of Christ was hit by something horrible and each the the 12 apostles and any apostles called there after were killed. This made it impossible for Christ's authority to continue until Christ restored it himself. All things were done in the wisdom of He who knows all things. Amos 8:11-12 prophesied of the such authority no longer being on the earth. There too was a need of a restoration of Gospel. In 1820 this restoration was made possible and tomorrow we will have an update. So stay tuned and be patient!!!

I'm back... And I know you missed me... and if you didn't then that's not my problem I still love you! But enough about me me me me me me me. We've got a lot of make up work to do. So I want ya'll to relate the last couple of non-posts to me to the Gospel. Now imagine to yourself the way you devout readers felt when you came to this page day after day, but yet discovered day after day there was no post. So sad, but even more important than anything I write here or anything I do is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now put yourself in the shoes of those who day after day sought after the Gospel of Jesus Christ during those hard years when the Gospel was not yet returned to us. Those hard years after the death of Christ and his deciples. Imagine searching and not being able to find. Lucky for us the Gospel is back! And yes I'm back too! Christ has entrusted each and everyone of us with agency to seek out His gospel. I exhort each person reading this to do so. Here these missionaries might help you in your path!!!



In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy......



Sorry it's been so hard to post on this computer! So from now on I'm going to be taking the hassle to post on Mondays, tuesdays, fridays, and I will try one other day of the week. So still check daily and you might be rewarded! The computers in this library are so slow it takes about one hour to type and post something. So stick with me... don't give up! Even if you do I'll be content knowing Christ will never give up on me!!!

I know it's tired of me tuesday, but I'm tired of them dang bed bugs so in other words I'm going to write about them today!! it's be Tired of Bed bugs eating at my arm legs and feet everynight tuesday!!! So since it's suppose to be tired of me tuesday I'll have a little fun with this and write as if "Mister Mean Bed Bug" is writing so here he goes!

"Hello for those of you who don't know me i'm Mister Mean Bed Bug, but all my friends call me M squared B squared! I roam around at night with all my buddies eating away Elder Walkers body. Oh his blood tastes so good. I guess in a round about way I'm sort of like the Devil eating away at someones life till they finally just have to do something to get rid of me. They can try to let me stay for a short time period... but ask Elder Walker, I don't stop biting, and neither do my friends! We will attack till we are forced to leave. So earlier today I guess we drew the last straw with our prey, out of nowhere we watched as he brought in some bags to suffocate us from food, and along with that smoke bombs, and bed bug spray... we had no hope. Elder Walker got all the right tools to obliterate me. I didn't know what to think I tried to run and hide but it was too late. All the tools were in the right place and now before I go on to my grave I'd like to add my dying words here on Elder Walker's blog.... Just like Elder Walker got the right tools to kill me, everyone must prepare themselves against the Devil, they can't just sit around and let his attacking continue. They must arm themselves with faith against that fiend. They must realize that they might get bit every once an a while, but the atonement cures that bite quickly and without itch, unlike any remedy Elder Walker might try with my bites ;). One thing I have seen Elder Walker do to soothe his pain is immerse himself in water, it's kind of convenient that Baptism.... the immersion in water can soothe all from the Devils Grasp. Things don't stop there. If you don't keep me in control I'll just come attacking again. You have to arm yourself with the knowledge to do what is right. In the Devils world he'll come back, but luckily you can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and be ready for all he attacks you with........... Well these are my dying words and I hope they treat you well................ DEAD"

She's a yellow pair of running shoes
A holey pair of jeans
She looks great in cheap sunglasses
She looks great in anything
She's I want a piece of chocolate
Take me to a movie
She's I can't find a thing to wear
Now and then she's moody

She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving

And she's everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
I talk about her, I go on and on and on
'Cause she's everything to me

This is by far one of my most favorite Brad Paisley songs She's everything. I hope as you read this you felt an overwhelming desire to respect women and realize how important they are in all our lives, however that is not my main focus today for this blog. I want you to think about how amazing this world would be if they looked towards Christ the same way Brad Paisley views this women! Imagine for a second the joy that it would bring to litterally think of Christ in everything we do whether it's seeing a yellow pair of running shoes, or a holey pair of jeans, whether we are driving down the sreet with our sunroof down or on our knees praying. And now let's change up the chorus just a little...

Christ... He's everything I ever wanted
and everything i need
I talk about him I go on an don
cause He's everything to me!!!

Let's center our lives on Christ!!!

Tomorrow is mothers day and seeing as I won't be online tomorrow I wanted ya'll to have a chance to read this blog for tomorrow. I realize I could postpone this post so it posts on Sunday but as I contimplated life liberty and this blog I realized that you need it now! Tomorrow... Mothers Day... I get the chance to talk in my new branch out here in Leitchfield KY... Renamed Middle of Nowhere KY! I'd like to share with ya'll a the gist of what I will speak on tomorrow... MOTHERS... okay that's the gist. Hope ya'll liked my blog...

Imagine if that really is all I typed. Oh... How boring would this post have been minus that really cool picture inspired after my mom... but really now let me share with ya'll a little of what I will talk about in my talk tomorrow! It's my hope that as you read this you too can learn what I have learned.  First I will talk about the great Nature of the women as a mother, then I will talk about their great potential, before relating it to the males in the room. I will conclude by speaking about how we all can better our lives.

There is nothing more important than the mother in the house. Yes fathers are great, but nothing is more touchign than a hug from a mother, a lesson from that mother, or even punishment. Great things come from mothers. This is the case because of their natural ability to nurture. All females have this gift from birth! To nurture. God has created them this way to help us crazy males out and to raise kids so perfectly. They all have a devine nature to nurture and accomplish it so well!

Now every female has this devine nature to nurture, however not all live up to their potential. All females have great potential to do many great things. It's the women that keeps males alive. They are the back bone and the head in a relationship. Man without women is nothing. I wish more and more people would realize the great potential of a women. Maybe then men would respect them more! Let me allude back to a previous post... the mountain analogy... Each women's potential is at the top of the mountain, they must constantly climb up in order to truly reach that end goal, and once they reach a certain point of potential they quickly realize they have a bigger mountain to climb. Men and women are constantly climbing to higher potential!

Males don't feel left out here... You are important as well, but as I have mentioned we are nothing without the women! We must learn from them. We can try our hardest to do as they do be someone of virture and charm. The more and more we embrace our own femine traits the better off we will be in raising the best family possible. I'm not saying forget who you are and be a female, I'm saying learn to love as a mother loves. Learn to climb with them and to be there as support. To truly climb that mountain with respect!

Finally I've told you what to do, but how??? The answer might seem simple but that's because it is! GOD has set forth a plan that men can love and women can nurture, and together great things can be brought forth. In order to learn best for ourselves, we must 1. Learn faith. 2. Repent when we mess up. 3. be baptized and remember our promises to GOD when we are. 4. receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and 5. NEVER GIVE UP keep doing as Christ would want you to do... keep climbing!

Let me tell you a little about our trip out her to Leitchfield KY.  But first to give you an idea of where Leitchfield is here is a map.

And since this map does absolutely no help to pinpoint for you exactly where I am... or so it seems... I will try to describe towns you might of heard of. You ever heard of Louisville? Yeah I live no where near there. How bout Lexington, you know where that is? Well I live no where near there either. You've possibly heard of Paducah as well... Yeah no where near me. You might even think that I live near Hopkinsville considering that in the LDS church I am part of the Hopkinsville Stake... yeah... I'm still 2 hours away. Maybe I'll give you a hint to the where I'm at that might help you. The closest misionaries to me in my mission are in Bowling Green... but yeah that's an hour and a half a way still. So we can conclude that all the big cities are NO WHERE NEAR ME... so maybe you've heard of Elizabeth town... wait you haven't... well it's the closest big city to me and if you have heard of it then you've been to the middle of nowhere! I LOVE IT HERE!

Transfers are here so let me put my new favorite transfer song here..."You're gonna miss this' It's my belief it should be approved during transfer times to listen to, but it's not. Then again that doesn't mean you cant go listen to it right!



All the way back to serving with Elder Robison... I'm gonna miss this town and I'm most definitely going to want it back. Right now I'm wishing these day's hadn't gone by so fast.


As times continued in the Thompson Station area and I began training Elder Martin with Elder Dye I even further came to the realization that I'm going to miss this, I'm gonna want this back.

Here are some pictures from this last area!! Hope you enjoy!!!







I'm so gonna miss this... but they need me up in Leitchfield KY... that's where I'm going... Yeah I'm still trying to figure out where it is as well... but hey at least they have SKI soda!!!

POSTPONED TODAY :( Sorry for the inconvenience.... NOT... okay that was an EPIC Fail joke... but anywho for fun friday let's go through some epic fails of life...





So why on earth do I have these 2 epic fail pictures on my blog? Well because they are cool and I'm a dork. Oh and also because Epic Fail relates to the gospel too! It so perfectly relates to Elder Wirthlin's talk "Come what May and Love it." We all face epic failures it's just how we deal with them. His advice is beyond any other reasoning. Simply Laugh at it. He tells this story:
"Getting lost was not an unusual occurrence for us. Once while heading south to Cedar City, Utah, we took a wrong turn and didn’t realize it until two hours later when we saw the “Welcome to Nevada” signs." (might I add EPIC FAIL) How though did they react?? "We didn’t get angry. We laughed, and as a result, anger and resentment rarely resulted. Our laughter created cherished memories for us." On this fun friday don't forget to laugh!!!

To begin read a couple of quotes from some TV shows on Jiminy Cricket:

What's Jiminy Cricket doing here? -Lost

I don't need Jiminy Cricket sitting on my shoulder
-Greek on ABC

Jiminy Cricket... That's one big Jiminy Cricket!!!! So now As Lost puts it "What's Jiminy Cricket doing here[on this blog?] Why exactly would I be talking about Jiminy Cricket at this point in time???? HMMMMmmmm maybe it's because I'm wearing a really cool tie with Crickets on it... maybe that's it... This is normally when I'd put a picture of the cool tie... and since Elder Dye conveniently has his camera and since we just took a picture in the library I can now show you Jiminy... that's what I named the tie!!! So please stare into the beauty of Jiminy...


No you can't have him... But any who lets get to the point... Did you know that Jiminy Cricket was initially a word used as a preventative of saying Jesus Christ too much. WOW that's cool I never knew that either tell Wikipedia told me so and Wikipedia is never wrong. Plus there is some other websites out there to verify it so I believe little Miss Wiki this time!!! Well I think it's really convenient that Jiminy Cricket in the movie Pinocchio is suppose to be the conscious and the one that leads Pinocchio on all his many adventures. Isn't that what Christ is for us... the one that leads us on all our great adventures. I know that Christ is there to lead us down a path that brings pure happiness... He is our flawless Jiminy Cricket... JIMINY CRICKET! So when times are rough remember you have your own J.C.... Jesus Christ!!! In the end it's true "[We] don't need Jiminy Cricket sitting on [our] Shoulder" but we do need Christ!

You know what it's like to sit there and not know what to do on any given day? As I sat here and wondered what I should do for Musical Monday, it took me a while, just like it might take you a while, to figure out what you want to do. As I contemplated things I decided to have a little fun! So here goes nothing... As the title says Every Body Makes Mistakes... so true... so let's brake down Miley Cyrus...err I mean Hannah Montana's song "Nobody's Perfect!" Maybe by the end of it you might realize how to better your life and not be so confused on those "any given days!"

Sometimes I'm in a jam I've gotta make a plan It might be crazy I do it anyway

How can I put this more simply??? Sometimes things might seem hard, but if we plan ahead then those jams will just turn out really yummy and successful!

No way to know for sure I figure out a cure I'm patchin? up the holes But then it overflows If I'm not doin' too well Why be so hard on myself?

A lot of times we don't know if those plans are going to work, and other times we just try to do too much. We try to fix everything and as time goes on we overwhelm ourselves. This leads us to be super hard on ourselves and look down on ourselves, but...
So how exactly does this have anything to do with the gospel??? Well glad you asked... You see the more we set our priorities and plan a head for those priorities the more perfect we can actually become! Mathew 5 admonishes us to "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." So even though
"Everybody makes mistakes Everybody has those days Everybody knows what, what I'm talkin? 'bout
Everybody gets that way, yeah!" We must realize that as we set our priorties on God that the Atonement will no doubt make us perfect since it's true... we are Nobody with Christ being everything... so does that make us Perfect with Christ???

A day to prepare for sunday! And EASTER!!!!! Yeah I love Easter!! Candy, Candy, Candy,

Wait one second this isn't suppose to be a secular website is it now... NO it's suppose to teach about Christ, but you are in luck... let's see why on Earth we celebrate Bunnies and Candy instead of Christ in an analogy I'm going to make up as I type!!!

So today Candy is going to be Christ... see they both start with a C... okay okay that's not why Candy is Christ, but rather because initially the candy is hidden in eggs and we have to run around searching for those eggs. Likewise Christ is hidden in the scriptures and if we don't search we won't find. Amos 8:11-12 teaches us "they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it." Luckily though, we no longer need to worry about not being able to find it. It's right in front of us in the Book of Mormon and Bible, now we just simply need to search out the truth. It's there... what great truth comes from this knowledge!


Second we will relate the easter bunny to the Holy Ghost! Now don't say "BLASPHEMY" quite yet... hear me out. Who is always there to help us find those candy filled eggs? The Easter Bunny, who is there to help us find Christ??? The Holy Ghost. Their rules within this analogy hold truth to both sides! The Holy Ghost will ALWAYS be there to lead us back to Christ if we earnestly want his help!

Now to end I just want to add in the side analogy to the importance of finding Christ in the scriptures which can be compared to the eggs. As you open your eggs scriptures great things are found within. We are told to "feast upon the words of Christ"(see 2 Nephi 32:3), likewise we have a chance to feast upon lots of candy this Easter season, but don't ever forget the true meaning of what easter is all about... CHRIST!!!

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Check this out! A basketball game for all those fun allusions to basketball this past week. Stay tuned for more of them but for right now play the game and think to yourself, it must be great that Elder Walker is such a big basketball fan that I'm sure in the near future will be another anology between basketball and the church. And if you insist on me relating this game to the gospel I will... As you play imagine how easy it would be to just simply do the easy shots over and over again and how you wouldn't really get anywhere. Eventually you have to try a shot that is somewhat harder. Likewise a lot of times the gospel comes easy to people initially but as time goes on it does require work. God works precept upon precept, line upon line. This game works precept upon precept, free throw line upon 3 point line. Enjoy!

LAZY DAY!!! So Click on the picture up there to see a wonderful post by Elder Robison. It's so perfect that I just had to share it as well... but I didn't want to steal his credit so everyone go see his post....

Lazy day inspired by Elder Boy so go check out his cool site as well!

If you are "Going through Hell" still looking for the egg today maybe this post will help. That's all today more to come tomorrow. Stay tuned for some more gospel related basketball topics!!! Oh how I love basketball!!!

Today I will be writing something I have learned from someone else on my mission for tired of me Tuesday. So stick in there and bare with me as I try to explain to the best of my ability the lesson of "The Mountain!" A lesson of humility, of perseverance, and love. So imagine in your head that there is a mountain... if you are having a hard time imagining then here's a picture to help you out!

This picture is perfect for the purpose that I have learned from relating life to a mountain. So imagine that this mountain is part of our life, our goal is to get to the top and we've been promised blessings once we do so! However as we climb we get to points where it's straight up and we just don't know what to do. Likewise in life we get to points where it seems just too hard and we have no hope to go any further. At this point we can not just quit, we can't just sit down and do nothing. We can't look hopeless even if we are. This is what the devil wants us to do. We must continue with faith to climb the mountain and as we do so we will find pleasure each step of the way. However whenever we come across something joyful we can't just stop there and say our work is done, no we must continue because there is a bigger treasure at the top.

Sadly sometimes we might stumble but thanks to repentance we can climb right back up to where we were. Eventually we hit a point where there is nothing else we can do. This is where Christ's atonement helps us to fulfill our entire desire, through Baptism and the Holy Ghost we can truly continue to climb to the highest height. Finally as we continue to endure anything our ultimate treasure and happiness will arrive at the top of the mountain. But life would be just too simple if there was just one mountain... no there's much more than just one trial. Once we get to the top we can see that right behind that mountain is a bigger mountain waiting for us to climb. All eventually leading back to our Heavenly Father. All we have to do is have faith, repent, be baptized, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and endure to the end, and Christ will supply the rest.... so Keep on climbing!

I was thinking about putting musical Monday on hiatis for the NBA playoffs to talk more about how the gospel aligns so great with basketball, but instead I think I'll tie that into a great song by Lil Bow Wow called "Basketball"

They're playing basketball We love that basketball They're playing basketball We love that basketball Now basketball is my favorite sport I like the way they dribble up and down the court

 Now I just want ya'll to imagine the game of basketball and think about the game in general to the reality of life. This analogy will relate to you exactly the correlation of life and the game of basketball! So let's get playing! Think of the court as this world, each and everyone one of us as a basketball player on the court! I know that's awesome ain't it! So we were sent down here to play this game, to be tested to make sure we are the best we can be! Luckily we don't have to just jump right into the game we've been given a great Coach, our Dad. His name is God. He has been through it all and just you he knows exactly what you need in order to have fun on the court and win the game! He's the best coach you can ask for! In a time even before you entered the game you were with him and he was teaching you all the plays in essence he was preparing you for that big game! Now it's game time, you are getting ready to enter this world and you are scared to death. You realize that your coach can't go out there with you, you are on your own now. You enter the court and your adrenaline kicks in and you forget everything that you've already learned. OH NO WHAT TO DO NOW. Luckily your coach knew that this was going to happen, he's had pass players on his team experience the same loss of memory, so he's prepared a way for us to remember what it was that he taught him. He's given us players who over time and experience has mastered the entire play book.

I like slam dunks that take me to the hoop My favorite play is the ally-oop I like the pick-n-roll, I like the give-n-go And it's basketball, Bow Wow, let's go

As Lil Bow Wow's song clearly shows there are a lot of plays in that playbook that can be done in the game of basketball. It is not an easy task to remember them all. Luckily God as our coach knew we'd forget what he taught us while we were with him, so he gave us a playbook we could use on the court. It's called the Holy Scriptures and it will teach you all things that you must do! Pretty cool ain't it!!! Eventually as time goes on and we get a couple fouls as long as we play according to that playbook we will be able to one day exit the court and go party in the locker room with your coach or in this case party in heaven with GOD!!!!
So always keep in mind lil bow wow's words "Now basketball is my favorite sport
I like the way they dribble up and down the court," but think of it in the spiritual sense. Now God's game of basketball is my favorite sport, I like that play book that teaches me to dribble up and down the court!

The NBA Playoffs have come around once again and we all probably know who is going to win... or at least have an idea to is going to, but that's not the point of this post, no matter how much I wish I could rant about how my team is the best and how there is no way that they can lose however no I want to rather relate a pretty good team The Lakers style of play to the Gospel of Christ. I use this quite often in my teaching because how much I love basketball so hang in there now and get ready for a slam dunk of the Gospel!

So a little bit of an explanation to the triangle offense the Lakers use to help everyone understand where I'm going to be coming from.In the triangle offense every pass and cut has a purpose and everything is dictated by the defense, and yes that is from wikipedia... don't judge me for using such a horrible source it's just that they put it quite simply and it is an explanation that will work for our purposes.


So view this Image and recognize that there are 3 separate people that the one player can look to in the triangle offense. It works out perfectly. It's also weird how in life we too have 3 people we ought to look to when times are rough: God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. The triangle offense works spendidly off of what the defense does, When properly used there will always be someone there open no matter what the defense does. Likewise as opposition comes flying our way as we all know it will, no matter what we always have 3 people there and open for us. They are never guarded by the defense, making our triangle offense against the devil a lot better then any NBA teams! Don't ever be discouraged when you are being guarded by the worst opponent ever because you can always pass the ball to your teammates. Man's Triangles Offense sometimes doesn't work, but God's always will! Don't be afraid to pass your ball to your teamates of life anytime, God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost!

So it's Fun Friday already, and I know a lot of you readers have been wondering what could be more fun than the story last week well let's kick it up a notch with a little stress analogy. However before I do that you have GOT TO PLAY THIS GAME, no ifs, ands, or buts, just play the game. Then after you play you will realize why I was so intent on you playing.



So that was fun wasn't it! Now you might be wondering why in heaven did I just play that game... that was random, but boy... and girl... were you wrong. Today I'd like to relate Tetris to stress in life. So as you played that game you probably got a little stressed out as time went on. But don't worry soon you'll know how to make those stress blocks just disappear. Let's relate each block to stress. As we allow stress to build up and just do nothing about it, stress quickly buries us deep beneath all those blocks, however if we try our hardest to organize those stress blocks to coincide with everything else happening in our lives then eventually the stress will simply just disappear. In other words the way to eliminate our stress is by our choices. As hard times come our way, especially things we can't control, we must have the attitude that eventually all will work out and as our attitude changes, stress will change into joy. For me, personally, the more I have going for me, the more that is happening around me, the more that I'm being attacked, the more fun and joyful I am. Likewise a lot of times when I'm playing tetris the harder it gets the more fun it is, so since you probably have figured out by now that the best solution to combat stress is your attitude how about go make yourself happy and go play some more tetris!

I so diligently hide that egg somewhere on my page and it doesn't seem like anyone is looking for it :( sad day. Well at least those of you who are are most likely having some of the most fun ever! The egg will be in the same spot as yesterday seeing as it was hidden kind of hard and no one has let me know they found it yet ;( This makes for such a sad Elder Walker and no one likes sad people so GO FIND THAT DANG EGG... Here's a hint: The egg is hiding in a post as old as the blog itself :) Happy Hunting!

Today was a special day for me as I sat in meetings and learned of the Doctrine of Christ. I learned more than just the basics and I truly wanted to share with you what I further learned about my family! As I sat and listened I came to two conclusions. One that the Doctrine of Christ is essential to be a part of us, and two that along with the Doctrine of Christ comes the necessity to love and cherish those around us, to ultimately encourage those. That's when the spirit struck me so hard to a recognation to why I love my family so much.

I don't share this to brag but I know that now my father is the perfect example of Christ's Doctrine. I have been able to see such a huge change in my dad from when he wasn't as embedded in Christ's gospel as he is now. I have recognized that he depicts perfectly what it means to have faith. He once taught me so perfectly the meaning of faith when he said "Walk as if Jesus is standing right behind you, because He is." Never has any single line meant so much to me. My dad just gleams faith and I love it. Not only that but he's been through so much. I don't know of any man I have ever met that has been through as much as he has. Who has had to repent of somethings, but yet keeps pushing... now let's be serious who doesn't have to go through some trials here and there, but no, my Dad has gone through so much. I know he understands what it means to follow christ and to repent and be baptized (see 2 Nephi 31:11) I know my father knows what it means to have the spirit. He spreads that spirit and joy to me whenever he has the chance to teach me what he has experienced. My daddy and first favorite friend has taught me truly what it means to endure to the end.

He's gone through hell and back so that I don't have to. He knows what it is like to truly understand what I have gone through and he is always there for me! Likewise we all have a figure even better than my dad... and that's hard to believe who depicts all this and even more: Jesus Christ, He has done more than we can ever imagine for us and will always be there for us. I realize not everyone can have such an amazing father as I do, but we must realize that we can all have the peace and safety that can be found in Christ. In living as my dad does, His doctrine! Then on the other side of my family is my loving mother who doesn't have a mean bone in her body. So full of so many Christ-like attributes. Her charity and love sticks out so much to me so I'd like to tell you what makes that so important to me. As a missionary we are asked to Love everyone. As a human God commands us to love one another. Sometimes this just seems so hard. With all the turmoil people sometimes do to us how can we love them. I myself have found out that it's easy to say I love you but it's hard to be one who always loves. My mom has been such a perfect example of one who loves those she even doesn't know. I'm embarrassed to admit but many times she is more concerned for those I'm teaching than I am. This gives me one of the greatest example of how to be the love that I ought to be. Lynn G. Robbins puts the importance of being and doing into great retrospect in this last general conference when he says

"May your efforts to develop Christlike attributes be successful so that His image may be engraven in your countenance and His attributes manifest in your behavior."

This is our goal that we might be the Christ-like attributes that Christ was. Now my mom is not perfect but she depicts greatly some of the most important Christ-like attributes, however just like everyone can't have the father I got lucky to have, neither can everyone have the mother, However once again remember: WE ALL HAVE CHRIST. What better example than Christ to be a great depiction of Christ-like attributes. We can look at great role models that we have in life and they are just that GREAT, but Christ is and will always be the perfect role model. Strive in everyday life to live his gospel and be as he is. Or as Christ states it in  Mathew
  
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." 


I encourage you to look for those opportunities to share Christ's Gospel, to honestly seek out service and charity and truly be as Christ would be!

"This is an email from my missionary mom's group from a member who was in the Japanese earthquake. She has given permission for it to be shared with others. It is quite a powerful testimony of how much the Lord helps us in times of trial. I thought you might like it for your Tired of Me Tuesday since your sister is working at the temple and has no p day.
I will be sending out the testimonies of two Japanese sisters who were in the earthquake. You may want to share these during your FHE. This is the first one.

Intro from Hiroko Bunderson:
'Here is the testimony My friend in Sendai had already received permission from the sisters to share her testimonywith us and others. I would love to share her testimony with everybody so we can be strengthened also.

When we translate the testimony, we tried to explain a little bit so other people who are not familiar with Japanese custom can understand but we didn't add too much either.
Thanks,
Hiroko'

Here is a testimony of a sister in Nagamachi Ward who walked from Tagajo to Natori, Sendai which is about 12 miles distance.

I was washed away while I was still in my car when the Tsunami hit after the great earthquake. The water depth was about 10 feet at that time. I was finally able to escape from the car window when my car came to a place where I was able to stand. (With the help of firefighters) I stayed at somebody’s house that night and I started walking to my house the next morning. I received much help from kind people and finally was able to get home. There were many things on the ground in my house when I get home, but I somehow managed to clean up all the mess.

When I was walking to my house, there were many places that were full of water where I couldn’t walk and I just walked along the railroad. When I was walking to my house, I was reminded of stories of pioneers who were on the way to Utah. Especially, I have been studying about Marry Fielding Smith and I knew her faith and strength. Her story encouraged me while I was walking home and I was able to persevere. Although the times are different, I think I was able to reach my home just like she walked her trail of faith.

When I got home, many people were struggling with the lack of food. Especially, the elderly people at the nursing homes were having a hard time finding their food and I was able to donate from my one-year’s food supply to them. It was a pleasure for me to do so. Last November, our Bishop in Nagamachi Ward was inspired to study about disaster prevention and food storage so we were studying about these things. I am really grateful for his inspiration.

Through my experiences this time, I learned how important it is to be obedient to the Lord’s commandments. I am grateful that I was able to receive strength through studying the history of these sisters.

There are many people who died in this disaster, however I am still here because of the Lord’s will. I think I still have a mission to do. I plan to tell my experiences to children and continue to pray so we will be able to hold on to the iron rod.

I am grateful for the atonement of Jesus Christ.
I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Hideko Uchiyama"


Hopefully you all were as touched by this as I was. Keep treading and be obedient to God and the He will bless us!

Musical Monday already??? WOW Let me begin by writing a little jingle just for musical Monday: Here goes nothing
It's musical Monday
Better than fun friday
so Gather around the computer
Drop all your school books and your tutor
And come read the most fun blog
With music to help take you out of the FOG
OH it's Musical Monday where everything is musical
all because it's Monday
and music on Monday is miraculously memorifical
YAH!!!

So today by the title you might of figured out that I'm doing the song "Mean" by Taylor Swift. Which hint hint might help you find the egg today wink ;) wink. So Taylor Swift just so happened to write all her songs on her most recent CD about a guy in her life... not releasing who. I'm convinced this song is about Satan. We will go through the song and Satan's traps will be opened up to our eyes! So here goes nothing!

And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing But all you are is mean All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean But someday I'll be living in a big old city And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me And all you're ever gonna be is mean

We must learn from this. We must tell the Devil what's up. All he is is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life and we can't succumb to what he wants because someday we'll be living in heaven and the Devil is still going to be that same old mean man down in hell. Let's show the devil what's up and be nice to all!