This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.

I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help – because they grew as they served.

As I have studied the Bible and the Book of Mormon, I have come to know through the power of the Spirit of God, that these books contain the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Christine and I haven’t raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults.

The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.

I have continued systematically to study the Book of Mormon and Bible to understand even more deeply what God expects of me and my family while on this earth.

I have been blessed to see visions of eternity; and events in my future that have been important for me to foresee, have been revealed to me.

We don’t hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other – and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it.

Each of our children during their high school years went to ‘early morning seminary’ – scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15.

Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member – women and men, children and grandparents.

You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn’t care.

This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.