HockeyDude Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Hello.Well, I was originally a Forum-er, and now it seems like I'll be able to meet more people from the church. Sweet deal, right?Hehe, anyways I'm Eric. I'm a 16-year old high school student from Minnesota who does his best to balance academics and sports, while having fun in life. I know it'll get harder later, but I'm doing pretty well for now! I play hockey and soccer for the school, made Varsity for both this year! I also love to inline skate, and this year I'm hoping to make the professional/elite class cut based on marathon time! (^That calls for about 1 hr. and 21 min. time. My best from last year was about 1 hr. and 25 min., so I'm not too far off!)But, just like a have what I consider a "fire" for everything that I do in my life, I have an equally strong (it not more ferocious) fire for the church and it's divine works. I can't wait to be a missionairy. I recently had that very strong feeling that seems to "etch" into you that the church is true, so now I have no doubts in going forward with this work.And....I need to learn now how to shorten up things like these. The moral of the story is that I'm Eric, nice to meet ya. Quote
onyx Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Hi Eric, Nice to meet you too. Thanks for telling us all a bit about you. I wish you success with your skating goal. You sound like the kind of guy who achieves what he aims for. It's great that you want to serve a mission too. I did and totally recommend it. One of the best decisions I ever made - for sure. Onyx Quote
Dr T Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Welcome Eric. Thanks for the information. You are a superstar Quote
Maya Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Nice to meet a young man like you. I have two here too... 15 and 17 in May 16 and in July 18... And my grandson... 14 in August! Our sons are born in to Church. They always have talked about going to mission. My oldest is a bit shy and now he is getting cold feet... I hope he gets over it... he feels he has no testimony, but he stil believes or ... he is such a good boy he dont want to upset us (parents) but I do really wish he could get that burning faith. He is abit sad as he has a feeling that he has not got it... Any good ideas, speaches, books?? Quote
Lolgirl Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Hey hockeydude! wow this board has changed...like overnight....scary.Welcome anyway partner! :) Well maybe you could start by reading the book of mormon.Encourage him to read it.Talk about it to him or get the person he is closest to to do it.Try getting him to do those YM booklets.they really help too! Quote
HockeyDude Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Posted January 13, 2008 Nice to meet a young man like you. I have two here too... 15 and 17 in May 16 and in July 18... And my grandson... 14 in August!Our sons are born in to Church. They always have talked about going to mission. My oldest is a bit shy and now he is getting cold feet... I hope he gets over it... he feels he has no testimony, but he stil believes or ... he is such a good boy he dont want to upset us (parents) but I do really wish he could get that burning faith. He is abit sad as he has a feeling that he has not got it... Any good ideas, speaches, books?? Hm, good question.I think what did it for me was getting more involved in activities that got me excited around the church. Youth conference, EFY, dances, they all leave such a great impact, and that happiness around the church makes you eager for more. It once put me in the perspective that, "This is the joy that our older members have been talking about, the joy that comes from true love of Christ." Well, I liked that happiness, and so I picked up the Book of Mormon by my own accord and couldn't put it down. Nephi is my role model.With that being said, being able to understand and know about the doctrine also helps. It puts more of a familiar tone on things. If you go to LDS.org, they have scripture references for almost every topic. If you take different colored crayons/colored pencils and highlight scriptures by topic, it's so much easier to find answers, and it just gets you excited about the church. Especially once you start finding the answers to tough anti-Mormon questions.So, sorry to drag that on a bit, maybe that's worth a try with your son. I'll send a prayer your way to maybe help your son recieve an inspiration, if you'd like. Quote
Maya Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 All helpis very well come! BTW I LOVE ICEHOCKEY! My hubby would not let the boys play as all hockeyplayers loos their teeth...he says... uh they swam.. and my 17 year old lost a part of his front tooth as he dived down to the bottom of a pool ..HAH! I amoriginally from Finland, and as you ofcourse know.. Finland has the best icehokkey players in the world! RIGHT! Quote
Gelboy14 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 Hey, what's going on. I have joined other forums in the past and I'm hoping I'll like this one as I have with the others. Quote
Dr T Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 I just want to know how you have a video in your posts and I'm having a hard time posting small pictures. What's the story? Quote
Maya Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 What where?? Is ther a icehokey game on?? Quote
Dr T Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 No, the clip where he is falling and makes an above the head, backward shot that goes in the net. That video Quote
HockeyDude Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Posted January 14, 2008 Ah, well first, you must focus your inner energy. Breathe in, breathe out...become one with the internet...lol, nah. If you're looking for a .gif (moving picture, basically) I'd go to a more prominent image hoster such as photobucket or flickr. Type in what you're looking for, and keep it under the pictures option. If you find one, click on it to open it's main page, right click on the picture, select "Save target as...", select which folder you want it under, and then just upload the picture. Should work like a charm, let me know if you're having problems. Quote
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