1 Nephi 12:8-9 reads, “And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed. And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve apostles of the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes of…
What does it mean when Lehi says that ‘all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state’? Romans 3:23 is the footnote for ‘lost’, and it says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” So ‘lost’ means ‘sinned’. But what does ‘fallen’ mean?…
In 1 Nephi 9, Nephi make two sets of plates. The large plates were later on abridged by Mormon and put at the front of the Gold Plates. The small plates were put at the back. Why? Fast-forward a few thousand year to 1828. Joseph Smith had already translated the…
Lehi’s vision has 6 things: a Great and Spacious building, a river, an Iron Rod, a wilderness, a mist, and a Tree. What do they represent? 1 Nephi 11 give us some answers: “What meaneth the rod of iron which our father saw, that led to the tree? And I…
In Lehi’s vision, he traveled for a long time in darkness. He was beginning to feel a little scared, so he “began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.” After he prayed, he saw the Tree of…
Nephi and his brothers left Jerusalem three times. Why couldn’t they grab Ismael’s family when they got the plates? Or, why couldn’t they get the plates and Ishmael before they left the first time? We don’t know for sure. There were a few possibilities. When they left, they probably didn’t…
Sariah had a strong testimony, but while her sons went back to get the plates, she almost lost it. She was murmuring against Lehi, “saying: Behold thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance, and my sons are no more, and we perish in the wilderness.” Lehi…
Nephi tells the story of killing Laban in 1 Nephi 3:5-18. After he finds Laban, he “was constrained by the Spirit that [he] should kill Laban”. But, Nephi replied, “Never at any time have I shed the blood of man.” And he “would that [Nephi] might not slay [Laban].” Nephi…
In 1 Nephi 3:5, Lehi tells Nephi the following: “And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord.” Lehi did not ask it; God…
When Lehi had his vision in 1 Nephi 1:12, he reads a book: “and the first came and stood before my father, and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should read.” What is that book? I think that it is the same book John sees in…
In 1 Nephi 1:9-10, when Lehi had his vision of heaven, “he saw One descending out of the midst of heaven, and he beheld that his luster was above that of the sun at noon-day. And he also saw twelve others following him, and their brightness did exceed that of…
What did the lost 116 pages contain? They contained the Book of Lehi and the first two chapters of the Book of Mosiah. Those chapters in Lehi probably told us part of Lehi’s life from before he left Jerusalem and part of the family’s trip into the wilderness, from Lehi’s…
In A Brief Explanation of The Book of Mormon, it says that the Book of Mormon was compiled from four plates: the Small Plates of Nephi, the Plates of Mormon, the Plates of Ether, and the Plates of Brass. What parts of the Book of Mormon had which plates? The…
The angel Moroni talked to Joseph Smith three times that night, and once again the next day. Why? I think it was because Joseph Smith needed to remember EVERYTHING Moroni told him, and if Moroni told Joseph only once, he wouldn’t have remembered it all. Moroni also had Joseph come…
In Joseph Smith–History, he said that Moroni quoted some scriptures differently from “what it says in our Bibles.” Why? Because the King James version of the Bible is not translated correctly. The eighth article of faith says, “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as…
The prophet Joseph Smith, in his testimony, said that the Plates, Urim, and Thummim were in the hill with ‘other things’, including a breastplate. I can probably find out what those ‘other things’ were in the end of Moroni, when he buries the Plates. At the end of Moroni, however,…
As their testimony says, the Eight Witnesses gave their ‘names unto the world’. That means that they are telling the world that they saw and felt the plates. They are bearing record to us that Joseph Smith did have the plates and translated them. I think that it is very…
In The Testimony of Three Witnesses, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris tell us that they saw the plates, “through the grace of God the Father.” That teaches us that God is graceful. Later on, they mention the “judgment-seat of Christ,” so now I know that Jesus will judge…
The Introduction to The Book of Mormon teaches us many things, such as that Jesus is the Messiah and will come again. Joseph Smith also tells us that we can get more like and closer to God by following what it says ‘than by any other book.’ It says gives…
When I read the Title Page of The Book of Mormon, I want to learn more about the stories it mentions, such as how ‘the people of Jared … were scattered [when] the Lord [mixed-up] the language of the people’ and about the prophecies and revelations that are in the…
I love Geocaching. I love it so much I even wrote my memoir school assignment on how I started. (note: memoir will be posted later this week). In the appendix, I wrote a section on common geocaching lingo. It took up half the book, so I decided to move it here…
In Europe, there are many different holidays that are celebrated with bonfires and called Bonfire Night. Guy Fawkes Night, which is celebrated in Britain on November fifth, is one of the most famous. It celebrates the failure of an assassination plot in 1605. Catholics living in an English providence wanted…
The two greatest commandments are in Matthew chapter 22, verses 35 to 40: “…A lawyer…asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy…
I have two sisters. I don’t know if it is easier to be younger or older: I’ve never tried! I have a good relationship with my sisters, but we do sometimes quarrel.
[tabby title=”Description”] Introduction-0:00 Clearys-0:51 White Cans-2:42 Multi-Greens-4:00 Big Blues-5:23 Multis-6:50 Rainbows-8:04 O’Rangers-10:56 This Event Scores-13:30 Closing Ceremony-12:46 Trivia: On the day I posted this, I wore the same shirt I wore in the video. [tabby title=”Scoring”] The table has dominoes on it. I flick marbles around the table, each team…
[tabby title=”Description”] Introduction-0:00 Round 1-2:13 Round 2-4:38 This Event Scores-6:45 All ML Scores-8:20 [tabby title=”Scoring”] One member from each team goes down the funnel at the same time. At the end there is a jump and 3 marbleworks pieces. The middle piece is 3 points; the top piece is 2…
In the last 4 weeks, I have had many fun and new priesthood opportunities. First, I received the priesthood. Then, I got my recommend and went to the temple. I had my first deacons quorum meeting the next day; and after church, I learned indexing. Tomorrow, I will pass the…
[tabby title=”Description”] Please remember that the team rosters have changed since I filmed this event, so Greeny and Jack are NOT retiring. ‘The Mom* Team’ gave a demonstration-0:00 Clearys-2:20 White Cans-4:28 Multi-Greens-5:51 Big Blues-7:29 Note on Big Blues (not in video, SPOILER OF THE FINAL EVENT SCORES, select text to…
[tabby title=”Description”] [expand title=”What is in the main video”] In the video, Paul and Caroline gave an introduction. 0:00 Next, we did round 1. 0:53 Round 2 1:46 Round 3 3:20 Round 4 4:27 Round 5 5:35 Then I showed this event scores 6:19 Name Error 6:45 At 8:39, I…
[tabby title=”Description”] [expand title=”What is in the main video”] In the video, the marbles warmed-up. 0:00 Next, we did round 1. 0:54 Round 2 2:54 Round 3 4:55 Round 4 (sorry about the audio bug in R4) 7:52 LETTER 9:25 Round 5 (the rewards have been canceled because the teams…
[tabby title=”Description”] [expand title=”What is in the main video”] In the video, Paul and Caroline gave an introduction. 0:00 to 1:57 Next, teams went. 1:57 to 12:07 Then, I showed the new scoring system. 12:07 to 13:00 Last, I showed scores. 13:00 to 14:10 Clearys 1:57 White Cans 2:58 Multi-Greens…
[tabby title=”Description”] note: The Long Jump has been called ‘The High Jump’ accidently. [expand title=”What is in the main video”] In the video, Paul and Caroline gave an introduction. 0:00 to 1:32 Next, teams went. 1:32 to 6:00 Last, I showed scores. 6:00 to 10:58 Clearys 1:34 White Cans 1:53…
[tabby title=”Description”] [expand title=”What is in the main video.”] In the video, Caroline and I gave an introduction. 0:00 to 0:31 Next, I explained the scoring 0:31 to 1:34 Third, teams went. 1:34 to 7:15 Last, I showed the scores. 7:15 to 8:03 Clearys 1:39 White Cans 2:19 Multi-Greens 3:12…
[tabby title=”Description”] The Opening Ceremony for the Fall 2017 Marblelymics! WARNING: the music gets a lot louder at 0:10 [expand title=”What is in the main video.”] In the video, each team will go down a marble works piece, then their team name will show. 0:00-0:49 Next, a picture of each…
This was another fun lab I did for Athena’s Academy.
I made a stop motion video called ‘Praseodymium Phosphate in Marshmallows’. Here it is! This molecule is made with a Praseodymium atom, a Phosphorus atom, and 4 Oxygen atoms. This was for a homework assignment for a chemistry course at Athena’s Advanced Academy.
Hello, my name is Red, because I have red hair, and so does my whole family. My last name, Reid, even means “red” in Welsh. I have 2 sisters, who are 6 and 2, and their names are Caroline and Mary. I am 10, and my 11th birthday is in…
A vitrectomy is the process of an eye surgeon removing the aqueous humor gel and replacing it in an eye of a patient. Somebody may undergo a vitrectomy because there is blood or debris in the aqueous, or the aqueous clouded or hardened. Another reason you might need a vitrectomy…
Prayer is one of the biggest blessings here on Earth. Prayers can help you gain a testimony just as Joseph Smith did! When Joseph was 14, he wanted to know which church to join. He came across James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.”…
“[We] should commit … [ourselves] to achieving the goal before this decade is out,” U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed to Congress on May 25, 1961, “of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Over 35 years before, the U.S. and the Union of…
On the way home from Grandma’s house last night, where some “bunny” had left candy-filled eggs, a sleepy boy asked, “When we get home, can we search the house to see if the Easter bunny came?”“No,” I said. “It will be late and I know he didn’t come to our…
When you do not put your finger on top of the straw opening, the air pressure on the liquid on all sides stays the same. When you do cover the opening, you trap some air in the straw. Since there is less air between liquid & blockage, the air pressure…
Last week there was a fire on our porch! Okay, let’s back up. I was doing a deep-clean of my room, so I sometimes stayed up late. One night, I stayed up till 9:30. I was in my bed, still, awake, when I heard the garage. Dad must be home….
I used to think that honesty means telling the truth, but now I know that honesty has many meanings. A few are integrity, sincerity, truthfulness, and choosing not to steal, or cheat in any way. This goes with 2 Nephi 9:34 (Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust…
In the last post, I explained .M3U files. Now I will tell you how to change titles. Sometimes the title of the song would be the same as the file name. So we look at the code: #EXTINF:0,CS_002_IAmAChildOfGod_eng.mp3 Children’s SongbookCS_002_IAmAChildOfGod_eng.mp3 You remember this: #EXTINF:0,<TITLE> <ADDRESS OF FILE><FILE NAME>…
Once I was cleaning my computer’s files, and I found a .m3u file. I opened it with the default (WMP), and it turned out to be a playlist of LDS songs. By learning more I found out it is just simple code! I viewed the code by opening with notepad: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,2017-04-5061-keep-the-commandments-256k-eng.mp3…
This post tells about what I got in January of 2017 I am a big boy. I read late in my bed. I used to be on a bunk bed. Then Mary is in one room going to sleep, Caroline is sleeping on the bottom, and I was reading on the…
I am in this! I put the last piece in and I was in the picture at the end (right side, behind the person with the blue coat. My coat is still on, and my hood is still up). I did not put any marbles in or turn it.
I made up a new game to practice Spanish-with cards from Mille Bornes! Here are the instructions! To win you need to be the first player to reach at least 9,850 miles! Supplies needed: the game of Mille Bornes sheet of Spanish and English words/sentences (optional) Preparation: There are a…
If you hit a sibling, your mom would be mad. Nevertheless, if you were a snapping turtle and you used your brothers and sisters as stepstools when climbing out of the nest, there would be no “Go to your room”. The mom left more than 75 days ago! (Also, there…
