Why babies?

WOW!!! WHAT A WEEK!

I felt like I was on a caffeine rush the entire week... wake up, through food down my throat, run to class, library, class, library, then back to the apartment for homework and dinner.  More homework, then lights out... rinse and repeat.

But it was GOOD WEEK!!!  Why? (you may ask)

Once again, my family got together again... this time for my grandma's funeral.  It was very peaceful and rewarding to be around my family again.  I couldn't see why anyone wouldn't want to have a family like ours!!!  I wish to have a very large family... i tell most people that I want 10 children. 10? WAT?!?  (But I just kid, I only want 5 or 6)

Yet this week, we learned about human depopulation.  Something good right?!?  It will allow us to have more food, more resources, etc, etc.

However, studies have shown that instead of increasing these things, it will decrease.  There is a formula: population x production = gross domestic product.  Or in the English language... the more people in this country, the better the competition.  The better the competition, the more efficient we will become.  The more efficient we are, the better the economy!

There are many incredible people out in the world.  Many good fathers and many good mothers.  Yet,
"There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now what is our duty?—To prepare tabernacles for them; to take a course that will not tend to drive those spirits into the families of the wicked, where they will be trained in wickedness, debauchery, and every species of crime. It is the duty of every righteous man and woman to prepare tabernacles for all the spirits they can."

 - President Brigham Young

I have a testimony that families are the strongest points of protection from the world.  God needs YOU to be righteous and to provide a great atmosphere for His children to grow!  He wants all of us to return to live with Him!  I testify of these things and know that each of us "has a divine nature and destiny." (The Family: A Proclamation to the World)

I love a quote on my aunts wall in her home.  It says "God needs good people.  Go, be one." (President Monson)  This will be my resounding cry this week.  I will do all I can to be one of those good people.  I will defend the family, and prepare for my own.

Have a good week, friends and family!

Here is a copy of The Family: A Proclamation to the World
https://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng

God's great plan of happiness

HELLO!!!
This week was incredible as I began a new semester @ BYU-Idaho.  It is a busy, busy life!
But what I really wanted to share, is my testimony that families can be together forever.  I feel a peace and have a great hope that death does not separate us, but can bring us closer together!  My kind and beautiful grandma (Charlotte Zarkou) left this life this past week and also left a legacy of faithful latter-day saints.  The picture in the background portrays the legacy and shows the power of this principle!  I know she is watching me and loves me and everyone in the family!  I hope to emulate her great example.