My Christmas Light Display of This Year

I've been praying for this moment to come and then my prayer had been answered. I finally figured out what was wrong with that new circuit that I received from an expert electrician. He told me and my Mom that I needed to press the reset button for a few seconds before assuming that it won't work anymore. He also explained that the brown and white cords that I'm using outside are supposed to be indoor use only. 


Since the new circuit turned out to be GFI, it means that it won't electrocute or shock anybody in the process, but if it ever rains or snows, the water would go into the outlets and it would cause the GFI circuit to trip, meaning to shorten out and not work, unless it has been reset. He also said that I need to replace the brown and white cords into the green cords that are waterproof. 

Even through all that stress, I finally can let the lights keep going on with the neighbors until the day after Christmas. I've taken these pictures before the Circuit issue occurred. I hope that you like it so much. It's been up since the day before Thanksgiving. It might be close to a Disney display (I wish I had almost a lot more Disney characters in the display so that I can make it Disneyland Christmas Light styled), but there are other things that are added to the display, like the nativity, Gingerbread house and gingerbread man and gingerbread woman, and then Santa Paws. You may have noticed that we don't have snow on our lawn or on our house this year, probably because my Mom has been praying for no snow until the day before Christmas, so she won't be stressed through all the fuss to get things ready before the last minute of Christmas and before the last minute of getting my brother, The Beast, to get married in the Salt Lake temple with Beauty. I bet you would all think that's romantic and sweet. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm still glad that I have a new circuit and figured out how to solve the problem if it ever happens again, so that I can be less stressed of putting up holiday displays every year. I hope you enjoyed this. Thank you. :) 

Stressed with Christmas Lights.

I'm sorry that it took me a very long time ever since I got to write a blogpost on mine. The reason it's been a long time is because I've been busy trying to catch up with the rest of the semester to go through the hard math, especially talking about inequalities, square roots, quadratic formulas, and graphing. I've been stressed out for about five years griping about putting up lights for Christmas every year. Every time, I plug in the lights in one circuit, they just go out. For this year, we got a new circuit that would hopefully not shorten out anymore. The new circuit seemed to be working very well at first, and it was working in the first week after Halloween. We had some rain for last weeks, and only a little bit of snow, because my Mom is getting very busy trying to get things ready for Christmas and another event called my brother, The Beast, (which used to be Gym Rat, but he never liked it) getting married to a nice girl named Beauty. The rain kept falling down and then it would stop and some lights on the house would keep on. Then suddenly that new circuit that was bought for the display on Halloween stopped working for me, my Mom and my sister, Bossy, kept telling me that I'm using inside extension cords that aren't good for outdoor use. I kept checking to see if it was true. I unplugged the cords and try to dry the cords out with a blow dryer because rain could go through them, I checked to see if it solved the problem, but it never did. I noticed that I saw a yellow light from the new circuit and saw words saying "Wet Locations with tab closed" I thought it meant that it needed to rest a bit from the wet grass and see if it solved the problem. I waited for a couple of days, but it still didn't fix. Before my Dad left for Boston for his job, he suggested I duct tape the empty outlets from the cords to see if it helped to keep the rain from going in. I tried that, but nothing ever helped the circuit to operate again.

My sister Bossy, kept saying that the brown and white extension cords instead of the green ones are indoor use instead of both. I believed her, but I doubted it. I unplugged one cord that was operated from the circuit and then plugged it into the power-strip that was on our porch operating the other lights perfectly. I noticed that the lights that were from the new circuit worked from the outlet on the porch. I started to have a feeling that it's not the cords that are causing the problem, but it's the circuit itself. I've tried almost every attempt to reset that circuit, but I'll it kept showing was a yellow light right by the outlets. I kept trying to prove to Bossy and Mom that it's the circuit itself, but they kept thinking it's the cords. I've kept trying and trying and trying to see if it solved anything. Unfortunately, nothing happened. I wanted to prove to my Mom that it's the circuit that isn't working, not the cords, but she kept insisting that it's the cords.

I even prayed to figure out if there would be anyway to get the circuit fixed before Christmas comes next week. I wanted to impress my neighbors again, but I feel embarrassed to even face the neighbors. It may be hard to explain to them about what happened. I feel like I'm the boy who cried wolf and nobody believed me. I'm just going to have to keep praying to see if the new circuit will be able to work again before next Thursday. Hopefully. :) :(

Scripture Mastery #8 Some People Are Worth Melting For

I know it's been a long time since I put up the last post, but it's because it's been a busy summer with my mission and college. Also, I couldn't figure out what scripture mastery I could also show you, until it got to me that I can tell you a scripture reference that I read in Isaiah 19: 1. It explains a very good quote that reminds me of one of the most hilarious characters of all time...Olaf from Frozen. Actually, it's something I've told you before, but this is a totally different scripture reference I read in the Old Testament.

 "The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it."


It's explaining that almost exactly like what Olaf said from Frozen. "Some People Are Worth Melting For." It reminds me it's just like we are all worth melting for happiness. It may sound like an implied idea to think about, but to me it reminds me that we are all melting in happiness as long as we listen with our hearts and know that we are here on earth and we know that if we follow the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we'll all live with Him again for time and all eternity.

Scripture Mastery #7 Education

I never came up with this scripture reference, because it was already mentioned. And besides whenever I read this scripture, it reminds that education is very important. Even though there are a lot of kids around the world who complain about homework, they should learn that homework is part of life and it'll help them to overcome trials and troubles, even if they find it too hard for them. When I was in college, which I still am, I never like the trial of having so much to do and every assignment having so much requirements to complete.

However, with this scripture mastery that I've learned from it helps me to know that education was created for all of us to try to learn how to be like another person and how we can have skills and to know how we can manage our lives. This scripture is on Alma 37: 35.

O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God.

It helps me to know that we need education, otherwise, we'll never learn about the world and why we live in it right now. And if Heavenly Father never created education than we would never be able to go back to heaven to live with him again. We should be glad that education has been created so that if we live righteously and faithfully, and be with our families together forever, we'll be able to create our own worlds by the end of the millennium.

First Book of Mormon given

I haven't been blogging much about my mission. There is something amazing that happened that may not be related to helping with the students in the seminaries, but this will be like the best one you'll hear. I'm almost done with the Spring semester of college and I'm looking forward for a break from that craziness. If it'll make you cry with happiness, I suggest you prepare a tissue for that.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you what happened on Monday last week. I was in my reading class and a classmate named Stephanie and I were doing our book interviews on the Book of Mormon. One African American student named Satiq felt very interested to hear about what Stephanie and I believed in. He was asking questions about how the Book of Mormon was compared to the Holy Bible.

We then told him about it and he then asked for a copy of the Book of Mormon. I had six copies in my backpack, because Mom challenged me and Sister Teach to try to meet somebody who would feel seriously interested in the Book of Mormon and the church.

I was feeling a bit excited to give him the first copy of the Book of Mormon with the picture of the family and the testimony that we said in it. I've been praying for Satiq to learn and know that the church is true. I was hoping by the Monday of this week, Stephanie and I would see him and see if he'll testify to us that he knows that the church is true. Unfortunately, he never came. I was a bit disappointed that he didn't show up, but I'm still having faith and praying that he will understand and know that this church is true.

I'm hoping that will happen, because it makes me feel like I want to know Satiq understands the church more and how it can change his life and help him live it happily. I've learned that it takes patience to find a person who feels seriously interested in the church. I'm hoping I'll still continue to do that, even if it'll take a while to find a good person.

Sister Teach's doing the same thing as I've been trying to do. Help a few groups of families to see if the church will change their lives. About Sister Teach, there's only sixteen weeks left for her to come home from her mission, and I'm planning to wear my name badge and suit and she and I will take a picture of the both of us wearing our missionary name tags.

Scripture Mastery #6 Be A Delightsome People

This may sound like it's not part of it, but I think it does. I've learned a lot about discrimination against a certain group of people. There's sometimes, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and much more that we may face in life. But with those people in the 20th century who stopped discrimination has made a very big difference in our today world. According to a scripture mastery that I found in the Words of Mormon on 1: 8 it explains about it.

                                                                 Words of Mormon 1: 8

 And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once again come to the knowledge of God, yea, the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.

I think what that means is that everyone in this world and in the entire millennium will become a delightsome people unto Heavenly Father, especially those who are different like these two girls in the picture. They look like they're a delightsome couple anyway. This scripture reminds me that we treat everybody equally, and that we can become good people and we'll make a difference in every part of life until the end of our life. If we continue for equality, we'll live happier lives.

Scripture Mastery #5: Let It Go

Here's a new scripture reference that I came up with. Have you ever seen the movie Frozen? If you have then that's great, because I found a good scripture reference to that. It'son Mosiah 10: 12-18. Even if you read it, it may not make sense at first, but if you think about watching Elsa in Frozen and reading the reference, you'll find out that it does make sense.

Even though I've used the title for Let It Go, you may think it may say that in the scriptures, but I couldn't another scripture reference that says "Let It Go" in it.

Here's the reference that I'm putting on here. I hope that you understand it better and think that you can find movies that are related to the scriptures.

                                                           Mosiah 10: 12-18

"12. They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, believing in the tradition of their fathers, which is this—Believing that they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their fathers, and that they were wronged in the wilderness by their brethren, and they were also wronged while crossing the sea;

 13 And again, that they were wronged while in the land of their first inheritance, after they had crossed the sea, and all this because that Nephi was more faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord—therefore he was favored of the Lord, for the Lord heard his prayers and answered them, and he took the lead of their journey in the wilderness.

 14 And his brethren were wroth with him because they understood not the dealings of the Lord; they were also wroth with him upon the waters because they hardened their hearts against the Lord.

 15 And again, they were wroth with him when they had arrived in the promised land, because they said that he had taken the ruling of the people out of their hands; and they sought to kill him.

 16 And again, they were wroth with him because he departed into the wilderness as the Lord had commanded him, and took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, for they said that he robbed them.

 17 And thus they have taught their children that they should hate them, and that they should murder them, and that they should rob and plunder them, and do all they could to destroy them; therefore they have an eternal hatred towards the children of Nephi.

 18 For this very cause has king Laman, by his cunning, and lying craftiness, and his fair promises, deceived me, that I have brought this my people up into this land, that they may destroy them; yea, and we have suffered these many years in the land."

If you think about it, The Children of Nephi is like the people of Arendelle and that King Laman is like Prince Hans. It does make sense if you have critical thinking skills. If you understand it, then that makes it sound like you know what it's teaching you from the movie to the scriptures.