Student Body Vice President

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Written by Erik, May 2012

To  the future Student Body Vice-President- Tara!

First of all, congratulations! I’m glad that I can hand down my position to someone like you. You’ll do a great job. I know you already have been in the class before so you know how Student Gov works and kinda what the VP does, but I’ll just tell you about what I did this year:

·         Senate: It’s really important that you have good, reliable people on it so you’re not doing things yourself. In the past, we’ve just invited whoever wanted to be on Senate to come sign up in the office. This year I got a list of the people who ran for something but didn’t make it and invited them first. So that way I knew that they could be pretty reliable. And I think it worked out pretty good. I tried to get Senate to do a little more this year, but to be honest- it was really hard to find stuff… Student Gov took care of mostly everything! Ha, so you can do as little or as much as you want to.

·         Homecoming: Good ol’ Homecoming! This year, I was in charge of the tailgate party. I just made it real simple: food and face paint and a band, which wasn’t too hard. Other than that, just make sure you are willing to help everyone because you know just how stressful it can get.

·         Freedom Week: This whole week is up to you. I had a few activities during the week, and got some of my Freedom Academy friends and Mr. Esplin to speak. It turned out really good. I suggest that you start now and just brainstorm of who you want to speak, so you can let them know in time. We usually have it in February, but whenever works the best for you (we thought about having it in Nov during Veterans Day this year, but that didn’t happen).

 

VP doesn’t really have too much to do besides what I’ve already said. So make sure that you help Kayden out. Brady really appreciated it when I offered my help with even the simple things, and I think we did really well this year because we all worked together and helped each other out.

 

And remember that nothing is final, what you want to happen is entirely up to you. You can do the same things I did, or go to a whole new level. I’m excited to see what you guys do next year! If you have questions, don’t be afraid to ask. Have fun with Student Gov and enjoy your senior year!

 

GOOD LUCK, TARA!  J

                                       Erik Gray

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Summer!

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Written by Erik January 2017

Summer adventures: This summer was SO. MUCH. FUN. I feel like I made friends with so many people this summer. And I feel like making friends has come super easy to me. I hung out with Janice Call and Megan Solomon a lot. I also hung out with Kelsie- she taught me how to make cinnamon rolls one night. I also hung out with Jenna Dey and Isabel Truax and Lexi Hopkin- Oh man, I felt like a middle schooler again, Lexi and I sort of liked each other and I feel like it was a lot of back-and-forth games between the two of us! Bother, bother, bother. Oh well. We went camping one night, and then the next morning went cliff jumping at Porcupine Reservoir, and that’s when I realized that Lexi had a thing for me. :P

Other summer adventures: Huntsman Hall. Favorite lookout spot: The LLC- overlooks the whole valley- and about a two minute walk from Yellow House. Janice and I went scootering one night through the parking garage. IT WAS SOOOO FUN!

Cutler Dam

Adventures!

Testimony of the Book of Mormon

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Written by Erik 
January, 2017
About giving copies of the Book of Mormon with his testimony to friends to take on their missions

August 20, 2016 Journaling about trip back to Logan for  the A-Team Banquet....

"...After that we drove down to Emi Facer and Kylee Hopkin’s house for a second. I had written a little card for everyone on the A-Team, so I gave those to Kylee. She gave me a Connections T-shirt YAS. J After that, we went over to Pineview. I got to see Capris and Ryan and BRENNA! And Mikayla Arnold and her parents. Oh that was such a neat moment. I finally got to show Mom and Dad where I lived for the last year- my exact room and everything. J I gave Brenna one of my special Book of Mormons that had my testimony written in both English and Portuguese in the front for her to give out in the mission- she was called to Cape Verde, Portuguese speaking. She was like BAWLING. Oh man. I love Brenna so much!" 

From Erik's laptop files we found these......

Russian:

Я надеюсь вы можете найти как можно больше счастья от книга мормонов как Я! В тот момент, когда я начал чтение, я чувствовал себя крайнюю радость и знал, что чтение это не будет тратить время. Я свидетельствую, что сообщение в этой книге и что оно действительно исходит от Бога. Я также свидетельствую, что мы можем стать ближе к нашим Спасителем, придерживаясь ее принципов. Прочитайте эту книгу с открытым сердцем и следовать задачей Морони (Морони 10:3-5), и вы можете получить свидетельство для себя. Наслаждайтесь!

Elder XXXXXXXXX
MTC mailbox 145
RUS-MOS 0624
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793

Spanish:

Espero que usted puede encontrar tanta felicidad en el Libro de Mormón como yo! Desde el mismo momento en que empecé a leer, sentí alegría extrema y sabía que la lectura de este no sería tiempo perdido. Doy testimonio de que el mensaje de este libro es verdad y que realmente viene de Dios. También testifico que podemos llegar a ser más a nuestro Salvador al seguir sus preceptos. Leer este libro con un corazón abierto y seguir el desafío de Moroni (Moroni 10:3-5), y se puede obtener un testimonio por sí mismo. Disfrute!

Elder XXXXXXX
MTC Mailbox 
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604

Korean:
내가 할대로 몰몬경에서 많은 행복을 찾을 수 있습니다 희망! 나는 읽기 시작 순간에서, 나는 극단적 인 기쁨을 느끼고 이것을 읽는 것은 시간 낭비하지 않을 것이라는 점을 알고 있었다. 이 책의 메시지가 사실이고 정말 하나님으로부터 온다 증언. 나는 또한 우리의 교훈대로 생활한다면 우리의 구주에 가까운 될 수 있다는 증거.열린 마음으로이 책을 읽고 모로나이의 도전 (모로나이 서 10:3 ~ 5)을 따라, 당신은 자신에 대한 간증을 얻을 수 있습니다. 즐기십시오!

Erik Gray
Cedar City, Utah, United States

에릭 그레이
시더 시티, 유타, 미국

 

I hope you may find as much happiness from the Book of Mormon as I do!  From the very moment I started reading, I felt extreme joy and knew that reading this would not be time wasted.  I testify that the message in this book is true and that it really comes from God.  I also testify that we can become closer to our Savior by abiding by its precepts.  Read this book with an open heart and follow Moroni's challeng (Moroni 10:3-5), and you can gain a testimony for yourself. Enjoy! 

 

Erik Gray, Cedar City, UT United States