Dec 2, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues
Hi Gramps, I built a food storage unit out of wood for the basement. We store cat food, bird seed for our parrot and corn cob bedding in the unit. Is there anything I could put in there to keep the moths out of there? Thanks. Tom ___________ Tom, Once a food stock is...
Nov 14, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Life's Lessons
Dear Gramps, I work in a call center where I do customer service work over the telephone. My employer has asked that we lie to our customers when they ask for the direct dial number to the department we are transferring them to. We honestly do have the number, but we...
Nov 11, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Life's Lessons
Dear Gramps, I graduated from college a while ago, and I’m having a lot of trouble trying to figure out what to do next. The job I have now is enough to pay the bills, but It isn’t what I want to do forever. Every time I apply for a position I’m...
Nov 10, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues
Question Gramps, Why didn’t President Monson go on a mission as a young man? What other apostles have not gone on a mission and why not? Pam Answer Pam, When questioning why our Prophet and some of the apostles did not serve a full time mission, one must think...
Nov 7, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, We recently visited a less-active sister and found out that the reason was that she got offended by the “cutting remarks” from the Stake President. How do you appease this situation? Thanks! Lex Answer Hello Lex, In our...
Nov 6, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Second Coming
Gramps, Say we are half way thru the millenium and the new children born become rebellious thru their own agency, Do they go bye-bye like those who did not live the terrestrial life at the beginning of the millenium? Gary ______________ I just don’t know Gary. The...
Oct 26, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, God, Self Worth
I know that we are all God’s children and He loves us equally. But as I read scriptures (both Bible and Book of Mormon, I have noticed that God seems to have loved David in a special way over the rest of us. And He is very protective of women and warns man about the...
Aug 31, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Current issues, Missionary Work, Prayer
Gramps, I admire the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a great deal. But I am not sure if I am ready to become a believer. I would love to be a witness to the truth. What would you recommend I do? Derek _______________ Derek, If you haven’t done...
Aug 10, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Sabbath Day
On fast Sunday or when we fast can we fast for more than one purpose on that day? Clinton _____________ Dear Clinton, I have on occasion, had more then one purpose in mind while fasting. Life doesn’t always come at you in a nice orderly manner that allows you to...
Aug 9, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues
My patriarchal blessing includes a one line statement that reads, “You will have the gift of healing with you.” I have been a member of the church for 39 years now and I have always wondered what this gift meant and how I could develop it. I obtained a...