May 9, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Personal Searching
Question Gramps, An RM entered back into my life from youth, and left me questioning my own mission call. I have prayed and studied to receive the answer that it’s up to me. I decided to stay and prayed over that as well. When I broke the news to my parents...
Feb 18, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family History
Question Gramps, My blessing says I am from the tribe of a Ephraim and carry the blood of Manasseh. What does that mean? Can you be of both tribes? Chrissan Answer Hello Chrissan, Thank you for your question, and it is a great question. In my...
Jan 28, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Personal Searching
Question Hi Gramps. I don’t know if I should go on a full time mission or get married. I just turned 19 so I would be able to. And my parents keep asking me about it. Yet my boyfriend has been talking about getting married. He did not serve a mission to...
Nov 30, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Ordinances
Question Gramps, I have a big fear of going underwater. I found my baptism really difficult. I have been a member for nearly 4 years and I still have not done a baptism in the temple because of my fear. My patriarchal blessing talks about me doing family...
Nov 4, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, I have always been under the impression, from what several Mormon friends have said, that we did not choose the families we were born to, except perhaps for a few individuals in rare circumstances. But in church today a teacher stated that...
Jul 7, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies
Question Gramps, Will I ever get to have a baby? I am in my 60s. Do I ever get to have babies–descendants. I don’t mean adopting or spirit children. I mean getting big and pregnant and wearing really cool maternity clothes and looking really...
Jun 29, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Self Worth
Question Gramps, My growing up years were spent in an area that was not the best of environments. Lots of gangs, drugs, violence and anything else you can think of. This is what I grew up around. My parents were once active LDS but have slid into some of the...
Jun 14, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Dear Gramps, I understand that some of the tribes of Israel that were lost, went north. Over 30 years ago I worked in the northernmost part of Norway for several years. Once when a friend of mine, who was in the insurance business, and I went to a Sami...
Jun 1, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Personal Revelation
Question Gramps, My son-in-law just got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. They have chosen to live with hope and believe in miracles. He is just a young man and his patriarchal blessing says as he grows older he will have many opportunities to serve together...
Jan 20, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Ordinances
Question Dear Gramps, My patriarchal blessing says that I’ll be a savior upon Mt. Zion. What does it mean? Where do I get started? Someone Answer Dear Someone, Being a savior on Mt. Zion refers to those who act an a saving capacity for their...