First Draft of my Magazine Cover.

This is my first draft for a fictional Magazine Cover.
What do you all think. I hated it after seeing how much work the other students put into theirs. I need to try harder. Also I need to get feed back from others that will give honest constructive critiques.

BYUI online is not easy, but worth it.

I do not know about the rest of you who have tried online colleges, but for me it has been an eye opening experience. I took online classes part of last year and part of this year and I did just fine. The way it was set due dates and it keep track of what you had done.That was using a program called iLearn 2.0. Well as usual if it is not broke they had to break it. iLearn 3.0 is  not as user friendly. Some class keep track. some are done on Facebook, and yet others are done through online books, where all the quizzes are.
Don't get me wrong if it sound like I am complaining, (I actual am.) I still want to say how great it is to be learning new things. I had six classes. I figured after 2 weeks it was way to much. So now I am down to 4 classes. 10 credits instead of 16. Well now my grant I had; they took away because I am not signed up for 12 credits.
I hope I do not have to mess with any of that and it will work out.
I had prayed and ponder for a week over dropping those 2 classes of to keep them My wife and  I both decide to drop the 2 classes and move them to next semester.
How is every one doing? The General conference for the whole Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 5 two hour sessions in all, starts tomorrow and runs into Sunday. Its on BYU TV. It is also broadcasted at the Rockford Stake Center Here in Rockford, IL and other chapels through out the world.

This is how I feel sometimes when I pray for strength!

2 Nephi 4; 20 -23 From the Book of Mormon. 

20 My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.

 21 He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of my flesh.

 22 He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of them to quake before me.

 23 Behold, he hath heard my cry by day, and he hath given me knowledge by visions in the night-time.

 24 And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him; yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and ministered unto me.

This is how I feel sometimes when I pray for strength! Praying for strength is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of Faith!

Web addrress change and the addition of some of my artwork.

FYI: I have added some other school work and a place to put some of my old artwork on display for others to view. I could of made another blog or website, but this way I can maintain this one and still post scriptures and my other thoughts on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I will no doubt eventually purchase a domain address for my artwork and as a place for my services as a Freelance Graphic Designer to be acquired.

Summer is almost over. Preparing for Fall 2016 Semester!

Hello everyone,
    I hope all had good times with family and friends these past 2 months.
    I myself had one of my best summers as an Adult.  My wife and I spent some good quality time together. We went camping again this year. We did not get out last summer. We went fish many, many times. Most of the time we had at least one of our grown children with us. Jenny loves camping and fishing too. I spent must of my time setting up and baiting the hooks and taking fishes of those hooks for my wife and Jennie. Some time we were able to go fish with our oldest son, James, on his pontoon boat. It is so peaceful where he lives near Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.
    We went to graduations, going away parties for friends who sons have joined the armed services. We got in a few ballgames and even caught a few Nephews Football games the past couple of weeks.
    Well it has been fun this last couple of months enrolling at BYUI for this fall semester , which starts September 12. Applying for grants and student loans, not so much fun. Making sure you buy the correct books and excess codes and just getting into the correct mindset to do my best .
    I will continue to post things in the coming months, so be on the look out for my postings. fell free to contact me by email if you have a subject you would like me to research the post about it.
    I am thinking of renaming my blog! I want to be able to cover other subject matter as I am taking 16 credits this Fall. Any suggestions on a new name I would like to here them. 
  Thanks again for view my blog.
Kevin

The Family: A Proclamation To The World

Below is a Proclamation to the world from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was presented to the world 21 years ago. It is my opinion that it was and will forever be the belief of the church that I belong to. It shows the roles of males and females and the role of the family. It is not meant to offend anyone. It's purpose is to let the world know that God has and order to things and that the commandments it set for Adam and Eve, still exists for us today.

Once again I do not speak for "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". Besides "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" which I copied and pasted to this blog from the LDS.org website, all other words and statements are my own. My God bless us all as we try to show love and respect for each other. 

Kevin

THE FAMILY

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A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD

The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

WE, THE FIRST PRESIDENCY and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

IN THE PREMORTAL REALM, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.

WE DECLARE the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.

HUSBAND AND WIFE have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.

THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.

WE WARN that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.

WE CALL UPON responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hello fellow Pathway Students and friends,

I hope all is well with you all.
This post mainly is for my Provident Living Project. It also is to let others read my thoughts on this subject and if individuals know what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints view are on this subject.
Is everyone ready to know what my topic is? It is one that I have thought about immensely. The following is from an Essay I am still writing for my English class. Please read and make your comments after you have read the whole Essay. The subject is...

Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide (Death) Be Legal?

Individuals should be able to decide for themselves to die with dignity and with as little pain as possible because they are the ones who know how much pain they are really in. I will make statements based on facts that will support my view on Assisted Suicide. To be fair, I will present both sides of each argument to let you see why It is up to each one of us to decide for ourselves.

I would like to start with the Right to die argument. According to the website Procon.org. The ACLU on December 10, 1996 made this statement ¹ "The right of a competent, terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty. The exercise of this right is as central to personal autonomy and bodily integrity as rights safeguarded by this Court's decisions relating to marriage, family relationships, procreation, contraception, child rearing and the refusal or termination of life-saving medical treatment.” As you can see the ACLU was trying to tie the right to die in with the right to refuse life-saving treatments. The problem with this point is the fact that the U.S Supreme Court issued this majority opinion on June 26, 1997 concerning the case of Washington v. Glucksberg. ² “The history of the law's treatment of assisted suicide in this country has been and continues to be one of the rejection of nearly all efforts to permit it. That being the case, our decisions lead us to conclude that the asserted 'right' to assistance in committing suicide is not a fundamental liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause."  Because of this ruling it made it illegal to help some on to die, even under the care of a doctor. This leads me to my next point of patient suffering.

 It should be left to each individual the decision to end a terminally ill patient’s suffering at their End of Life. As stated before we have a right to refuse life-saving treatments if we are a competent terminally ill adult. Logic tells me that same person should be able to administer the medicines needed to let them die without the pain. ³ “The argument is over the right to die with a doctor’s help at the time and in the manner of your own choosing. As yet only a handful of European countries, Colombia and five American states allow some form of doctor-assisted dying. But draft bills, ballot initiatives and court cases are progressing in 20 more states and several other countries.” These statistics are encouraging if you are on the side with letting each person decided for themselves. The following Quote comes from the website www.economist.com. ^4” The popular desire for assisted dying is beyond question. The Economist asked Ipsos MORI to survey people in 15 countries on whether doctors should be allowed to help patients to die, and if so, how and when. Russia and Poland are against, but we find strong support across America and western Europe for allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with terminal diseases. In 11 out of the 15 countries we surveyed, most people favored extending doctor-assisted dying to patients who are in great physical suffering but not close to death.” The last part of this quote worries me. We should not end a life just because we are in pain and not terminally ill. This argument has so many variables we can’t write the laws needed to cover ever possibility.

I want to conclude my essay by making my stance of this subject clear. From my own personal witness of my mother dying from the fourth battle with cancer, I know she wanted to die peacefully because she told me so. You see, my mother knew how much pain I have been living with since I lost my leg in 2003. The two of us had many talks about the subject of dying without pain. We both said that given the choice when there was nothing more to do, we would like to be allowed to decide to die without the pain. A competent, terminally ill person should be able to decide for themselves. Another thing a person should do is their wishes into a will for all to see, this way everyone would know the person’s choice if they are no longer able to communicate.

Works Cited

^{1 “}Should euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide be legal?” Procon.org website Pros v. Cons Link

^{2 “}Should euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide be legal?” Procon.org website Pros v. Cons Link

³ Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2016. All rights reserved. www.economist.com

⁴ Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2016. All rights reserved. www.economist.com