text: I enjoy creating and experiencing literature, music, and photography; riding my bike; and minimalism. I am a Mormon.
  I try to live principles of simplicity and minimalism: I find that minimizing bulk and excess in mortal life frees up my horizon to allow me to have a more eternal line of sight. I love finding ways to consolidate or reduce areas of bulk in my life that I take for granted. I use my bicycle for transportation whenever I can, and along the same lines I prefer minimizing dependence on things like gasoline and electricity. I enjoy creative expression, including literature, photography and music: these media allow me to understand and express ideas that normal communication cannot.
  I have received a witness from the Spirit of God that the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of Christ's Gospel, restored again onto the Earth by Joseph Smith. The influence of the Holy Ghost is undeniable: I know that the Mormon church is true, that it is led by modern-day prophets with authority from God, and that Jesus Christ is indeed at the church's head. I can feel this Spiritual confirmation whenever I read the Book of Mormon, attend church services, visit any of the Mormon Temples, or pray to God. I am thankful for the restored Gospel, and I am anxious to help share it with more of God's children, my spiritual brothers and sisters.
  I am the Bishop's primary assistant in leading the Wadsworth LDS church's 16-18 year-old boys. I visit two families from the Wadsworth ward to fulfill my calling as a home-teacher. I depart on September 4th to serve a full-time mission for two years in El Salvador, where I will be blessed with the opportunity to help people come unto Christ.
  Among the first converts in Guadeloupe was the Claire Dinane family. Dinane came into contact with the Church because of his duties as a customs officer where he met Latter-day Saints. His family soon moved, but a nucleus of members had joined the Church through contact with Dinane. The Guadeloupe Branch (a small congregation) was organized in June 1982, but was discontinued several months later due to the apostasy of a member of the Church.
  In June 1984, West Indies Mission President Kenneth Zabriskie sent French-speaking missionaries to Guadeloupe who had been transferred from French-speaking missions in Europe. Through their efforts the Grande-Terre Branch was organized by Elder Ronald E. Poelman of the Seventy (one of the governing bodies of the Church) in August 1984. The branch was strengthened by Dusan Kolvic, a Yugoslavian refugee who learned of the Church in France, but was not baptized. Kolvic’s work as a policeman for the French government required a transfer to Guadeloupe, and one evening he was dispatched to arrest a drunkard who was attacking two missionaries. Kolvic later joined the Church and served as branch president from 1986 – 1988. Because of Guadeloupe’s connection to France, there have been several members from France who have lived on the island for a few years and brought valuable experience to the Church there.
  In April 1998, West Indies Mission President Kenneth J. Mason dedicated the first chapel in Guadeloupe at Basse-Terre.
  The Boonton Historical Society Presents a new exhibit: The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Exhibit Opens Sunday – March 4th – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Member’s Preview – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM) Boonton is Home…