Well, I hope you are ready for this. . .

Let me start off my goals by sharing a scripture;

Luke 2:52 "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man."

In this scripture we learn how to lead a balanced lifestyle. Jesus grew in four areas of his life.
Wisdom=learning and studying from the best books
Stature=physical well being
Favour with God= spirituality
Favour with man= his network

My goals reflect these four areas as well. And I learned from a couple of great sources that you should always write your goals in the present tense as if you have already accomplished them so here you go . .

1. I am temple worthy! This of course is my spiritual goal. Since the time I wrote the letter to all of you last year my life has definitly been improving in this area. Unfortunetly, at this time I'm still not taking the sacrament, and I still don't have a current temple recommend, but I am getting a lot closer. In this area I could use some prayers of support. I am convinced that the prayers of my family members is the reason for my success on my mission. I could use some of that strength now. If any of you can think of any other way of helping I am open for suggestions.

2. I have a meaningful relationship with every member of my family! Apart from Serena, I think I have some work to do in this area! So what I am asking for here is for your help in achieving my goals, a willingness to share your goals with me, and to help me better understand what we each need to have a meaningful relationship. To me, a meaningful relationship is one that builds you up, making you a better person for having that relationship, and one that draws you closer to the Lord. We are a very sarcastic family for the most part. That sarcasm keeps us guarded. It doesn't allow us to grow together as much as we could if we were more sincere in our relationships. In fact, even if we don't admit it, it tears us down and pulls us farther away from the Lord. As hard as this may be, maybe could we try not to never put one another down? To be more sincere in our relationships with one another, and maybe every once in a while even share our feelings? I want my brothers and sisters to be the ones I come to when I have a problem. I want are family to be a "safe zone." Where we can share anything with one another with out any fear of being judged, or made fun of or disliked. Wouldn't that be awesome?

3. I am financially free! (I figured my physical apperance is already so amazing, I could change this area to financially large in stature.) As all of you know Dad and I have started a new business. We could really use your help. Part of this company envolves network marketing.
If there were meetings availible where each of you live, I would ask you to go. I honestly think you could all benefit from these meetings. Unfortunetly, there are no meetings in Conneticut, or Michigan. So I have specific things for you each to do. Marie, I want you and Josh and even Josh's dad if he is availible to go to the meeting in Houston. Joey's dad is down there and he is involved, so i'll give him a call and have him invite you to the next meeting. Becky, I would love for you to invite Cory's dad to come with Dad and I to a meeting here in town. Craig, I would love to invite you to nruniversity.com and there is a link for "local briefings." There you can find the time and location of the meetings close to you. Please make time to go to that meeting, and go! It would mean a lot to me. Scott, I hope that next sunday on the family calls we can take time to talk about the company. Clint, I would love for you to come to a local meeting with and Dad and me. And Gerald you've already been, but it might be beneficial to go again to see what is new, and how the company has grown. Now the reason I ask all of you to do this is not so that you will sighn up, that would be awesome, but not exactly what I am looking for. I hope that each of you will be able to think of other people that you would feel comfrotable having me or Dad contact. I want to leverage your network. I know each of you know hundreds of people that I don't know, and my bet is there are quite a few that qould be interested in what we have to offer.

4. I am a doctor! In this area like the first, I will need your prayers. Pray that I get a 4.0 this semester!

I appriciate your help. Please share your goals with me, lets all do better at building a meaningful relationship through prayer, service, sincerity, and kindness. Thank you all for your examples!!!!