Hello, all!
This is the first week of March. I hope you all are aware of that. Each month, the LDS church sends out several church magazines: the Friend, the Ensign, the Liahona, and the New Era. The Friend is geared towards younger children, the New Era is directed towards teenagers, and the Ensign is made mainly for adults. I was reading through the New Era this month, and I found a really inspiring story (Janet Thomas, "No Cussing Club," New Era March 2009, page 33).
McKay Hatch was a twelve-year old boy in Pasadena, California just starting middle school. He was bothered by the amount of bad language he heard every day, especially that of his friends. He told his friends that if they wanted to hang out with him, they had to stop swearing. They agreed, and McKay decided to start a club, a No Cussing Club.
At their first meeting, a surprising amount of people came. That group grew through opposition and now has members and branches of the club in all 50 states and in 35 countries. There are T-shirts, wristbands, and a Web site: http://www.nocussing.com/ The club wanted to have a week of no swearing in their city. They wrote to the city council and March 3-7, 2008, was declared Cuss-Free week. During March of this year, Los Angeles is going to have a Cuss-Free Week.
This is a really inspiring story about one boy who wanted to change something, so he got together a bunch of people and changed it. Now look at the positive difference he made in the world. This can be your inspiring moment of the week.
Quote of the Day:
"The function of leaders is to produce more leaders, not more followers."
-Ralph Nader (1934 - Present)
David
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Eagle Court of Honor and Juggling Club!
Hello, all!
On Tuesday of this week, I was in attendance at my very own Eagle court of honor! I was afraid I'd miss it, but mom and dad brought me in just in time. We had a good outcome, and the ceremony was amazing. There was a lot of time and effort put into the ceremony, and it showed. During and before the ceremony, I received several different objects. Before the ceremony, I got a plaque from my grandmother that says "Eagle Scout November 19, 2009 David Franklin Whitesell III" Thanks, Grandma Kay! I also was given a knife in a coin shape with a 1-inch diameter that has a knife, scissors, and a nail filer. Thanks, Aunt Kathi!
During the ceremony, I was given a credit-card-sized card that recognizes me as an Eagle Scout and (afterwards) another that recognizes me as a member of NESA (National Eagle Scout Association). Also during the ceremony, I was given a binder full of letters of commendation from famous Americans all across the U.S. and one from out of the world. There were letters from George and Barbara Bush, Dick Cheney, John Glenn (astronaut), Condoleezza Rice, Charles Dahlquist (LDS Young Men Gen. Presidency), and other former presidents, secretaries of government, and Boy Scout and LDS leaders.
While Dad was in Brazil, he picked up an eagle made of gemstones, including an emerald body and an amethyst head. It's really beautiful. Finally, I received an American flag flown over the Capital on my birthday this year. That is really very special to me.
Now, about the juggling. One of my goals in juggling club (see Interscholastic Events at Wayland Middle School) was to join the 3-minute club, a feat which I accomplished on Thursday. Now, juggling for three minutes is not difficult. So to make it difficult, you have to juggle with 2-pound balls for 3-minutes. Very tiring, but I did it - Hooray!
Quote of the Day:
"Leadership is the art of getting someone to do something you want done because they want to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
Bye, dAvId :)
On Tuesday of this week, I was in attendance at my very own Eagle court of honor! I was afraid I'd miss it, but mom and dad brought me in just in time. We had a good outcome, and the ceremony was amazing. There was a lot of time and effort put into the ceremony, and it showed. During and before the ceremony, I received several different objects. Before the ceremony, I got a plaque from my grandmother that says "Eagle Scout November 19, 2009 David Franklin Whitesell III" Thanks, Grandma Kay! I also was given a knife in a coin shape with a 1-inch diameter that has a knife, scissors, and a nail filer. Thanks, Aunt Kathi!
During the ceremony, I was given a credit-card-sized card that recognizes me as an Eagle Scout and (afterwards) another that recognizes me as a member of NESA (National Eagle Scout Association). Also during the ceremony, I was given a binder full of letters of commendation from famous Americans all across the U.S. and one from out of the world. There were letters from George and Barbara Bush, Dick Cheney, John Glenn (astronaut), Condoleezza Rice, Charles Dahlquist (LDS Young Men Gen. Presidency), and other former presidents, secretaries of government, and Boy Scout and LDS leaders.
While Dad was in Brazil, he picked up an eagle made of gemstones, including an emerald body and an amethyst head. It's really beautiful. Finally, I received an American flag flown over the Capital on my birthday this year. That is really very special to me.
Now, about the juggling. One of my goals in juggling club (see Interscholastic Events at Wayland Middle School) was to join the 3-minute club, a feat which I accomplished on Thursday. Now, juggling for three minutes is not difficult. So to make it difficult, you have to juggle with 2-pound balls for 3-minutes. Very tiring, but I did it - Hooray!
Quote of the Day:
"Leadership is the art of getting someone to do something you want done because they want to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
Bye, dAvId :)
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