 This
is the Alumni Site for the West Indies Mission / Trinidad & Tobago
Mission maintained by someone actually living in the Mission and witnessing
its' activities firsthand. The Trinidad & Tobago Mission used
to be known as the West Indies Mission until February, 2007 when the
mission was split. It is interesting to note that in 1991-1994 the
Mission originally had this name. Recently, it reverted back to the
name: West Indies Mission. (Read
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ABOUT:
The West Indies Mission / Trinidad & Tobago Mission web site
is maintained by Br. Borde,
an LDS native of the West Indies. Br.
Borde has served many times with the missionaries and is a pioneering member
in Trinidad. The West Indies Mission covers a broad area and many countries. Since
Br. Borde is located in
Trinidad, the central country for the Mission, it is easy for him to get first
hand pictures for this site. This
site was first created by Matthew Fisk, an RM, before he turned it over
to Br. Borde and he has
developed it to its present state. Continue --> Now
please note: This
site is NOT an official representation of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints nor its mission(s). The content, graphics, and links
are the responsibility of the designers and those who have joined the site. The
views herein are solely the thoughts of those that are part of the site or the
designers. This site seeks to share history and development of the Church in Trinidad
& Tobago based on the Books written by Jean A. B. Borde. This is NOT a site
about the District / Branch of the Church in the West Indies Mission. For official
information from the Church please go to: http://www.lds.org
 News: I'm Mormon And I Bought A Lottery Ticket
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O.K. "Don't Ask", I'll try to clear it up for you. And, please don't get me wrong, I'm not here to pass judgement on you. I've done things ,that I didn't realize were wrong until latter, and even after I knew I still struggled with some things.
So here it is. In your Temple recommend interview, you are asked if you're :
morally clean to enter into the holy temple. and if you're
honest in all of your dealings with others.
and last you are asked if you consider yourself worthy.
 QUOTE (Spencer W. Kimball said) God condemns receiving gain from evil and idle pursuits. Elder Spencer W. Kimball said, “I feel strongly that men who accept wages or salary and do not give … [fair] time, energy, devotion, and service are receiving money that is not clean.” He also said that money obtained by evil or idle practices, such as theft, gambling (including lotteries), graft, illegal drugs, oppression of the poor, and the like is unclean money.
Elder Kimball defined the difference between honorable work and evil work: “Clean money is that [pay] received for a full day’s honest work. It is that reasonable pay for faithful service. It is that fair profit from the sale of goods, commodities, or service. It is that income received from transactions where all parties profit. Filthy lucre is … money … obtained through theft and robbery, … gambling, … sinful operations, … bribery, and from exploitation” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1953, p. 52). So, what I'm hearing from President Kimball, is that gambling (including lotteries) is immoral and dishonest. The winnings are considered "filthy lucre". And, if the Church knew where your money came from, they would not except tithing from it. I hope this helps. Mark1616
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