Posted by Rexburg Chronicles on December 29, 2013 · 19 Comments
On December 18th a group of friends and I at Brigham Young University-Idaho launched a peaceful demonstration to show love and support to our LGBT peers called Pure Hope. We asked that students, queer or not, to sport something white. A Facebook event was created, a video slapped together and posters plastered on every social … Continue reading →
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Posted by Rexburg Chronicles on December 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
By: Alex Harrison, 2013 Keith Trottier is a sophomore at Brigham Young University-Idaho or BYU-I. He’s five semesters in, and he’s studying advertising. Like a large percentage of this campus, he is from the liberal state of Washington. However, there is one thing that sets him apart from the average LDS Young Adult population. “I’ve … Continue reading →
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Posted by keithrtrottier on December 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Again if you are starting in on the story at this post you should start at the beginning. Here is the first post in the series: An Unexpected Conversation. Also I added something called: The Burn Book. It’s an encyclopedia so if you read something you don’t recall hearing about you can check out what … Continue reading →
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Posted by keithrtrottier on November 25, 2013 · 1 Comment
I’m done putting this off because of school or whatever other reasons I can come up with, namely motivation, so without further ado here it is. Enjoy it in all its brief glory! Also don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE up above to the right somewhere. That’s what good bloggers are supposed to tell you to do … Continue reading →
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Posted by Jason Whetten on November 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The mission’s big 15 passenger transfer van, fondly nicknamed the Baptism Buggy by us missionaries, pulled into the parking lot beside me. I stepped out of our truck into the brisk April air and greeted the missionaries from the van. We hugged and they congratulated me for finishing my mission. “Are you excited to go … Continue reading →
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Posted by Jason Whetten on November 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Like what I write? Donate Here! The final day of my mission dawned to ominous rain clouds and distant rumbling thunder, and I knew this was the day I would finally see my family again. All of them (including my 6-months pregnant sister-in-law) had driven to Omaha to spend a couple of weeks going to a … Continue reading →
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Posted by Rexburg Chronicles on October 30, 2013 · 1 Comment
By: Keith Trottier Photo Credit: Lindsay Cyngot Like what you read? PLEASE donate. These posts take a lot of time, thought and effort to put together. So if you’d like me to keep writing: Click Here to Donate! _____________ Before we start I’m trying something new. I’m giving you the entire text. No Part I and … Continue reading →
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Posted by Rexburg Chronicles on October 15, 2013 · 15 Comments
By: Keith Trottier Photo Credit: Khomenko Like what you read? PLEASE donate. These posts take a lot of time, thought and effort to put together. So if you’d like me to keep writing: Click Here to Donate! _____________ Watch this video: Just Be There – A Message from USGA at BYU CLICK IT DANG IT. _____________ … Continue reading →
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Posted by Rexburg Chronicles on October 8, 2013 · 4 Comments
By Keith Trottier Photo Credit: Peter Cyngot: 2013 Like what you read? PLEASE donate. These posts take a lot of time, thought and effort to put together. So if you’d like me to keep writing: Click Here to Donate! _____________ Our backyard in North Las Vegas wasn’t large in comparison to our one acre of land … Continue reading →
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Posted by Rexburg Chronicles on October 2, 2013 · 5 Comments
By Keith Trottier Photo Credit: Lindsay Cyngot: “Sleepsong” 2013 Like what you read? Donate as much as you feel the post was worth to keep me writing. Click Here to Donate! When I came to Rexburg I was a runaway. I was fresh off my mission and in the middle of my escape from the toxic fallout … Continue reading →
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