Built on Faith,
Born from Fire

I am a father of six, husband, and a man who has been carried by faith through the hardest season in my life when I nearly lost everything.

I grew up in the LDS church, but spent years away from it. Not bitterly — just distant. Over time the promptings got quieter and quieter until one day I realized I had let something sacred slip away. My kids were watching me. My heart was empty in a way I could not explain. I knew I needed to come home.

Then in 2025, I was diagnosed with stage three cancer. In the same stretch of time, my wife was injured and bedridden for four months — and we found out she was pregnant. All at once. Fear, uncertainty, a new life coming, and my own life feeling suddenly fragile.

I was scared. I will not pretend otherwise.

But I turned to Heavenly Father and I prayed — not for the trial to be taken from me, but for the strength to carry it. I went to the temple and knelt and asked Him to raise me up. The answer that came to my heart was clear and still: Arise. Be strong. Walk in faith.

I made a promise that day. I surrendered the outcome to Him — I knew that if He called me home, that was His to decide. But I also laid my heart before Him and told Him everything I still wanted to do. The family I wanted to raise in His light. The people I felt I could still lift and point back to Him. I asked Him for more time, not for my sake alone, but for His work. And I promised that if He left me here, I would not waste a single breath of it.

He kept His end. I am healthy, whole, and more grateful than I know how to say.

Coming through the other side of that season changed the way I move through every single day. I am more present with my kids in a way I was not before. Small things land differently now — a laugh at the dinner table, a quiet morning, my wife's hand in mine. I do not take any of it for granted. I cannot. When you have stared down your own mortality and watched God carry you through it, the ordinary becomes sacred.

Through treatment, two words kept coming to me. I wrote them on a whiteboard in my house: Amplify God. That is what I am here to do. Not in a grand or complicated way, but simply — sharing of Him, His goodness, and His miracles at every opportunity. Finding genuine ways to show up for others, because I learned something in that hospital room that I will never forget: everyone is going through something. Everyone needs to be reminded they are not alone and that He is there. LUL Bands is my way of doing that every single day.

LUL Bands was born from that promise. My brother Stephen and I wanted to build something that carries His word into everyday life — something simple, beautiful, and deeply meaningful. This is our way of keeping the covenant.

I am a father of four and the husband to an incredible woman. I grew up in the Church in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, where my mom quietly set an example for my brothers and me through her faith, service, and daily effort to do what was right. That foundation led me to serve as a missionary in the beautiful country of New Zealand — an experience that forever shaped how I see the world and the power of small, faithful habits.

As a missionary, I noticed a clear pattern: when individuals spent a few minutes each day in the scriptures, their lives began to change. Not all at once. Not dramatically. But steadily — bringing clarity, peace, and a stronger relationship with the Savior. I have seen that same pattern repeat itself throughout my life as I have returned home, built a career, gotten married, and raised a family. I have seen it in myself, in those I love, and with the youth I have had the privilege to serve with for most of my adult life.

Individuals who consistently take time each day to engage with the scriptures don't just gain knowledge — they develop conviction. Their relationship with the Savior deepens, and their lives move in a better direction.

In March of 2026, my brother Robert and I took a trip together — something we hadn't truly been able to do in more than 20 years. As we talked late into the night about his journey with cancer, our families, and the hopes we hold for our children, one question rose above the rest: How do we help our kids avoid the painful pitfalls of the teenage years and become truly converted to the Savior?

We both felt the answer was clear. Conversion doesn't happen through grand events or one-time moments — it happens line upon line, precept upon precept, through small daily choices. One of the simplest and most powerful of those choices is reading the scriptures every day.

From that conversation, LUL Bands was born.

What started as a simple idea became a mission: to create a daily reminder — worn on your wrist — to anchor your heart and mind to what matters most. Along the way, we have learned, stretched, and felt guided in ways that continually confirm we are doing this work for a higher purpose.

At its core, LUL Bands exists to Amplify God — in our lives and in the lives of everyone we come in contact with. Our hope is that this small, simple reminder helps you build the daily habits that lead to meaningful, lasting change.

Because it is often the smallest habits that make the biggest difference.