The List

This is the list of things LDS people have been told to do to make it back to Heavenly Father

The Basics
Personal scripture study everyday
Family scripture study everyday
Personal prayers twice daily
Family prayers twice daily
Couple prayer at least once daily
Family home evening every Monday night with lesson, games and refreshments
Receive temple endowments
Go to temple regularly
Get married
Have as many children as you physically can
Keep the sabbath day holy. Visit the elderly, visit people in hospitals, read uplifting material, go to church, do home teaching.

Geneology
Keep a journal
Write personal history
Write family history
Do geneology
Do temple work
Do indexing
Scrapbook all your pictures (be sure to scan them first) and add funny quotes and stories
Have a family newsletter or blog
Keep in touch with all your extended family

Health
Exercise
Follow the Word of Wisdom - no coffee, tea, alcohol, tobacco products or illicit drugs - however soda with lots of sugar is just fine
Eat grains and vegetables
Maintain a healthy weight
See your doctors
Go to bed early and rise early
Learn to play basketball and dodge-ball

Self Sufficiency
Get an education
Have a career that can sustain a large number of people
Buy a house
Plant and maintain a garden
Have at least a years supply of food and other necessities on hand - learn to cook with wheat
Have an emergency kit for each member of the family
Know first aid
Pay tithing
Pay fast offerings
Pay other things on the tithing slip
Have several savings accounts
Stay out of debt - unless you're buying a house or an education
Learn car maintenance
Learn house maintenance and how to build and repair stuff
Learn about electrical and plumbing

Community and church
Accept all callings offered
Do your callings - magnify
Attend all your church meetings
Greet everyone that is new
Give talks and lessons when asked
Volunteer for everything
Clean the church building
Do community service
Do missionary work - everyone is a potential Mormon
Serve a full time mission as a young person
Serve a full time mission as an old person
Support missionaries financially
Write to missionaries
Be friendly with your neighbor and try to convert them while shoveling their walk or mowing their grass

The Mind
Read out of the best books - this is text books, scriptures, church magazines, church manuals, any book written by a current apostle, R.S. leader, Hugh Nibley, Shari Dew, or C.S. Lewis, and the novel Les Miserable.
Develop talents - especially music
Learn a language

Homemaking
Bake bread
Can fruits and vegetables that you've grown yourself
Cook all meals
Bake to give to people on their doorstep so you can ring the bell and run away
Bake for visiting teaching
Make chocolates as Christmas presents
Become an expert seamstress because modest prom, bridesmaid and wedding dresses are impossible to find, plus you can make your own Halloween costumes and matching outfits for the annual Christmas picture.
Keep a clean, uncluttered house
Keep within your budget
Plan all meals in advance and shop wisely

Raising children
Either homeschool or haunt the public school hallways so that the kids know you better than they know your kids
Teach your children modesty - this is about what they wear, especially your daughters because they are walking time bombs for the boys
Ingrain in them the importance of serving a mission
Tell them all sex and sexual feelings are bad until they are married
Ingrain in them the importance of temple marriage
Be a good parent - raise them up in the way they should go



Remember - Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect.