My Religion

When I was sixteen years old, I found I needed something spiritually that I wasn't getting from my current church, The Catholic Church. I went because many of my friends did, but I never felt a real connection to God there.

I had a friend who introduced me to The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints, and I started going to their dances. I was in my own Catholic church when I heard a voice that said, "Go to the Mormon Church." I called the missionaries, took the lessons, read The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Christ, prayed about the book, and asked the missionaries to set a baptism date. I was baptized on March 1, when I was sixteen years old. I went through the temple for my own endowments when I came to BYU in 1988. I got sealed to my husband Craig and my son Caden in March 2004.

I know that God lives, that Jesus is His son, and that He lives, too. I believe that Heavenly Father and Jesus are two separate beings. I know that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected on the third day. I know that through His atonement, for which I am eternally grateful, that I can live again, just as He does. That I will be resurrected in the flesh, and brought before God at the judgement day.

I belong to the church because it makes sense to me, I cannot deny that The Book of Mormon is the word of God, and that the temple is a truly holy place. I cannot deny it, and Heavenly Father knows I know the truthfulness of these things and places, and so I stay true and faithful to my covenants.

I love the prophet, and my ward and bishop are great. I would ask anyone seeking spiritual guidance or stability to call the missionaries from your area and let them teach you. My being baptized into the church was the greatest choice I ever made.