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Irene: Mormon.

Hi, I'm Irene

People say I'm a Mormon, but I prefer Latter-day Saint.

About Me

I can't remember a time when I didn't know and love God. I had a good mother that taught me to pray and to have faith in Jesus Christ. My greatest goal in life is to teach my daughters to love God and keep His commandments.

Why I am a Mormon

If I was going to join a church, it would have to be the true church. The church that God himself established, and the church that had His authority to baptize and perform other ordinances. Once I had my first daughter, it became important to me to make sure she was raised knowing the truth. So I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because it is the only true church on earth. I know that with every fiber of my being. I don't know this blindly. I know it from years and years of reading the Book of Mormon, praying, having my prayers answered, being blessed, going to church, and feeling God's confirmation in my heart, mind, and soul.

Personal Stories

In what ways have your prayers been answered?

One night, I invited the Sister missionaries over for dinner. Before they left, we knelt to say a prayer. The Sister missionary prayed that we would be blessed with protection in our home. It struck me as a little odd because I didn't feel I lived in a dangerous place. I had no idea what was about to happen that night.
Later that night, one of my neighbors unexpectedly asked me to babysit her three little boys. Around midnight, she came to pick them up, but only took her baby. She left her three and four year old with me because she said they were too heavy for her to carry. I didn't have a problem with that, so she left. Around two o'clock in the morning, I was asleep and dead tired. I heard a voice saying, "Irene, open the door." I was too tired to even open my eyes much less get up and check the door. I heard the voice again, and somehow managed to drag myself out of bed. I recognized the voice as the mother of the little boys, so I drowsily and slowly opened the door. When I opened the door, she ran inside and said, "Quick close the door, he's coming!" The instant that I closed the door and locked the deadbolt, I felt a huge force against the door as her husband threw himself at my front door. He proceeded to attempt to knock down my door as he yelled threats and profanity at me. She hysterically went to my phone and dialed 911. This nightmare was enough to frighten me, but I remembered the Sister missionaries' prayer to protect our home . I felt a peace overcome me that I had never felt before. In that moment, as a beast was beating my door, threatening me, and shaking my home like in an earthquake, I felt no fear. I was perfectly calm, and I knew without a doubt that he would not get in.
After the police arrived, she and her boys left. I went to close my door and noticed that I couldn't. The door had become so badly misaligned that it wouldn't even stay closed. I propped my stroller up against the front door to keep it from swinging open. I knelt and said a prayer that God would not allow anyone to pass through the door as my girls and I slept. In the morning, I awoke safe and sound with just a stroller holding my door closed. Days later, I ran into the neighbor again, and she told me that the police had been unable to find her husband that night. "What?!" I questioned myself in disbelief. "You mean I went to sleep with just a stroller against my door while that man was loose that night?!" This experience taught me the power of prayer. God had indeed heard our prayers, and He had protected us completely.

How I live my faith

Just as our body needs to be fed everyday, our spirit needs to be fed too. Thus, I read the scriptures everyday. My daughters and I also take turns reading the scriptures before going to sleep. We do this to strengthen ourselves to do what is right, to be protected from evil influences, and to strengthen ourselves to be able to endure hard times.
On Monday, we have Family Home Evening. That's when we say a prayer, sing a hymn, read some scriptures, and then do a fun activity. My youngest daughter often likes to lead Family Home Evening even when it's not Monday. Like this Saturday morning, she said, "Mom tell big sister to wake up because I really feel like having Family Home Evening." I told her, "First of all, it's not Monday and second of all Family Home Evening is for the eeeeevening." She didn't care, and I didn't mind.
On Sundays, we make an effort to live our faith by going to church, not shopping, not attending parties, and not going to restaurants. Not going to restaurants on Sunday is a hard rule to live by because family will invite us once in a big while, but we avoid restaurants on Sunday about 95% of the time.
When I was in college, I lived my faith by not studying on Sunday. We're not suppose to work on Sunday, and I considered studying my job, so I didn't study on Sunday. I was tempted many Sundays to study or do homework so that I could get a better grade, but I didn't. I knew it was more important to keep the sabbath day holy than to do something that would be for personal gain. As a result, I feel God blessed me by increasing my ability to understand my college subjects and by blessing me to remember more of what I studied during the week.
There are many other ways that we live our faith. Mostly, we keep Jesus Christ in mind. We make an effort to do good, and when we fail, we repent, pray for forgiveness, and try better next time.