Hi, I'm Trisha

I'm a mother of three, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an Etsy Shop owner, a crafter, a baker, and a Mommy Blogger. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a mother of three, a daughter, a wife, a sister, an Etsy Shop owner, a crafter, a sewer, a baker, and a Mommy blogger.

Why I am a Mormon

I have grown up in the church and have always loved it. As a teenager I accepted the challenge of reading the Book of Mormon and praying sincerely about if it was a true book. I read the Book of Mormon and prayed about it, and received this overwhelming feeling that it is a true book. The Holy Ghost has witnessed to me many times that what I am learning about at church is true and correct. I have a testimony that The Church of Jesus Christ is the true church, that Joseph Smith was a true prophet, that the Book of Mormon is true, the Jesus Christ lives and suffered for us so that we will be able to live back with him someday. I know that if you read the Book of Mormon and ask Heavenly Father if it is true, you will receive and answer.

Personal Stories

What are you doing to help strengthen your family and make it successful?

Even though our children are only 4 and 1, we try to regularly have family home evening and try to do a lot of activities as a family. Sometimes family home evening is only about 10 minutes long because our children are so young, but we feel that this will help them understand the gospel more clearly and they will come to love family home evening and will want to learn. We eat dinner ever night as a family, and will continue that as our children get older. We feel that spending more time together helps to strengthen our family.

How I live my faith

Right now my husand and I both serve on the Activities Committe, we really enjoy planning the fun activities for the ward members. We were also both recently called as Ward Missionaries.

What do Mormons believe about family?

Trisha answered...

We believe that family is most important and the gospel and the church is centered around the family.
Bradley. answered...

The family is a key component to support us in God's plan for gaining immortality and eternal life. All of God's children (all the inhabitants that lived, are living, and will live on Earth) are inseperably connected to each other, both (physically) by our Earthly families and (spiritually) by our Heavenly Father.

Families help us to understand our divine heritage. In this, life takes on purpose and meaning. Our immortal spirits were created by our Heavenly Father before Earthly existance, and we are directly connected to Him in this way. As a spiritual family, our collective purpose on Earth is to follow the commandments of God that lead us to live in heaven with Him again.

Our spirits need to progress, learn, and grow. In order to achieve that, Earthly existance was created as our test. Our Heavenly Father knew that being exposed to opposing forces on Earth was the only way for us to gain knowledge and wisdom.

However, we will not always choose righteousness, and so our Savior, Jesus Christ, is that great mediator to pay the debt of our mistakes. He is the only way by which we can be saved from our sins and transgressions. He is the ultimate example by which direction we need to live our lives. With the support of our earthly kin, we can learn from each other, serve each other, and strengthen our mortal weaknesses by being disciples of Christ. Our families are a gift from God, and we can be together forever.

Why do some call Mormonism a cult?

Scott answered...

Perhaps because they see how close-knit we are as a community, and it can be somewhat hard to understand this support network if you have never been part of something quite like it.

Sometimes we hear that some others may perceive or presume that members are 'brainwashed' with information and forced to conform to some standard. To those I would say that is exactly the opposite of what actually occurs under the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You see, Satan's way is to force people to conform. Study the life of Christ and you'll understand that He never forces, but instead always invites.

Freedom to choose is something that we believe is one of God's greatest gifts to mankind, and is fundamental to our faith. All people (Church member or not) are always free to choose what to believe and how to act (we call this agency) and are encouraged to seek understanding of the reasons for any invitation that Christ or the living Prophet extends to them.