Hi, I'm Janae

I'm a Mormon!

About Me

I'm a university student studying public health with an emphasis in epidemiology. I love what I study and am intrigued with the knowledge of preventing disease! I recently married and love doing fun things with my husband. I love every sport invented and enjoy being outdoors in rain, snow, sunshine, or under stars. I teach Spanish and love life.

Why I am a Mormon

I am a Mormon because I love it! Everything about it has brought me happiness and direction to my life. I am a Mormon because it's complete and makes sense! I grew up going to church and I've always liked it, but when I was about 12 years old I really started FEEL that everything I was being taught really was truth. I read the Book of Mormon and at a young age asked God to tell me if it was true. And it took some time, but as I continued to study and research, the Lord let me know that it was all true. As I shared it with other people my love for the restored gospel grew! You know when you taste something that is SOOOO good that you want everyone in the world to try it? That's how it is for me! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has truths that have been restored back to the earth and that is the greatest thing in the world. And that is why I am a Mormon!

Personal Stories

Can you talk about the missions of the Church and your participation in them?

If something is true and you know it's what has made your life happy, you want to share it with people. Missionaries are sent all over the world to share the gospel. They don't just share things that are good, but they share things that they feel are of utmost importance in every person's life. I served a mission in the McAllen, Texas area for a year and a half and sacrificed a lot to go. Missionaries don't get paid, they pay their way. Many people take 2 years out of their college years to go. During that time we are fully committed to the work and every day are seeking for people looking for truth. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life because I was able to share something that I know everyone needs. Now I teach missionaries before they go out. I teach those going spanish speaking and help them learn how to teach the gospel in Spanish.

What have you done successfully to shield your family from unwanted influences?

I don't have my own family yet, but there are things that my parents did and I want to do the same with my children some day. First of all we followed the counsel of the prophet. The prophet has given what we call "For the Strength of Youth" and it encourages youth to be careful of what they watch, read, and do. That's what saves a lot of youth from pornography and helps them to find good friends.

I also think that the friendship I had with my parents and siblings kept unwanted things out. We had a good family relationship, but beyond that we were all best friends. I still consider my mom and dad two of my greatest friends. This kept us close to each other in that no one would want to disappoint the family and we could talk things through and we trusted each others' advice.

How I live my faith

My faith is my lifestyle. It directs my decisions and makes me a happy person. I work with missionaries in preparing them to teach the gospel in Spanish and I love it.

What is the difference between attending a Mormon Church and a Mormon Temple?

Janae answered...

We go to church every Sunday and partake of the sacrament. It's 3 hours long and an important part of keeping the Sabbath day holy. There we learn from each other and from the scriptures. We study the words of the prophets and apply it all to our lives. The temple is an even more sacred place where ordinances are performed. Here people are married and sealed for time and all eternity! That can only be done in the temple. We also do work for those that were not able to do it themselves. The scriptures say that no unclean thing can enter into the kingdom of God, so work is done for those that were never baptized.
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Kimberly. answered...

We go to church weekly to worship and take the sacrament, which is like communion. Everyone, no matter their faith, is welcome to come to church services and learn more about the Gospel.

The temple is a special place where members make further promises to Heavenly Father that they will keep his commandments. It is also where we are married, or sealed together, and where we can be baptized and sealed for our family members who have died before having those opportunities in life.

To go to the temple you need a card called a temple reccomend from your church leaders that confirms that you are currently doing your best to follow Christ and His Gospel as a member of the Church.

Can husband and wife be together forever? Do you believe that families will live together in heaven?

Matt answered...

The Lord would not command us to love each other so much during our lives only to tear us apart in the next life. We are one flesh just as the Lord is one with his church. The scriptures say that we are not to be put asunder.
Christ gave his apostles special revelations on this subject:
Matthew, Chapter 16:
Jesus said to his apostles:
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

What else would his apostles bind, and what else could the Savior mean, if not marriages? Christ put no limit on their binding power to bind relationships and covenants. Their power extends into heaven.
And he continued by saying:
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
– because some things are kept sacred until later times when the world is ready to receive them.
Temple sealing and eternal marriage are primarily the subject of modern revelation through prophets in our time.

In the latter days, according to prophecy, Elijah has returned to join families together. Malachi 4:5-6. We believe that prophets in each age bring new revelation from God. Amos 3:7.
This latter day revelation has finally made clear how families are kept together in heaven—something people have wondered about throughout the ages. (Ephesians 5:32, wherein it says that the subject of marriage in Biblical times was “a great mystery”). In our time, the purpose of marriage and family is clear: ordinances are being performed to unite the whole human family throughout all dispensations of time. It is a unique work for the latter days. These modern revelations free human kind from the depressing, and divorce-promoting idea that the family becomes meaningless in the life hereafter. The Lord would not put us in a world so alien to our heavenly home. In heaven, families are the eternal organizational unit in his kingdom.