Hi, I'm Christine

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I love the summer and all things that come with it. I love being on a boat, and have waterskiied since I was 6. I love to play lacrosse, and other sports. I'm married to a real handsome guy who loves being outside and adventuring with me.

Why I am a Mormon

I grew up always knowing and living the gospel. My parents are excellent examples of how living a good life brings happiness. Because our family is close, I always had the loving support of siblings and parents to help me become a better person by working on my weaknesses and following my Savior's example. I've found that through His Gospel, I find what makes me joyful. I find strength in the scriptures and from the words of our modern day prophets. I have faith that I will be with my family forever. Most of all I know that I am loved by a Father in Heaven who watches out for me and help me to succeed.

Personal Stories

Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

Prayer to me is like a map, or in todays world, a GPS system. I try my best to stay on the route to heaven. Sometimes, I'm not sure which way to turn or what decisions to make.

Prayer has always helped me make decisions wisely, and I encorporate the Lord into my decision making, then I will always make a good decision.

Additionaly, prayer has been a major source of comfort in my life. There are times when I have just needed to feel better, to feel happy, and when I pray-- I feel so much better.

I remember a time when I was feeling desperate and alone. I kneeled down my my bed looking for comfort, for someone to talk to. After I'd spilled my problems and troubles before the Lord. I heard a soft knock on my door, and my dad came in asking if I wanted to talk.

Not only was the Lord answering my prayer, but my dad was sensitive enough to follow a feeling that his daughter needed a friend and a hug.

How I live my faith

I work with the children in our congregation. I've taught different ages, and really enjoy seeing them excited about the gospel.

Because we just moved to a new place in the country, our congregation has become a real support group, a home away from home, and I enjoy activities with fellow members of our church.

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

Christine answered...

Yes! How great is that!?
We believe that we are married, not until "death do us part" but for all eternity.

Although it may sound daunting at first (haha), this makes my marriage very sacred and special. My husband and I have goals in sight, and work on those together. We help each other do our best, and live the commandments we have been taught so we can be together with eachother and with all our family members who we love so much.

It's especially comforting at a time of death and loss, knowing that this isn't the end, there is more to come. God's plan is eternal, and so the covenants and promises we make here on earth and eternal as well, including marriage! What a blessing!
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.

Do you really believe there is a prophet like Moses alive today?

Tom answered...

I do believe that there is a prophet alive today. This was a concept that I struggled with when I was investigating the Church because I was skeptical of ancient prophets, much less a living prophet. As I worked with the Bishop and Stake President (local Church leaders), I began to see that they could receive revelations for my benefit as well as other Church members for whom they have responsibility. Seeing God's power through these good men that I came to know personally helped me realize that our Heavenly Father directs his Church through modern day prophets.