Hi, I'm Holly

About Me

I love to be outside and smelling the freshness of the mountain air. Playing soccer and reading are two of my favorite things to do! I have finished school and graduated in Business Information Systems. Now I am just working and loving the opportunity I have to meet new people and finding lasting friendships.

Why I am a Mormon

I have been a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints since I was 8 years old. I have had many opportunities in my life to strengthen my testimony that I know this church is true. Because I was baptized young I have been studying the scriptures for a long time. In the Bible and the Book of Mormon I have found peace and comfort that have sustained me in my trials. With out them I don't know how I could have become who I am today. I know that Jesus Christ lives and is our Savior. What he has done for us is beyond our comprehension. He has given everything to us and for that I am so grateful to him and pray that everyday I can become more like him to help bless the lives of those around me.

Personal Stories

Why do Mormons go on missions?

One of the greatest blessing I have had in my life so far was the opportunity I had to serve a mission in Uruguay. Members go on missions to share the testimonies we have to people who have not had the opportunity to learn what we know. Missionaries have been a part of Christ's church since he organized it. He sent out his Apostles to teach and so it makes sence that Christ's restored church would also send out missionaries.

How I live my faith

I live my faith by striving everyday to do the things that I am taught to do. In the gospel we are given many opportunities to teach and serve others. I have the blessing of serving with other women in the Church. I help plan activities for the women that helps us to grow closer to our Savior and each other.

How can we come to know our Father in Heaven?

Holly answered...

I have come to know better my Heavenly Father by putting myself in places that teach me of him. Going to church every Sunday has given me that opportunity. There we learn of him and his son Jesus Christ. I have also come to know him by studying the scriptures and learning what he has taught from the beginning of how much he loves us and wants us to know how we can return to live with him someday.

Why don’t women hold the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? How do Mormon women lead in the Church?

Leeny answered...

This is a question I had to really consider before joining the Church. My mother is a non-denominational chaplain, and both my sisters are pastors. Female leadership in church settings is very important to my family.

It is to me as well. I think many people become offended when they learn that only men hold the priesthood because they misunderstand it. The priesthood is a tool given to men in order that they might serve others more. It does not in any way give them power or dominion over women. Those people who suppose the priesthood is a way to control others are deeply mistaken.

My husband is a priesthood holder, this means I am too. I have claim on my husband's priesthood power. Even more than he does. If I am sick, discouraged, or in need of help I can call upon my husband to give me a blessing through the priesthood that he holds. I then recieve many blessings because of my husband's worthiness to work in behalf of Christ. My husband is never able to give himself a blessing though. If he is sick or discouraged he must call on other priesthood holders to administer to him. My husband holds the priesthood so that he can bless me and our child - never himself.

The priesthood is the power of Christ on the earth. It allows those who hold it to serve their families in the same way Christ served the Church. Did Christ do any deed for himself during his earthly ministry? No. Christ spent all his energy serving the people. This is what the priesthood does for my husband. It infuses him with Christ's compassion and ability to love, and then my husband is able to use that celestial love in our family.

Why don't women also recieve this special gift then? The simple answer is women don't need it. As women we are innately endowed with compassion, selflessness, and love. Think about the way a mother loves her child. I believe there is nothing more pure and similar to Christ's love for us, than a mother's love for her children. Women naturally have the ability to love as Christ does.

In an ideal situation, which is what God always intended for us, there are two partners in marriage. There is the husband and father, a priesthood leader who can be called upon to administer blessings and serve in Christ's name. And there is also the wife and mother, who is blessed with the ability to love as Christ loves and sacrifice for her family. These are two seperate and divinely appointed roles. Each complementing the other. Both make a complete home.

Women do not hold the priesthood because they do not need it. Women have other God-given powers that raise them up to the task they are called to. A man is appointed to serve his wife and children - it is the power of the priesthood that enables him to do this.

I am grateful to have a husband who is worhty to use the priesthood in my behalf. It has blessed me many times and I know that it is a special gift from God - not only to my husband, but to me as well.