Hi, I'm Beffy

Surprise! I'm a Mormon! Also a wife, singer, actress, photographer, infertile and survivor of a 70lb tumor. I'm NO Molly Mormon!

About Me

Born to a very young mother who married at 13, I was an identical twin. My sister passed immediately, leaving me with many health problems that haunted my whole life. I struggle and fight, but through it all I have true love with my husband of 14 years, Jason. I lost my ability to bear children from Polycystic Ovaries, that lead to my having a 70lb (record breaking, I thank you!) tumor removed, and leaving me emotionally hungered for Motherhood, but barren. And, at 30, I have given up all hope for children. Which, can be hard in out faith
At the moment, I care for my husband, who became disabled after years of being a Martial Arts master with several black belts. Now, he is in a wheelchair on a bad day, a cane in the good days.

Personally, I am a professional photographer. Google me, I am good! I have photos published in national publications, including through this very church's own media! I have 3 dogs that are sunshine, love and magic all in a furry case of devotion. Our recent addition is a Foster Dog from an abused home. We pet her all the more often! I love that my church understands the bonds between Man... or Woman and Dog. That makes my soul feel full and shiny. I live in a tiny cottage home in a great neighborhood, completely integrated with great people of all races and creeds. I have my former Sunbeam and Young Womens kids all around my area, and I love to see them!
I have an I.Q. of 181, and I tend to spew facts and trivial knowledge like a Jeopardy contestant!

Why I am a Mormon

When I was young, my Mother impressed that religion was something weak and ignorant people used to understand what they couldn't comprehend.

As A child, I envied these people who could pray.

Prayer was not understood. I knew my Father appreciated Jesus. Slowly, I saw films and shows.

I still had no real concept. I had just little sparkles of who Christ was, and how to pray.

I once recall being in pain. I reached out and asked (And this will tell you how little I understood) Jesus to give me magic powers to make the pain stop.

I laid in bed and cried. Why hadn't Jesus, this guy people talk about on TV, given me magic powers? He seemed to do that for other people? Why didn't that happen. Of course, I fell asleep and hurt no more. I had no idea it was His comfort that gave me peace.

I also didn't understand the scriptures.

It wasn't until I was almost 30 before I owned a Bible.

I hid it from everyone, if Mom found out, she'd be disappointed.

I took a test on Beliefnet called the "Belief-O-Matic". Every attempt at the test always landed me at 100% Latter-Day Saint. Wait, Mormons? Aren't they like... Amish?

Time passes, and I see a TV show with LDS characters. Their life, their home, their family. It called out to me. I spent years investigating, researching the church, for better or worse.

I finally ordered a Book of Mormon. I hid it on top of my Headboard... sneaking reading scriptures here and there. Before I ever met a Missionary, I read it 5 times.

Something called into my soul, made it shine. Why?

After that, we moved to our current town. I had been living, unbeknownst to us, a mile from the Stake center. We were in this new town one day, and I saw missionaries on my street. I chased them down and pleaded to know more. Within one month, I was baptized. The next month, my husband was too! We love, adore, and need this church. We have found the happiest, smartest people. We don't discriminate, we love. That's why I am a Mormon.

How I live my faith

I am directing Choir! I love music, and I especially recommend the song "This is The Christ." check it out on youtube! I take trips to Historical Church sites like, Kirtland Ohio. I attend the Temple as often as I can. I spend time doing scripture study with my husband. We cuddle up on our old, old couches with our puppies on our laps, discovering new correlations and connections to scriptures. We always find something that speaks to us. We also use resources on Mormon.org and Mormon Media to listen to great speeches by smarter, spiritual Men and Women of the Church. They can inspire, raise up, heal and make you cry. It's a great thing to listen on long road trips. (Like, from North Carolina to Ohio! Whoo! LONG TRIP!)
We live the brilliant Words of Wisdom. Before Doctors knew Tobacco, Liquor and Red Meat was not good for the body... Heavenly Father revealed that fact to the church! THAT is awesome!
We also love the virtue of the youth here. We love how important learning and education is as well. So many people are kept down by their faith. NOT HERE! We encourage college educations and rising above! Children and family are of the highest value. They are among the congregation, rather than put away. They make us laugh so many times in our meetings!
While unable to be a mother myself, I know that if I had been one... this is absolutely where I would want to raise my family. Especially with the teachings that Familes can be together FOREVER.
That my love for my husband, my love for my parents, and my love for my brother... and the sister I never knew... will be there for me. For us! That love does not end at death. That's worth everything.

Why is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called Mormons or Mormonism?

Beffy answered...

It's not. That's an error in thought. The name comes from a slang term from the 1800's based on the title of one the books we use as sacred texts/canonized. But, we accept it, to a small degree. I don't mind being called a Mormon. I use it as a positive thing. So people understand who I am, and what I stand for. We love all. We believe in Christ. We follow the teachings of Christ. I am a Mormon.
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Why was a Restoration of the Gospel needed? Haven’t we always had the Bible?

Joshua answered...

The Restoration is needed because of the Apostasy. The apostasy is a time foretold of by the prophet in the Bible Amos. In Amos 8:11-12

" Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it."

Amos tells us that there will be a time when the gospel, or "the word of the Lord" will be lost. That time came when Jesus Christ and the Apostles were killed. Even though we still had the bible, there were no prophets or apostles to keep the gospel pure and true. Man was left with their own interpretation of the Bible. As we all know, there are thousands of christian churches all based on the bible, BUT all teach different doctrines. When Christ was on the earth He did not set up thousands of different churches so that there was something different for everyone. He had one church. His church. The prophet Peter tells us that there will be a restitution or a restoration of the gospel, in Acts 3:21

" Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."

In short, the gospel was lost during the Apostasy and the Restoration brought it back. So, now we have the same gospel that Christ set up when he was on the earth. :)

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