Hi, I'm Emily

I'm a wife and a mom to three girls. I'm a self-taught graphic designer. I run my own web design business from home. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a work-at-home mom to three beautiful little girls. My husband and I are both self-confessed, technology-loving geeks. In fact, we met online and have been married now for 13 years. I am a self-taught graphic designer who started my own web design business three years ago. I work with clients from all over the world but get to do it from the comfort of my own home, and usually in my pajamas.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born into a strong Mormon family. In fact, I come from a long lineage of proud Mormon pioneer ancestors. But that doesn't mean that I didn't have to become converted to this gospel. My conversion came incrementally but was solidified as a teenager while attending a church summer camp. I remember sitting in a beautiful meadow one sunny afternoon and praying to God to know whether the things I had been taught all my life were true. The confirmation that I received was undeniable. During the times in my life when my conviction has waned, I try to think back on that experience in the meadow, and others like it, and remember the feelings that I felt. The reason I stay, the reason I believe is something that Joseph Smith himself said, "I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it". I know that this church is Jesus Christ's true gospel and I know that when I'm following His example I'm happiest. It's really that simple for me.

How I live my faith

I help the teenage girls in our congregation with a goal-setting program called, "Personal Progress". The girls set and achieve goals that help to develop their skills, mold their character and strengthen them spiritually.

I also visit four assigned women from our congregation on a monthly basis. A companion and I go to their homes, share a gospel message with them and enjoy friendship and conversation. It's a way for us as women to look after one another needs and show our love and support.

Do Mormons practice polygamy?

David answered...

No.
Marc (Bo) answered...

Absolutely not!! This is one of the many myths about Mormon's that hollywood and the media continue to propogate. It is true that the early memebrs of the church did practice polygamy, but the church oficcialy denounced the practice 150 years ago!! If any church member today practices polygamy they are excommunicated. There are people who leave the LDS church and start their own religion base loosely on LDS beliefs. Some of them practice polygamy. They are NOT memebrs of the LDS (Mormon) chruch, nor do they have any affiliation with the LDS church.

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

Michael answered...

Sure I do. People have been deceived into believing that there are no prophets throughout biblical history. The first thing the adversary does when there is a prophet on the earth is to try to convince you that there are no such things or that the time has passed.

Think about it...when Noah preached to the people and prophesied that the flood was coming, they laughed at him. Even amongst the Jews, they disregarded and/or imprisoned Isaiah and Jeremiah because they prophesied that Israel would be carried away captive into Babylon.

I believe that the thing that one must overcome in order to believe that there are prophets alive today is get over the mindset that tells you that prophets have to be splitting the Red Sea or calling down fire from heaven in order to be considered as such. For every great miracle wrought by a biblical prophet there are many more who simply preached about the coming Messiah. Think of the prophets like Joel, Amos, Hosea and Habbakuk. These were prophets sent by God, but they were "boring" because they weren't performing miracles or commanding armies. The people disregarded their counsels at their spiritual peril.

Let us not repeat their error by not believing that prophets can't exist today. Let's instead get on our knees and receive our own personal revelation about the ones here amongst us.