Hi, I'm Tracee

I'm a student. I'm an expat kid. I'm a daughter. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm an eighteen year old college student. I love vintage clothing, Elvis Presley, and playing the guitar and ukulele. I spent high school in the Middle East. I also love my family and church.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born a Mormon, but I stay a Mormon because it brings me so much happiness. I love my Savior and know that he cares and takes care of me. I know that my family will be together forever and my faith brings me the utmost joy.

Personal Stories

Why/How do you share the gospel with your friends?

I share the gospel with friends because I want them to feel the same joy I do. The church is as simple as that.

How I live my faith

I live my faith by following the teachings of Jesus Christ. I try to reach out to others as He would. I dress modestly. I refrain from drinking and smoking, and I'm honest in my schoolwork.

Mormons believe Jesus Christ is their Savior. Why do we need a Savior?

Tracee answered...

We need a Savior for so many reasons. His way allows us redemption from our sins. He loves us and gives us so much strength. He is always there to help us when we fall. He wants to bless us and we can feel so much more happiness in our lives when we let Him in.
Trisha answered...

There are doctrinal answers to why we believe we need a Savior to redeem us from the Fall of Adam and to return us to our Father in Heaven that you'll probably come across here. But let me tell you why I need a Savior personally and what He does for me. Christ suffered personally for my pains, sorrows, and sins so that if I ask Him too, He can take them from me. I have been the victim of abuse in my life, and yet through Him I have been able to lay it all at His feet, freely forgive, feel peace, find love, and understand how important negative life experiences can be in teaching us humility. Daily He takes my pain and replaces it with pure love so that I am no longer a victim, but a victor. I need a Savior because He knows me, and through him my flaws become strengths and my pain becomes peace.

Why don’t Mormons have paid clergy?

Susie answered...

A ward or branch is the local unit of the church. This is the place where members have the opportunity to develop friendships and to help one another. We get support and lessons on the scriptures and how to improve our family relationships.

Our Heavenly Father expects us to lift and serve one another in this life. This is the principle behind a volunteer clergy. The local leader of a ward or branch calls on various members on the ward/branch to volunteer their services in teaching and leading the other members. We all donate our time and thus are able to lift and serve on another. The leaders seek divine guidance in making these callings. We who have been called to also seek divine guidance in fulfilling our positions.

We each try to follow the teachings of an ancient prophet who taught that when we are baptized we "are willing to bear one another's burdens, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort." (Book of Mormon, Mosiah 18:8-9).

Through our volunteer service, members lift one another's burdens and express our love to one another.