Hi, I'm Rochelle.

I am a college student. I am a Family & Consumer Science Education Major. I am a cook & a wife. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a college student majoring in Family & Consumer Science Education aka. Home Economics Education. My choice in my major reflects my love for cooking, nutrition, interior design, and other crafts. I also love taking photos as well as playing the piano. My favorite thing to do is to experiment in the kitchen and make-up new recipes. I got married in 2010 and love married life! I hope to be a mother some day.

Why I am a Mormon

My parents are Mormons, so I was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints my whole life. However, as I grew older, I wanted to know for myself if the church I have grown up with was the true church after all. I prayed and peace just flooded my heart. I realized as I reflected on my life how my testimony of the truthfulness of this church has grown as I have grown, I just needed to notice it. God does bless us and helps us grow, even if we don't realize it. I continue attending church and living it's standards because I have seen the benefits of living a righteous, good life. I have avoided so many pitfalls just from living the gospel. I am grateful for the guidance and strength the this church constantly gives me. I have a good life because of the gospel.

Personal Stories

Can you think of a specific challenge in your family that Gospel Principles helped overcome?

In the spring of 2008, my sweet mother was diagnosed with stage four cancer which had spread to the rest of her body. It was my senior year of high school. I was devastated.

During my mom's battle with cancer, we were blessed in SO many ways with excellent doctors, supportive nurses, wonderful friends, family willing to serve, bosses willing to give time off, etc. It was incredible the blessings we received despite the trouble and heartache we were going through. We received so much strength from our Heavenly Father, and we knew He was mindful of us and loved us.

When we finally came to terms with the fact that my mom's condition was irreversible and the end was near, it was very difficult. She eventually passed away January 2010. Although I miss her greatly, and I still feel the aches of passing, I feel great peace in knowing that I will see my mother again, that I will be with my family forever, and that I know Heavenly Father still loves me and will take care of me and my family.

How I live my faith

I help out at church by playing the piano for our children's organization called Primary. I learn so much from these little ones. Their examples of purity, innocence, and unwavering faith remind me that I need to constantly develop those qualities as well. I love visiting the women in our ward. I learn so much from them as well. The sisterhood in the church is such a strength to me. After losing my mom to cancer, I missed the comfort, guidance, and support I got from her. I find comfort, advice, and love from the women in the church. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve them and visit with them often. Another thing I do is pray and read the scriptures with my husband. This strengthens our marriage, and helps us learn how to help each other and draw closer to the Lord.

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

Rochelle. answered...

We all will agree that we aren't perfect. There are times when we mess up, don't do what we should, or when we could have done better. It is easy to do. This is a problem though because "no unclean thing can enter into His kingdom" 3 Nephi 27 19. We become unclean every time we sin or "mess up" and thus cannot return to our Heavenly Father. The Savior made it possible for us to repent, to become clean, and to make it possible for us to return back to the kingdom and presence of our Father. There is great peace and love that replaces the guilt and sorrow we feel after we have sinned. I am so grateful for Jesus Christ because I know I can become clean from my sins. I know He loves us, and wants us to return back to our Heavenly Father. This is why He sacrificed His life for us.
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.

What is faith?

Zen answered...

Of all the definitions of faith I have read or heard, I add the simplest and most complete to me, which is the Love of Christ. I cannot think of a better way to describe faith. Love of Christ is the substance of hope in something evident we can not see with earthly eyes. It is the faith in Christ or the love of Christ that enabled Able to make a more perfect sacrifice (Hebrews 11:4). That love is why we believe in Christ, it is why we have grace, it is why we have works, it is why we have belief, it is why we have hope, it is why we have charity, it is the very essence of faith, and faith is the very essence of the Love of Christ

Perfect knowledge is worthless without faith. For instance, most of us have perfect knowledge that applying a pointed pencil to paper will cause a mark. That knowledge will not make a mark if we do not exercise the elements of faith called works (picking up the pencil, applying it to the paper, and making a mark), belief (that doing so will make a mark), and hope (that it actually will make a mark). It is my desire that you would exercise works to find out about Christ and study Him, that you would believe on His words and His life and His sacrifice, and that you would hope that He would have an effect in your life. If you exercise this faith, you will truly come unto Him.