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Hi, I'm Carleen

I am a mother, a wife, and an educator. I know 3 languages. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a city girl. The fast-paced life is all around me. I have struggled a long time raising my son as a single mother. At the same time, I have put myself through college. I have recently been married.

Why I am a Mormon

I was baptized when I was 10 years old. My family stayed with the church for 2 years then stopped for whatever reason. However I continued because of the support of a friend my age. In a small ward we were the only 2 girls for quite some time. When we both reached adulthood, my friend moved on to college and I stayed put. I fell away from the church for several years only attending occasionally. The worldly views were misdirecting me.

I had a son not long after high school. When he was in his preteen years, I truly started to feel that something was missing in both of our lives. After speaking with my bishop, he asked me to do a number of things. One was to pray and ask Heavenly Father if He loved me. Then to wait as long as it would take to get my answer. When I did pray, it did not take long to get my answer. It was powerful and certain. Since that time I have not fallen away from my Father in Heaven enough the world around me tries to bring me down. I know that Heavenly Father loves you and if you pray and ask Him, He WILL answer you. I know this to be true and I say this in Jesus name. Amen

Personal Stories

How does making right choices help us make more right choices?

Making the right choice can be very difficult at times. However its a streamline effect, once you do it then it gets easier every time. A singer's voice doesn't get strong if she/he doesn't practice. We become stronger every time we practice, whether it be a talent/skill or just making the right decision.

How I live my faith

In the past I have served as a teacher/president over the adult women. Currently I am serving in a new branch as a youth leader/president. I teach/mentor young girls ages 12 - 18. This calling is not a one-time-a- week-teach-then-go-home activity. Dealing with the youth is much more then that. We stay in contact during the week, meet on Sundays for lessons but have fun during a scheduled weekly activity. Occasionally we have sleep-overs at my home. This calling has given me the opportunity to show these young women that Our Father in Heaven loves them. Though we are a small branch this class has grown. New girls are showing up continually.

Can a husband and wife be together forever? Do Mormons believe that families will live together in heaven?

Carleen answered...

Yes families can be together forever. This is Heavenly Father's plan to be eternally happy. Through His teachings we can do so.
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Daniel answered...

When married by earthly power and the authority of man, our vows are "Until death do you part."

We believe that families can be together forever as part of our Heavenly Father's Great Plan of Happiness. His Work and His Glory is to bring to pass the exaltation and eternal life of man. He wants us to be even as He is and to return home to live with Him again.

Through the ordinances of his Holy Temples, God's son's and daughter's are able to make covenants. Through the power of His Holy Priesthood, be sealed together for all of time and eternity as Husband and Wife, parents and children.

Families were designed and instituted by God with the intent that they be forever. The love we feel in this life does not need to be cut off when we die. Those who have already died are not lost us forever. God has mercifully made a way by which all who would accept these saving ordinances can do so, living or dead.

We perform these ordinances for those who have in the past died so that they may have the opportunity of accepting them on the other side if they so choose to do so.

What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' attitude regarding homosexuality and same sex marriage?

Mike. answered...

First, I wholeheartedly believe in the "Official Church Answer" to this question. Homosexual behavior is, as the scriptures clearly state, against God's law, just as fornication and adultery are against God's law. There are no exceptions, but there is always repentance.

God loves all of his children. Christ died to redeem all of God's children. To these statements there are also no exceptions. I am firmly conviced that whether a person experiences same gender attraction or not, he or she is still a child of God. God's love for us is constant, but that does not mean that He will always approve of our choices or our behavior.

Through the atonement of Christ, all of our hurts and pains, all of our sorrows and anguish, will be taken away. All of our sins will be forgiven on condition of repentance. All these are His. He paid the price for them, and we have no right to hold on to them.

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