Hi, I'm Candi

I'm a Mormon. I grew up in Pennsylvania. I am a wife and a stay at home mom of 3. I have been LDS all my life.

About Me

I am a wife of 8+ years and a stay at home mother for 6. I have 3 children whom I love spending time with! I just started to home school my eldest daughter last year and really loved watching her learn and grow. I plan to continue to teach the rest of my children at home now. It has been a huge way to bond and I love to be involved with their learning. I enjoy crafting and scrapbooking, photography, cooking, reading but most of all I enjoy being with my family, just doing things together and making memories.

Why I am a Mormon

I have been a member all my life. What I mean is that both my parents were mormon and I was baptised at age 8. I stay a mormon now because I grew up with a mother who was very sick. I learned very young that this life is all too short. I learned that I have a Father in Heaven who loves me and I was blessed through my trials to develope a testimony that the church is true. I really do think that had I not had the experiences I have had, it might have taken me a lot longer to realize the truth of my beliefs. I unfortunately had lost my mother when I was 16. It was through the sorrow and pain of that loss that I turned to my Father in Heaven and pleaded with him for comfort. When that comfort came, I knew without a doubt that I would see my mom again. That we were sealed in the temple and that sealing was a bond unbreakable. I knew that if I stayed true to what I was taught and held tight to the teachings of the gospel, I would see her again. It means so much to me to know that I cannot lose my family. That I can teach my children of the joy they feel when they gain a testimony. It gives me the greatest joy to teach these things to my family and see their faith grow.

Personal Stories

How can we develop greater harmony in our homes?

I have learned through our family scripture studies and family prayers that we are teaching our children and learning for ourselves in the process how much they are loved by God and our Savior Jesus Christ. When you know you are a child of God and he has created you, your attitude changes about yourself. You find greater self worth. Thats what we try to teach in our home. To remember who we are. When we know, we treat each other with love too. Because we are all God's children.

How I live my faith

I heard once that being mormon isn't just going to church but its a lifestyle. I completely agree. My family and I have a Family Home Evening every monday night. That is where we set a specific time to gather togeher to teach each other, spend time, plan, play and just grow closer to one another. Our family reads the scriptures every evening and have family prayers together every day. I prepare lessons and teach the 12-13 year old girls on Sundays. I also go to visit a couple women from my ward. I and my visiting partner try to make sure those women feel loved and thought of. We try to help them in any way we can. That is how I try to treat anyone I meet, whether a member of the church or not.

Why was a Restoration of the Gospel needed? Haven’t we always had the Bible?

Candi answered...

We have had the Bible but the Bible is only part of what we need. We needed a Restoration because after Jesus Christ was crusified and his apostles died, the gospel was taken off the earth becuase of a widespread apostacy. It was through Joseph Smith that Jesus and Heavenly Father restored the gospel.
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Todd answered...

Well, the Bible hasn't always existed, at least not in it's present form. The Old Testament is a collection of writing from ancient prophets and the New Testament is a collection of Christ's followers and apostles. Think about this, for thousands of years, God revealed truth about the purpose of life and direction of how we should live. Why, then did it stop?

After the Ascension of Christ into heaven, his Apostles carried on: teaching, building the church, acting under the authority of Christ. Not long into the growth of this newly founded church, others felt they knew better than these men (both in and out of the new Christian faith). Many leaders rejected the teaching of Paul and the other apostles (or at least distorted their meaning and intent) and taught things they found to be pleasing to their followers. This rejection/dstortion is called the Great Apostasy. It led to the death of the apostles and the withdrawal of God's authority on the earth. As a result, the Christian world claimed the Canon was closed and that we had all that needed to said from God.

The Restoration literally was the return of God's authority on the earth. We believe that God speaks to man and that the Canon is not closed, nor will it ever be. Revelation is the key to our salvation, because it is the only way we can truly come to know of the redeeming power of our Savior. That is why we needed the Restoration.

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

Mark answered...

This is more than just instinct. We are indeed eternal beings whose origin is before the creation of the earth. And one of the things we come to earth to do is to find a companion, not only for this mortal existence, but for eternity as well. God has provided the place, the Temple of the Lord, and the authority, the power to seal things on earth and in heaven. So that eternal relationships can be established here and enjoyed after this life is done. Do I believe it? I feel certain that these principles are true. The Holy Ghost confirms that to my spirit.