Hi, I'm Kaylee

I'm a Student. I love life. And I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I love to sew, read, cook, talk, and talk some more. I love people and I love to have fun! I recently got married to the man of my dreams! I grew up in Utah in a family of ten children. I have 10 nieces and nephews as of right now, and can't wait to be a mom myself! I am going to college to be a dental hygenist. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ with all my heart!

Why I am a Mormon

I was born into a very actively involved LDS family. I have had to come to find of it's truthfulness for myself though. As I've grown, I've had hard things happen, but through prayer and reading the scriptures I have come to know my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ more and more personally. I sometimes forget that I have them to rely on and try to face trials and hard times in life on my own; that is so hard. We need Them! They want to help us and I know that. That is why I am a member of this church! Because I know that Jesus Christ lives and that He loves me and knows MY name. I know He would have died for me, even if I were the only person on earth that needed His Atonement. He knows everything I am going through!
For me, life is bearable and even happy because of my Savior, Jesus Christ and my Father in Heaven. They love us and want what is best for us! I know it and you can too! If we'll just pray with a sincere heart and real desire, we can all know!

Personal Stories

How has The Book of Mormon helped you understand the purpose of life?

To me the purpose of life on earth is that we might live in a way that we might return to live with God after we die. But to live in this way, entails a lot. Including loving God and His Son Jesus Christ, having faith, keeping the Commandments, etc, etc. The Book of Mormon has helped me to understand this because it testifies of this over and over in there, and testifies of each thing we need to do and how; I know it's true. The Book of Mormon, through stories of ancient prophet's lives, shows us the way we need to live, and what consequences result when we are "good" or when we are "bad."
This past week, I've been praying a lot to get help in the faith area, because I knew I was lacking, so I prayed that I might gain more faith. (Faith is to hope for things which are not seen, but are true.) I studied the Book of Mormon a lot and looked for examples of faith and I found them. By reading about faith and seeing the results in their lives from them having and exercising faith, my resolve and faith were strengthened. As I got more faith, I was able to know that God would take care of me and my husand. I knew that if it was what He wanted, He would help me get a job, and if He had something else He needed me to do instead, He would help me to find it. But either way, I knew He would provide a way for us to pay tuition fees, because we are doing as He has asked, and we are getting an education. I had that faith, combined with prayers (lots of them) and then, no joke, two hours later I got a call for a job interview. This was the first call I've gotten in my two months of job searching full time. I'm so grateful that the Lord has helped us and that we will be able to pay our college fees now.
I know that the Book of Mormon is there to strengthen us to and help us see what paths in life we should not and should take are. Even if I hadn't gotten the job I did, I know that I can trust God, and that I wouldn't have gotten a job for a reason. I know that! Because Heavenly Father loves me and will take care of me and give me the experiences that I need that I might become more like Him. Through this experience, I now have my own experience to rely on, as well as the experiences of those in the Book or Mormon, to help me have faith. What a true and generous blessing from God.

Please share your feelings/testimony of Joseph Smith.

I know that the story of Joseph Smith and his "first vision" may seem strange at first, but if we can get past that, then we are allowing God to show us of it's truthfulness. I know for myself, through the spirit, that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God on the earth. I know that He saw God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I know that God gave Joseph the right to translate the Golden Plates, so that we could have the Book of Mormon to help us to love and to grow. When I was a teenager I thought one day about what if Joseph Smith had lied? What if it was a joke? Over the next couple of months, I began to see that I not only had a spiritual confirmation through prayer that it was all true, but it made sense logically. Why would a man go through so many hard things and put so many good people through hard things, if it hadn't really happened. After having your life threatened, put in jail several times, and having tar and feathers on your entire body, any man that was lying would give up and tell the truth that he was lying all along and to please stop trying to harm/kill him. But Joseph didn't, because he was being 100% truthful. How could you face God after having seen Him once and having to tell Him that you denied that you really saw Him? You couldn't, and neither could Joseph Smith. In the end, he died for what He saw and for the gospel that He helped God restore back on the earth. No man that is lying would do such a thing. And then I thought, what if he was crazy? No crazy man would go around trying to get people to live better lives and promote love and peace and honesty like he did. This gospel is all about being your best self, and becoming more like Christ; striving to be as He is.So why was everyone so upset at this church being formed by the power of God through Joseph Smith? Because the devil knows that it's true and he doesn't want people to have this goodness in their lives. This gospel just makes sense and is only going to bring good into your life. Becasue knowing of it's truth helps relieve burdens of life and trials seem not so bad.I know it's true, and I know there is a lot about our church that may seem strange at first, but if you'll be open to it and give it all a chance, you can know the truth of it all too! And you're life will never be the same; only getting better and better!

How I live my faith

My favorite way to live my faith is to smile! I love smiling and trying to brighten people's days. I know that when I'm letting the Light of Christ shine through me, other's can see it and can come to know Him! I also go to church meetings every Sunday and I try my hardest to keep the commandments that God has given us. I'm not perfect and neither are any of the members, but we are trying. I just got called in my ward at school to be on the committee to plan activities for the women's organization, Relief Society, in our ward. We are hoping to plan fun activities where we can all get to know each other well and have fun!

What is the First Vision?

Kaylee answered...

The "First Vision" is when our prophet Joseph Smith, as a fourteen year old boy went to a grove to pray, in 1820. He was asking God, through prayer, which church was true and which one he should join. As he prayed, God and His Son, Jesus Christ appeared unto Joseph Smith in that grove and told him that none of the churches on the earth were true, and that he should join none of them. They told him that the church of Jesus Christ had been taken from the earth due to wickedness. This vision was the start of Joseph Smith helping God to restore Christ's true church back onto this earth.
I know this to be true, because I have prayed about it and you can too!
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What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' attitude regarding homosexuality and same sex marriage?

Rachel! answered...

In the Church we believe that marrige is between a man and a woman and that if a person acts on homosexual urges it is a sin. Inspite of us believing that homosexuality is a sin we think that we should love all of Gods childeren and we should not judge a person or condemn them. You can love the sinner and hate the sin. No one deserves to be degraded or bullied even if you dont agree with what they are doing. We are all childeren of God.