Hi, I'm Allison

I love to spend time with my family. I hope to be with them forever. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am currently a stay at home mom with two children. My husband and I met in college and have been married for almost six years now. Before having children I was a high school Theatre teacher, and I still love being involved in drama productions whenever I can on a volunteer basis. I love to run and I have completed two marathons with my sisters and am training for a third. I also love to bake and cook, as well as do crafts and home improvement projects. I am in charge of the music time for the children at church and I love teaching them to sing songs and learn about the Savior.

Why I am a Mormon

I was raised in the Church, so I can't ever remember a time not having a testimony of Jesus Christ. But I am a member of the Church now as an adult, and choosing to raise my own children in the gospel because I have seen that following the commandments and teachings found in the scriptures leads to happiness. For me, the Church and the gospel are all about families and how we can love each other more fully and live better lives.

How I live my faith

Every day I read the words of the prophets in the scriptures and pray to my Heavenly Father, individually and with my husband and children. Each week my family spends Monday night together learning the gospel, singing uplifting songs, doing wholesome activities and enjoying homemade treats. This time we share together means the world to me, and is a program encouraged by our church leaders to help us raise strong, loving families. Each Sunday our family attends church where we worship with friends and neighbors, fulfill assignments I do singing time with the children, and my husband teaches the young men, and feel the love of the Lord. Each month I have been assigned to visit with and teach three other women in my area. This system ensures that no one is without a friend to rely on or a shoulder to cry on when needed. These women have become some of my closest friends and I serve and teach them. My husband and I regularly go to the Temple nearest us to worship and to spend quality time together we might not mange to fit into our busy schedules otherwise. These actions I take make me who I am, and I love living the gospel.

What do Mormons believe about the Bible? Do they regard it as Holy Scripture and the word of God?

Richard Gaffney answered...

As a convert I was concerned that the bible was replaced by the Book of Mormon. How far from the truth that concern was, as the Bible is the LDS primary teaching tool and the Book of Mormon is simply another testament of Jesus Christ and serves to verify the truths found in the Bible. Cerrtainly the Bible is Holy Scripture and the Word of God, as is the Book of Mormon. I have come to love the Book of Mormon and cross-reference the Bible and Book of Mormon finding the same truths in both volumes of scripture.
Jonathan Richardson answered...

We believe that the Bible is the word of God, given through his Apostles and Prophets in the days of old. Through generations the bible has been translated time and time again, and now it stands with some of the simple truths of Christs teachings being either removed or complicated. That is why there are so many different views on what the scriptures teach, and so many churchs created for those views. We believe that God has restored those simple truths and clarified the complicated view through the Book of Mormon which is a record of the ancient inhabitants of the Americas.

Why is family so important to Mormons?

Ben answered...

Because family is so important to God. Why do you think God intoduces Christ as His "only begotten SON in whom I am well pleased" and not something more formal like my servant, the Christ? Why in the scriptures is God referred to as "The Father" more than any other title? why is it that naturally we come into this life into a family, whether functional or not? Families are ordained of God. Agency and human nature is what may cause us to believe other wise.
Family ought to be our foundation of education in this life. I've moved around a lot. I've attended many different schools and one thing I've learned is that it is hard to focus on my goals if I don't have a social network providing acceptance and unity. A support group I can lean on and be there to be leaned on at school. It's a miracle that God has provided that support group for the important lessons in life.
If our families aren't what they could be, we can choose individually to be an example and a friend to them as far as possible. practice the principles of repentence and forgiveness. Understanding that our families are meant to be eternal helps us to not allow the small things to obstruct our relationships.