Hi, I'm Kaylen

I'm determined. I'm enthusiastic. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

Hey! I'm Kaylen, I'm 20 years old. I am preparing to serve a Mission. I have been reactivated to the Church, meaning: I was raised LDS, but I was inactive for about 5 years. About a year and a half ago, I had an amazing experience that brought me back to the Church. I have never felt so strongly that this is the true Church.

Why I am a Mormon

I have chosen to be a Mormon because the Holy Ghost as repeatedly told me it is true. When I was inactive, a friend of mind took a walk. We ended up walking down by Temple Square. I stepped on the side-walk on the Temple Square grounds, and was immediatly filled with this feeling of love and understanding. I wanted to know what it was and why I felt that way. When I stepped off the Square, the feeling was gone. It took me a few weeks to go back again, but when I did, the feeling was back again. I wanted to learn more about it and understand it. So, that is what begun my journey into becoming a Member of the Church again. I am learning more and more about the Church everyday. I love everything that I am learning, and want to be able to share it with as many people that will listen.

How I live my faith

I teach the 11 year olds. They are some of the most amazing young adults (almost) that I have met. They usually end up teaching me more about the lesson. They seem to have a different outlook on what we are learning each week. By having this calling, I get to study the scriptures even more, I get to study the scriptures about a specific topic week to week. So in turn I get to learn more and more about the topics, than I normally would by my own scripture study.

Why don’t women hold the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? How do Mormon women lead in the Church?

Kaylen answered...

I have asked myself this very question many times. I found the answer through one of the Sister Missionaries who taught me very important concepts. Men and Women are equal in the Church. Woman lead different orginazations, just like the men do. Woman lead Relief Society and Young Womans, while Men, they lead Priesthood meetings, and are Bishops. Women don't hold the Priesthood because it is not what God asked us to do. We are asked to have children and raise them in the Church. We are asked to support our Husbands in all that they do. It may not seem like a lot, but without Women to bring these children into the world, they wouldn't be able to leave this world to spend Eternity with their Heavenly Father. So, each roll we play is very Important to Our Heavenly Father's Plan.
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Kara answered...

Women don't hold the priesthood in the church, as this is a teaching that has come from Jesus Christ. However, women have such a significant role to play in the church that personally I have never felt that this is an issue I am concerned with or even think about. My husband and I are equal partners in our family, and the church has such respect and reverence for women and their role in the world. Women in the church also belong to what is called the 'Relief Society' it is one of the largest women's organisation in the world, and fills me with such a desire to serve and do good that when we meet together wherever I am in the world I feel so proud to be apart of it.

What are Mormon women like? Do Mormons believe in equality of men and women?

Asia answered...

Women have a divine role, as designed by Heavenly Father before we came to earth. We were given the sacred opportunity to be mothers and to work alongside the brethren of the church to serve, uplift, and strengthen others. Women are powerful and strong forces for good in the world. We must be careful, however. The world today often tries to demean the divine role of womanhood by over-sexualizing women or saying that they should be the same as men. Women and men are different for divine purposes. I don't want to be a man. I know that Heavenly Father sent me here to be who I am because I can contribute to this great work in a way that no one else can. I'm grateful to be a woman today.

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