Hi, I'm Alicia

I love being a wife and mother. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am married and a mother of 1 beautiful girl. I love being a mother and teaching her things. I work part-time to help support our family and to get us back on our feet. I like spending the free time I do have chatting with girlfriends, couponing, reading books. I am also studying to become a doula so I can help other women feel the joy I have in becoming a mother.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born and raised in the LDS church. I love this church and know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I love being able to be linked to my family forever through the blessings of the temple. I know from experience that the atonement (or suffering and resurrection) of Jesus Christ can heal your soul when nothing else can. I know my Savior can make me feel whole when even my family cannot. I know that we have a wonderful prophet who leads and guides this church today. I am so grateful for Heavenly Father's guidance through our prophet, apostles, and the other leaders of this church.

Personal Stories

What blessings have come through your faith in Jesus Christ?

The greatest blessing I have experienced from my faith in Jesus Christ is my ability to be a better wife and mother coupled with a greater sense of peace. When we have Faith in the Savior, we know that we can expect blessings from choosing to follow His commandments. These blessings may not always come immediately, but they do come and they give us something to look forward to during trials.

Recently, I have made a goal to have more faith. By doing so, I have been more patient with my husband and daughter, more in tune to the Holy Ghost, more willing to serve, etc. Even though we, like many, are struggling financially, I have been happy and have had a bright hope of what lies ahead in our future so long as I keep strengthening my faith in Him.

How I live my faith

My family recently moved, so we do not have specific positions of service in our church yet, but I spend my time trying to help the new members of our ward feel welcome and trying to serve as much as I can.

What do Mormons believe about the Holy Ghost? Who is the Holy Ghost?

Alicia answered...

Mormons believe the Holy Ghost to be a member of the Godhead. The Godhead is 3 members of deity: Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, who work together for the same purpose of bringing Heavenly Father's children back to live with Him in the eternities.

The Holy Ghost is a spirit. He does not have a physical body like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. His purpose is to comfort Heavenly Father's children, bear witness to our souls of the divinity of Jesus Christ, and sometimes even to warn us at certain instances of our lives. When we get baptized, we are then given a blessing to receive the Holy Ghost. After this blessing, the Holy Ghost can be our constant companion so long as we keep God's commandments.

In my life, I have experienced times of living without the Holy Ghost's presence. It is a dark and lonely feeling. Now, I choose to do my best to keep God's commandments. By doing so, I am better able to serve those around me when I listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.

What is the priesthood?

Ethan answered...

I like to approach questions by looking at the words of things

"priest" has reference to either the concept of one who leads, one who is elder, or one who is holy I like to remember that the words 'holy' and 'whole' are linked by a common ancestry. When something is 'holy' it's essentially saying that it's complete, that it's healthy..

And "-hood" makes reference to the state of being, and not just any state of being but a state of being that's worthy or correct for it's placement. That is, that it's done properly.

So one could say the priesthood is leadership or a point of reference that's completely suited to the position in which it's been placed.

Another way to look at it is to say it's God's perfect order. That is, it's God's perfect arrangement.

In our Church we often give a definition of priesthood as being "the authority to act in God's name" and that's exactly what it means to be a part of God's perfect order. If God commands something to be done by you, and you do it, then you are acting under, and with that portion of God's authority that he's permitted you to exercise within his perfect order.

Just as with any instance where someone tries to act in the name of someone else there are bound to be those who try and do so falsely. That's why God has things ordered in such a way that one can know for certain if someone has His God's authority, or not.