Hi, I'm Siri

I am a girl who loves to be passionate about the things that I do. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I love to laugh, live, and learn! I am a photographer! I am also finishing college to become an elementary special education teacher and I adore children! I am a black belt instructor in Tae Kwon Do and I am the oldest of 5 kids! At home all my family speaks is Swedish and we are fluent- love our Swedish heritage! I like painting, singing, dancing, and especially writing poetry. I am crazy in love with my husband and we love to do things that bring us closer to each other through the counsel of our Heavenly Father! I do so many things and what the gospel has taught me about them is that if I am doing something, I should be able to be passionate about it in some way. This makes my life so much more beautiful. I am so very blessed.

Why I am a Mormon

My parents are Mormon and so I was raised in the church, but just like it should, a time in my early teens came where I had to know for myself if the church was true. I couldn't rely on family anymore. I prayed earnestly to know if it was the right thing. I did not receive some miraculous confirmation the moment I finished praying. After several weeks of continuing to study and pour out my heart to my Heavenly Father, I suddenly felt an overwhelming joy and the line from the story of Joseph Smith's account in the scriptures came into my mind with a power I had never felt before. "I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it." From then on I have known. I know it and I know that God knows it and I cannot deny it.

Every time I look at my family laughing and smiling, every time I look at my husband with love in my heart, and every time I think of the children I will someday have, I know that I will be with them for time and all eternity if I live my life worthy of that great blessing. THAT is why I am a Mormon.

Personal Stories

Please share your feelings/testimony of the Restoration of the Gospel.

I am so eternally grateful for the restoration of the gospel. Heavenly Father loves us just as much as he loved his children anciently, so it only makes sense that he would give us a latter day prophet. I know that God chose Joseph Smith, a humble young boy who was earnestly seeking truth, to restore the fulness of His gospel to the earth today. I know that the Book of Mormon is truly the word of God and I am amazed at the light and truth that I find when I seek answers there. I am so glad that Heavenly Father and His son, Jesus Christ appeared to Joesph Smith in the sacred grove to answer his pleas. I know that Heavenly Father answers my prayers as well.

How I live my faith

Every week I go to church with my husband. We spend three hours there being enriched and prepared for another week of school, work, and troubles. It is easy to see how much Heavenly Father loves us when we always find messages in church that seem to have been prepared just for us. We also love to visit the temple. It's where we were sealed together for time and all eternity. The temple is truly the Lord's House here upon the earth and even going there and being on the grounds can relieve us from the troubles of worldly things. It is a special place where we go to receive answers to prayers and be closer to our Father in Heaven.

I live my faith by attending my church meetings to be uplifted, by attending the temple to find counsel from Heavenly Father, by reading scriptures and praying daily, and by living my life in accordance with the commandments that we have been given. This is my joy.

Why do you have 12 Apostles? They were just meant to be around for the time of Jesus Christ, not to be replaced with new apostles.

Garet Mang answered...

Well if Jesus Christ decided to have twelve apostles to minister to the people once he was gone, then why would he change his mind and decide not to have them ever again?
The twelve Apostles are like a pedestal, a foundation, where the church which is a beautiful vase is built upon. (Ephesians 2:19-20) When there was twelve and Juda fell away, it was important to replace that lost leg of the pedestal, so they chose Matthias, to replace Juda so the foundation would continue to be strong.
But when all the apostles where killed off, and rejected. It was like pulling a leg off of the pedestal, leg by leg. once you start taking off almost all of them, it becomes very unstable. because all the legs were torn off, the vase fell. And everyone knows when a vase falls, it shatters. There were still bishops around though, and they tried to piece the vase back together, and made it look very similar to what it once was. but there were still cracks in it and it wasn't perfect. And if you place water in that vase, it's going to leak out of the small cracks. Those cracks are small and simple truths, and authority that was lost. Because even the Bishops had to report to the Apostles before they were killed
But because God loves us and is perfect, he had Jesus Christ work through Joseph Smith (A prophet) and created a new Vase exactly like the one he made before (The Church), and a new pedestal (The Twelve Apostles). Because Jesus Christ church was the way he wanted it, and so it is again.
Becky answered...

Our church is the same church that Christ instituted while he was here on the earth. It is Christ's church and is called after him. Just as he had 12 Apostles, we have 12 Apostles and, as Peter was President of the Church after Christ ascended into heaven following His ressurection, we have a living prophet. Christ is the head of the church, but the prophet and apostles act for him and in his name. They have the same Priesthood power that Christ gave to Peter and the other apostles at that time. The prophet and apostles today are also called as seers, revelators, and special witnesses of Jesus Christ. Theirs as in the time of Christ is the duty to handle the affairs of the Church, to travel to different countries and bear testimony of and administer in the name of Jesus Christ. We have the opportunity every 6 months in a General Conference of the Church, broadcast over television, radio, and internet all over the world, to hear them speak about Christ, and to teach us how to become more like Him. They are important in their ministry as well as in the organization of our large, worldwide church membership.

What do Mormons believe about the nature of God?

Kathleen answered...

This question is easily answered in the words of one of the children's songs "I know my [Heavenly] Father lives, and loves me too". We believe in a loving God, who knows us each individually. Another way I know that God loves me because he has heard and answered my prayers many times. Some people think that God is angry, but I do not believe that is so. Matthew 7:11 reads, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to those that ask him?" I think that just explains it all- as parents we want the best for our children. God, our Heavenly parent, wants the best for us, too. As parents, we recognize that giving our children everything they ask for isn't necessarily what's best for them. God does this for us also.