Hi I'm Kyla

About Me

I'm the mom of two great kids and the wife to one awesome husband. I used to be a 2nd grade teacher and I loved it. Now I craft and blog, blog and craft, all while trying to entertain the troops.

Why I am a Mormon

I know some people think I'm a Mormon because I was born a Mormon. My parents are Mormon. Their parents are Mormon. Their parents are Mormon. It's my family history on both sides. However, this isn't why I'm a Mormon. I could have chosen a different faith. A different life. I choose to be a Mormon because I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father. I know that families can be forever through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet chosen by God to restore the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Earth in these latter-days.

How I live my faith

I teach the 16 and 17 year old girls each Sunday and I love it. They are such an inspiration of faith and and example of integrity to me.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Nathan R. Daniels answered...

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Who chooses the Mormon prophet?
Nathan R. Daniels answered...

Ha ha. Mormon prohpet... Well I personally wouldn't call the prophet a mormon prophet. We claim that this church the mormon church is lead by Jesus Christ. Not only do we follow Him, but He leads us. And He does that through a prophet of God. So who chooses the Mormon prophet? Jesus Christ our living Savior. Show more Show less
Steven answered...

The Prophet is choosen by Jesus Christ. He is the head of the Church, the Prophet is not. The current Prophet, Thomas S. Monson, will serve until his death, upon which time, the senior Apostle, (the Apostle who has been an Apostle the longest) will recieve the Mantle of the Prophet. There is no voting, no vying for position, Christ chooses when Apostles are called, and WHO is called as an apostle, Apostles are chosen from the body of the Church, regardless of previously held Church callings, by revelation given through current Apostles. Christ said, speaking to his Apostles "ye have not choosen me, I have choosen you", and we hold that to be true as concerns Peter, James, and John as well as President Thomas S. Monson, Henry B. Eyring, and Deiter F. Uchtdorf. Show more Show less

What is faith?
Cary answered...

Faith is a huge topic, rarely fully understood even by people who talk about it a lot. In the Mormon conception, it's a step of confidence between mere belief and full knowledge. It's perhaps best described by contrast with these two extremes on the continuum on which they all lie. First, faith is not that passive thing we call belief because it's a principle of action. So for someone to have faith, they have to be motivated to put a belief into practice, not merely be content with keeping it in their mind. For example, we believe that Christ is the Savior, but because we have faith we ACT as if this were true, and follow His example as best we can. In fact, "acting as if..." is a fairly good phrase to define faith. On the other hand, faith is not "perfect knowledge" either. There is enough of an element of uncertainty about the thing we have faith in, that it takes an effort of conscious decision-making to test our faith's hypothesis. If we had a full knowledge of a thing, that whole test, and the faith to find out if it's true, wouldn't be necessary. Atheists will argue that faith is mere belief (and baseless, at that), but what I have described for faith here leads to a more "scientific" approach that Atheists would like to admit is operable in the minds of the faithful. The proper response to a scriptural assertion, then, becomes not blind obedience, but rather careful thought, hypothesis forming, and testing. As tests come back proven or unproven, faith will grow in the right direction until it approaches "perfect knowledge". Show more Show less

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