Hi, I'm Kim

I was born in Germany and I have lived all over the United States, including Alaska. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a wife, mother, sister, daughter and friend. I have 3 beautiful children and 1 loving husband. I really enjoy having girls' night out with my friends and I love doing all sorts of crafts. Nothing I create is perfect, but it makes me happy!

Why I am a Mormon

I was raised in the church but the time came when I needed to find out for myself whether the things I had been taught had come from God or not. I said a simple, sincere prayer about the Book of Mormon and received such a strong, warm feeling that it is in fact another testimony of Jesus Christ. From there, my testimony grows every day when I look for and recognize God's hand in my life.

How I live my faith

I am currently working with the women in our church. I love getting to know the sisters here, and I am learning so much from their experiences. It makes me happy when my smile can brighten the day of someone who is in need of a little friendship.

What do Mormons believe is the purpose of life?

Oliver Meyers answered...

I have gotten this question a lot and it has been one I have always heard about but never understood it but as I learned more about our Heavenly Fathers plan for us it started to make more sense. This life it’s a time for us to be happy and grow it’s a time for us to get ready for what’s a head in our existence. This life is a time for us to get ready to meet God again and say I did follow you.

I know that this life is a time for joy and the way I know to have true joy is by having a family. I know that sometimes my family can drive me crazy but that is where I have found all my joy is by helping and just living with my family. I am so excited to have a family of my own, and have a home of love and happiness where we can grow closer to each other and to our Heavenly Father.

As we learn about happiness and joy we also learn about pain and misery that is just a part of this life yes it is hard and sometimes you wish it could just go away but as we learn about both we can appreciate the good from that bad. And I really think that is one of the biggest reasons we are down here is to learn.
Aileen. answered...

This question started my whole spiritual quest, so it is only most appropriate for me to now answer it.

Mormons believe that we were chosen by the Heavenly Father in the spirit world pre-existence to receive a physical body and to come to Earth to our specific mother and father. We agreed, and we essentially are fighting on Heavenly Father's "side" in the war with Lucifer. It is our spiritual "job" in this world to live a certain way, to use our agency to choose between good and evil, in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father's only son, whom He sacrificed to allow for our atonement to allow for our spiritual progression.

Mormons believe that while here on Earth, we should learn and live more like our Heavenly Father. This is our spiritual quest which is accomplished through our choices. We marry and build our own family, and by following the Scriptures and living accordingly, we receive access to the Temples where eternal ordinances are performed individually and together as a family.

We can be with our family forever, after death, joined together in Heaven, with Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. We have greater peace in this life and eternal joy in the life to come. This is the purpose of our life here.

Before I understood this and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, my life was reasonably happy but devoid of purpose. Something was missing. I felt incomplete.

Now, I have peace. My soul is soothed.

Mormons believe Jesus Christ is their Savior. Why do we need a Savior?

Devin answered...

We all mess up with things we can't go back and fix. Jesus can fix it.