Hi, I'm Cindy

I grew up in Utah, and have lived in New Jersey, Long Island, Idaho, California, Arizona, Texas and Mexico. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am the mother of four adult children. I have one granddaughter and another one on the way. I graduated from Weber State University and am currently a paralegal and a non-attorney representative, helping people obtain Social Security disability benefits. I have lived on both coasts of the US, as well as in Monterrey, Mexico. I am an avid reader.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born into the Church, and didn't know anything different until I was called to serve a mission in the New York, New York City mission when I was 21 years old. What an eye opener! I met people there from every possible religion and persuasion, and learned just how different we, as members of the Church really are and how blessed we are in our understanding of the Gospel and the Plan of Salvation. I always assumed that everyone beleived as I do, that we lived with Heavenly Father before we came to earth, and that we will return to live with Him after we die. I found that not to be true. I am very grateful for my knowledge that we have the opportunity to return to our Heavenly home after our death. It makes accepting the death of loved ones much more possible, since we know we will see, and know and love them again in the eternities, and that death is just a temporary separation.

Personal Stories

Can you talk about the missions of the Church and your participation in them?

One of the missions of the Church is to unite families through the generations. They do this through the Family History program, encouraging members and non-members alike to research their families and leaarn more about their ancestors. I participate in this by helping with the Family Search Indexing program. The Church is microfilming genealogical records throughout the world. They then make these records available online for researchers and others who want to find their ancestors. The indexing program helps in this effort by volunteers reading these records over their computers, and then typing in the information they see so that others can find the information digitally on their computers, without having to search through the many, many records for their individual ancestors. Everyone is welcome to be part of this indexing program, whether or not they are members of the Church.

How I live my faith

I attend church in a Spanish speaking congregation, and enjoy participating with them and sharing the Lord's spirit in our meetings.

Is it true that Jesus appeared in North America after his crucifixion and resurrection according to the Book of Mormon?

Cindy answered...

There are many stories and legends passed down from the ancient inhabitants of the Americas to their decendents today, about a "Great White God", variously known as Quetzacoatal, Ixtapinatwa and Wotan, among the different tribes in Mexico. This God came and visited the Americas, taught them the Gospel, and promised to return. That is why the original Europeans from Spain who came and conquered the Americas were received as Gods, and why they met so little resistance. The native peoples thought these explorers were the "Great White God" returning as he promised. Unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case. We are still awaiting the glorious, triumphal return of Jesus, when he will come in Glory from the Heavens and reign over the earth, bringing peace and joy to all of the inhabitants, and conquering evil.
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Mormons believe Jesus Christ is their Savior. Why do we need a Savior?

Nate answered...

The fundamental principle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the faith in, reliance upon, and relationship with Jesus Christ. We regard Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world. Everyone on the earth today has made mistakes. All of us have come short of the perfect example that Christ set for us. The problem is the laws of God state that “no unclean person…hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” (Ephesians 5:5) Because of these laws, we needed a way to be cleansed from these sins and mistakes. God knew that we would fall short of perfection and by His grace he provided us a Savior, Jesus Christ. Being a perfect soul without blemish, Jesus was capable and willing to take upon Himself our sins. Because He paid the penalty for our sins, the atonement, we must take upon ourselves His name to reap the blessings of forgiveness. We do this by having faith in Christ, admitting and repenting of our sins, and being baptized in the true and restored church of Jesus Christ.