Hi, I'm Shalyce

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a 4th generation Arizona native. I'm a wife and mother of 1. I enjoy hiking, reading, playing soccer, and spending time with my family. I also love to run outside when the temperature is below 90 degrees.

I love business and education and I graduated from ASU with a degree in Business Administration. I run my own Real Estate business and help my husband run his graphic design business.

Why I am a Mormon

I am a Mormon because of the confirmation I received from God many times throughout my life when I have asked if this was the true church. I am a Mormon because of the way the church has influenced my life for the better. I am a Mormon because of the many blessings I have received as direct answers to my prayers. I am a Mormon because I know that God know me personally and wants what's best for me. I am a Mormon because I know that Jesus Christ suffered for our sins so that each and every one of us will have the opportunity to repent and return to live with Him someday.

How I live my faith

Life is busy, but I know when I take the time to ready my scriptures daily and say my prayers, I am able to be a better mother to my son, a better wife to my husband, and a better neighbor and friend.

I live my faith by being a diligent visiting teacher. I have been able to get to know many of the women in our church by fulfilling this calling.

I am also the food storage specialist, which has blessed me with the responsibility of helping the families in our ward plan ahead and store food for future times of need.

What is the Word of Wisdom that Mormons talk about?

Shalyce answered...

The Word of Wisdom is our belief in abstaining from tobacco, alcohol, coffee/tea, and illegal drugs. It was given as a law of health to Joseph Smith in 1833, which was long before science had proven any of the substances were addictive or detrimental to our health.

A common misconception of our church is that we are "controlled" or "restricted" based on the Word of Wisdom. Our church believes in free agency, the ability for us to make choices for ourselves. Being under the influence or addiction of said substances is not only bad for our health, but restrain us from having free agency.
Mark answered...

The word of wisdom is the Lord's law of health. We abstain from drugs, tobacco, alcohol, coffee, and tea, and are encouraged to eat wholesome food and grains, and not eat excessive meat. I am asked all of the time by my fellow residents at the hospital why I don't drink coffee, and how I can stay awake all night on call without it. I don't consider it a sacrifice, though, and am as awake and perform as well as any. It is true that the body will be more healthy when following the word of wisdom, the but the main benefit is spiritual. The knowledge that you are in line with the the Lord's teaching is the most important thing.

Can husband and wife be together forever? Do you believe that families will live together in heaven?

Matt answered...

The Lord would not command us to love each other so much during our lives only to tear us apart in the next life. We are one flesh just as the Lord is one with his church. The scriptures say that we are not to be put asunder.
Christ gave his apostles special revelations on this subject:
Matthew, Chapter 16:
Jesus said to his apostles:
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

What else would his apostles bind, and what else could the Savior mean, if not marriages? Christ put no limit on their binding power to bind relationships and covenants. Their power extends into heaven.
And he continued by saying:
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
– because some things are kept sacred until later times when the world is ready to receive them.
Temple sealing and eternal marriage are primarily the subject of modern revelation through prophets in our time.

In the latter days, according to prophecy, Elijah has returned to join families together. Malachi 4:5-6. We believe that prophets in each age bring new revelation from God. Amos 3:7.
This latter day revelation has finally made clear how families are kept together in heaven—something people have wondered about throughout the ages. (Ephesians 5:32, wherein it says that the subject of marriage in Biblical times was “a great mystery”). In our time, the purpose of marriage and family is clear: ordinances are being performed to unite the whole human family throughout all dispensations of time. It is a unique work for the latter days. These modern revelations free human kind from the depressing, and divorce-promoting idea that the family becomes meaningless in the life hereafter. The Lord would not put us in a world so alien to our heavenly home. In heaven, families are the eternal organizational unit in his kingdom.