210. Our granddaughter's profile on Mormon.org. She is a missionary.

Posted at 6 a.m. and leaving St. George to drive north at 7 a.m.!

Last night we had the wonderful blessing of being present when our grandson Jake was set apart to be a missionary in the Indonesia Jakarta Mission, not very far from where his brother Ben is on a mission in Taiwan.  They will both be out 11 months at the same time.  Today we will go to the Jordan River Temple and the Salt Lake Temple with him and his mother Anita, and then put him in the MTC tomorrow.

This is our granddaughter Skye's profile on Mormon.org.  You can find it by going to:

www.mormon.org/me/FDSG/Skye

Hi I'm Skye

I am a Japanese anime and manga lover, I love to draw, write books, living life to the fullest, and serving the Lord I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I like to read and write stories. I love to draw anime and manga and learn about Japan and it's unique culture. I play the piano and violin and love music. I am the oldest of 7 kids and love them all deeply. I am currently serving a mission for the church in the California Irvine mission and have been loving every second of it! I am grateful for the opportunity that I have to be serving the Lord and hope and pray that my friends will see and hear of the great spirit that I feel as I serve the Lord.

Why I am a Mormon

I am a Mormon because I was always searching for my purpose in life. I went through a tramatic experience and fell into a deep depression of a hole I couldn't seem to dig myself out of. The whole time I was searching for who I really was and never thought of myself as valuable to anyone. The only redeeming thing I could think about that was good was that I was skinny, I never realized there was a problem until my best friend said that I was different, that I wasn't the same happy person that I was. I turned to my parents and they got me counseling to help me with my depression, but the thing that helped the most was when I continued going to church and when I finally buckled down and read the scriptures in Mosiah 24:14 when Christ is promising the people that he will "ease the burdens" at that moment I KNEW that my own burden and the weight of what happened to me disapeared and I couldn't feel the world on my shoulders as much as I did before. I forgave the sin and the sinner and turned away from the sadness that I held onto and was able to look to the sky and see and know that I am special to people, but more importantly to God. Even if he's the only one who cares about me, that's enough for me to rejoice. I love the strength that being a mormon has given me. I know that the Lord is able to help everyone return to him, we just have to let him into our hearts and minds for him to give us the things/people/events to help us.

Personal Stories

Why/How do you share the gospel with your friends?

HOW: I share the gospel with my friends by my example. They notice that I don't drink, smoke, swear or dress immodestly. They see how happy I am and wonder why so I tell them that I know I am special, they continue to ask how I know that I am special, and I simply say, "Because God loves me." And that is enough to bear a simple testimony of the love that I have come to know in this church, so why not share it if asked why? WHY: I share the gospel as a representative of Jesus Christ because what the church has to offer CAN and WILL change ANYONE'S lives. I have seen that with my friend, one day she and I were hanging out and low and behold the missionaries come by for dinner. So of course I ask my friend if she wants to join and she accepts. During dinner the missionaries get to know my friend more, and then after dinner they ask if they can share the basic beliefs of the church with her and she said "Why not" and then the lessons kept coming, then the missionaries invite her to be baptized. She said yes and asked her parents, since she was 14 at that time. Her parents say no, wait till you're 18. So that stopped her teaching with the missionaries. But that didn't stop us being friends, since those days we have been better friends than ever because I was able to ask her to learn about my beliefs. There have been times however that all I could do was be a support to her, knowing that the time to teach her wasn't now. I continue to teach her, even if I'm 1200 miles away from her. I love her dearly and miss her more than words can express, I know she'll come to know of God's love for her, and I'll be here to help her to find that love that God feels for her. I saw it when the missionaries taught her. I know that light is there in everyone. By your example there are thousands that will see the light, share your talents and others will see your good works and want to know more about their Father in heaven. Keep the faith, and all things will work out for your benefit.

How I live my faith

I love to serve people around me in any way that I can. I share a smile with everyone I see and cross paths with. I have always lived the way that I feel comfortable and that way has been by reading my scriptures everyday and praying with my Heavenly Father day and night. I love how the gospel can change people's lives and how it has drastically changed my own life. I always wanted to go on a mission but never thought that that dream would then turn into a reality. It's been a really marvelous experience for me to be here on a mission and to see the dramatic effect that the gospel can have on so many different kinds of people it's simply incredible how the Lord works. I love how having his spirit with me has changed and molded me into who I am today and I'm so grateful for that blessing in my life. I still do struggle, there are days that I am really tired and don't want to continue being my best self, but I also know that the Savior has felt everything that I have and everything that I will ever feel in my life. That alone has helped me overcome some of life's most challenging trials in my life thus far.