I got adopted from China 5 years ago. I am so glad we can adopted children who needs home and love. I am so grateful, so blessing and lucky to be able to be adopted and also have the gospel with me. The gospel changes me and I realized it everyday. I realized that I need the gospel every second of my day. Reading the scripture really changed me more than I expect to. Seminary makes my day, it truly is my best part of my day, I always look forward to read the scripture and high light the verses. I am so blessed to have the gospel. I'v seen what the gospel do to people and I seen people who are missing the Gospel.
kay, I gotta say there is something so real and special that I feel when I watch I Am A Mormon vids rather than the I Am A Ex-Mormon vids, there is something to this Mormon faith that is inspiring and feels totally real.
Clearly the cutest little gal in the world. I am so pleased for both of you. You are the families of our church in the future. We're on firm ground with people like you.
People who say "it's different when they're your own" are ignorant. I have three living children, two of whom were adopted, and guess what: all three of them are "my own." There has never been the slightest difference between the way my wife and I feel about our adopted children, versus the way we feel about our biological child. Congratulations on your beautiful daughter, Chance and Sarah, and congratulations on your acceptance of the Savior. God bless!!!
I know that our Heavenly Father gives us the challenges and blessings that will help us most to grow. I got tears in my eyes when she told about seeing the picture of the baby they would adopt. You gotta watch this!
I just love this video, when I watched it the first time, I was waiting for a call from the adoption agency, and it gave me hope, the hope I needed at the moment. Now I am a father of a two years old. These videos answer our prayers and give us the hope we need.
I'm not a mormon. Yet, I believe wholeheartedly that adoption is a love process that more people who are fertile and have no problems should consider, rather than it becoming a common "fix" for people who have fertility problems. It is beautiful to see that family doesn't have to be related by blood. Family is who you love.
Awesome Video, Your little Girl is absolutely Darling. Such a heart warming story. When I first saw your pool I thought they must live in Arizona, it looked just like the pool at my old house in central Phoenix LOL It cracked me up to see you actually do live in AZ. Thanks for sharing your story.
I'm a mormon, however I don't know how effective these ads are. The church is currently piloting a media initiative in my area. (TV commercials, radio commercials, newspaper ads, billboards) The purpose of this is to denounce myths and misconceptions about the church by asking them to visit mormon dot org. However I'm having doubts of the effectiveness of these ads in denouncing myths and misconceptions about the LDS church.
@crazistein the reason why people are making these videos is because people would ask if we think we're better than everyone else or better. but the reason why the church is making these is because we want everyone to know we are just like everyone else some of us have to same problems, and I know so many people that have adopted and we are so open to it! these are my cousins in this video and her sister adopted kids too! these videos are pretty much explaining we are just like everyone else! :)
people should stop being trolls and make fun of this guy and his family cause he accually has a life not like you trolls BE RESPECTFUL what happen to the world im godzillaizbeast2004 AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE :D
beautiful baby girl:) But I didn't understand why the "and I'm a Mormon" part was there at the end....kinda random! When I meet someone and tell them about myself I never end with "and, I'm a catholic" I just don't see how it was relevant. Anyway, your daughter is beautiful and I wish you the best.
Heavenly Father gives us challenges to help us understand what it is like to go through trials and understand them. It is an inevitable part of life, but if embraced well, they can yield rewarding fruits.
the purpose of the videos is to give the world a glimpse inside some mormon families to dispel the common perpetuated misconceptions about mormons and not to upstage or outshine people of other faiths or of no faith at all. we definitely don't want people to feel threatened by any happiness we have found through our faith. we only say to take all the good and happiness you have in life and let us see if we can add to it :)
@ Sarah Atkin I think the messages in all of the "I'm a Mormon" videos, is simply to share a story of life. I believe the ones that share there story, are doing so because they feel they have found a happiness that can not be achieved by any other means then there faith.
You guys are so cute! I am not a mormon and I totally dig this video. My husband and I were saying we should see if you have any openings for friends. ha ha. rock on. People like you make the world a better place, religion or not. that took guts to make the video too and that is awesome!!!!
Thanks for sharing. I have one biological child and one adopted child. I feel the same about both of my daughters. For those who are not open to adoption.......please think again.
@lpaluso at 0:49 the lady says my daugther maki(i don't know how to spell her name), is a patchy native american. But her family or somebody asks them if they wanted to adopted an Indian girl. aww she's so cute.
@crazistein it doesnt show they are put off my adoption. it shown this man had reservations about adopting a child... apparently that's no longer the case.
@cheapcape It's amazing that people can actually post comments like this on these videos without inciting some kind of stupid religious debate which gets nowhere. There is hope for the world yet.
Love this story! We also are adoptive parents and it is wonderful! The best part was to have ALL of our children in the Temple and have our youngest daughter sealed to us for ALL eternity . . . :-)
@crazistein You are wrong. The point is to show that Mormons are a very diverse people, and are just like you, me, or anyone. Also, the church has absolutely no stance/belief on adoption, that was only Chance's personal opinion.
Great video. For those not of our faith, keep watching our movies. This is the reason why they are here, so that people can be more acquainted with Mormons. We are like everyone else. We have struggles and successes. Despite our trials, we know that everything will work out at the end because we know that we have a Father in heaven who watches over us.
@COD5Junky There are a lot of misconceptions about mormons. Its the fourth largest church in the country and yet most people have no clue about what Mormon's really believe or who they are. This is just letting people know more about the religion. No harm in that. :)
This is a lovely story but I'm kind of surprised that this family could adopt a Native American child without any kind of home study? I'm assuming it was a private adoption, probably though the church. Good luck to them and I hope they keep their daughter in touch with her biological heritage.
@CyanideXsAINT Ok, but the thing is Mormons are always discriminated and think they are all mental and crazy. So these ads show how mormons are regular people. They also provide a mormon.org in case people are curious and want to check that out.
What I say is that if Mormons are trying to show how "they are normal," then these advertisements of saying how they are normal aren't necessary. If you're normal, you shouldn't have to justify how you are. Just my two cents.
@wearemadeofstars81 they are trying to show, that Mormons aren't different from everyone else cause being a Mormon you get asked a lot are you better than us does god love you more, do you have less struggles, but this is proving that we believe that god loves us all the same and we all have challenges! :)
So no offense at all since I have nothing against any religion, but what is the point of these commercials? I keep seeing them but its not like they say anything about religion as such. They just establish that your a decent bunch of home grown folks. Ok cool, would be glad to know you. But it doesn't mean I now know anything about your religion or want to be a part of it. Religion is a personal thing; why does everyone have to try to convert or convince or bring it up at all?
@RainbowManification I don't think these videos are effective, many of em are just so attractive for trolls. Now i'm not a mormon, but I think the message of these videos is a good thing. I'm seeing pushes for tolerance, and understanding, which i'm all for. But I think this might be a waste of time and resources that might be spent better another way.
@CyanideXsAINT Actually...YEA, that IS enough. Its better than alot of other garbage that we hear every day (especially in the media). If you want to stick up for something then go for it...that is all these videos are attempting to do
Just a little FYI, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the fourth LARGEST populated church on this planet. Sooo, check out what we believe & I promise something you see will change in your life. I'm a convert bro. THIS RELIGION saved my family from breaking apart. I'm a happy human being. I'm a junior in high school. I juggle family, friends, school, music & softball. & I'm a Mormon. :)
@calvin43077 If you want to learn more about the religion go to lds.org or mormon.org. The point of these videos is to show people that are mormon believe in Christ and we arent some crazies from UT like a lot of people on the East Coast think.
Ask a missionary. or use the website. However, Mormonism doesn't exist. The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) is Christian. I personally don't understand all the confusion..
I got adopted from China 5 years ago. I am so glad we can adopted children who needs home and love. I am so grateful, so blessing and lucky to be able to be adopted and also have the gospel with me. The gospel changes me and I realized it everyday. I realized that I need the gospel every second of my day. Reading the scripture really changed me more than I expect to. Seminary makes my day, it truly is my best part of my day, I always look forward to read the scripture and high light the verses. I am so blessed to have the gospel. I'v seen what the gospel do to people and I seen people who are missing the Gospel.
kay, I gotta say there is something so real and special that I feel when I watch I Am A Mormon vids rather than the I Am A Ex-Mormon vids, there is something to this Mormon faith that is inspiring and feels totally real.
Clearly the cutest little gal in the world. I am so pleased for both of you. You are the families of our church in the future. We're on firm ground with people like you.
I am not a Mormon and the older i become the more alone i get
It is said .......... "blood is thicker then water"
We believe ........ "spirit is thicker then blood"
Love is a powerful thing!
People who say "it's different when they're your own" are ignorant. I have three living children, two of whom were adopted, and guess what: all three of them are "my own." There has never been the slightest difference between the way my wife and I feel about our adopted children, versus the way we feel about our biological child.
Congratulations on your beautiful daughter, Chance and Sarah, and congratulations on your acceptance of the Savior. God bless!!!
I love it, and everyone you adopt just adds more love and joy to your family!
I know that our Heavenly Father gives us the challenges and blessings that will help us most to grow. I got tears in my eyes when she told about seeing the picture of the baby they would adopt. You gotta watch this!
me to. its nice to know that familys can last Forever❤
That little girl is absolutely beautiful. And whether your child is adopted or from your own womb it's NO different. A child is a child regardless.
I just love this video, when I watched it the first time, I was waiting for a call from the adoption agency, and it gave me hope, the hope I needed at the moment. Now I am a father of a two years old. These videos answer our prayers and give us the hope we need.
Your adoption story is a lot like ours....only we had 12 hours. Life can change SO fast! Congratulations. We're Mormon too.
Beautiful...What a nice family with problems just like all of us which makes us all stronger and closer to our Heavenly Father...
I'm not a mormon. Yet, I believe wholeheartedly that adoption is a love process that more people who are fertile and have no problems should consider, rather than it becoming a common "fix" for people who have fertility problems. It is beautiful to see that family doesn't have to be related by blood. Family is who you love.
Mormons are so wonderful I am pretty much as happy as I can be because of this
I love your comment! (I'm a devoted mormon too) we need more of us that stand strong and "arise!"
I love the interactions between the husband and wife and their daughter shown in this video. So much joy and love [: I want a family like that!
Your adoption story is a lot like ours....only we had 12 hours. Life can change SO fast! Congratulations.
This is such a cute family. Mormons are great people.
This is so heart felt, I love it.
Awesome Video, Your little Girl is absolutely Darling. Such a heart warming story. When I first saw your pool I thought they must live in Arizona, it looked just like the pool at my old house in central Phoenix LOL It cracked me up to see you actually do live in AZ. Thanks for sharing your story.
How cute! I love these little inspirational videos. ♥
Thank you for sharing your love with a little girl.
I'm a mormon, however I don't know how effective these ads are. The church is currently piloting a media initiative in my area. (TV commercials, radio commercials, newspaper ads, billboards) The purpose of this is to denounce myths and misconceptions about the church by asking them to visit mormon dot org. However I'm having doubts of the effectiveness of these ads in denouncing myths and misconceptions about the LDS church.
I love this, totally touched my heart. So happy for you all!
How can anyone dislike this?!!
@crazistein the reason why people are making these videos is because people would ask if we think we're better than everyone else or better. but the reason why the church is making these is because we want everyone to know we are just like everyone else some of us have to same problems, and I know so many people that have adopted and we are so open to it! these are my cousins in this video and her sister adopted kids too! these videos are pretty much explaining we are just like everyone else! :)
She is literally the cutest little girl in the world!!!😍😍😁😁😁
I loved this video so much! Thanks you for sharing and your baby is sooo cute!
I love this!!
Very heart felt story.
absolutely love this!
Such a beautiful family, I loved this video. I know God lives and loves us and cares about us! Let him be a part of your life =D
How wonderful, all the way around.
Very touching and wonderful.
great story and very inspiring, am so happy u got that beariful little girl
people should stop being trolls and make fun of this guy and his family cause he accually has a life not like you trolls BE RESPECTFUL what happen to the world im godzillaizbeast2004 AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE :D
Great story!
What a cute, happy family.
love this
beautiful baby girl:)
But I didn't understand why the "and I'm a Mormon" part was there at the end....kinda random! When I meet someone and tell them about myself I never end with "and, I'm a catholic" I just don't see how it was relevant. Anyway, your daughter is beautiful and I wish you the best.
Hi, I'm Corina
And I'm a Christian :)
Corina Chance Hi Corina
Beautiful!
A beautiful story and a beautiful family!
@cheapcape I am, too, but for me there is something quite appealing about the Mormon faith.
Heavenly Father gives us challenges to help us understand what it is like to go through trials and understand them. It is an inevitable part of life, but if embraced well, they can yield rewarding fruits.
the purpose of the videos is to give the world a glimpse inside some mormon families to dispel the common perpetuated misconceptions about mormons and not to upstage or outshine people of other faiths or of no faith at all. we definitely don't want people to feel threatened by any happiness we have found through our faith. we only say to take all the good and happiness you have in life and let us see if we can add to it :)
A couple that just want to have a family, what a blessing to be able to adopt a baby so quickly, they are blessed.
@ Sarah Atkin I think the messages in all of the "I'm a Mormon" videos, is simply to share a story of life. I believe the ones that share there story, are doing so because they feel they have found a happiness that can not be achieved by any other means then there faith.
@Sarah Atkin. Her post is about 40 comments down.
this is beautiful.
Beautiful
I am a Mormon and im happy about it
u should of said im chance clarkson im an outdoors man and i aprove this message
@Dafrogie There should be a comma between "thicker" and "then". You could avoid the comma issue by using the word "than" also.
You guys are so cute! I am not a mormon and I totally dig this video. My husband and I were saying we should see if you have any openings for friends. ha ha. rock on. People like you make the world a better place, religion or not. that took guts to make the video too and that is awesome!!!!
I love this video!
thanks for sharing such a great story.
Wow ,it is very nice
Wow the woman looks like Mandy Moore! So pretty
i love my cousins! you guys are the best!
Thanks for sharing. I have one biological child and one adopted child. I feel the same about both of my daughters. For those who are not open to adoption.......please think again.
I love this story
@lpaluso at 0:49 the lady says my daugther maki(i don't know how to spell her name), is a patchy native american. But her family or somebody asks them if they wanted to adopted an Indian girl. aww she's so cute.
This what i'm doing :-) .. fankss for SHARING !!
Thank you for sharing!!
Love love to your fine family . Love light and many Blessings to all. With love from one in DK.
God loves ous all , in Jesús name .
insta families are the best families
"they don't have to be blood. she was mine." onions everywhere!
thank you for the vid
@crazistein it doesnt show they are put off my adoption. it shown this man had reservations about adopting a child... apparently that's no longer the case.
I have found so much happiness in my life now that I am a Mormon. :) Thank you for this video
Love that guy
so beautiful! :D
that was great
@cheapcape It's amazing that people can actually post comments like this on these videos without inciting some kind of stupid religious debate which gets nowhere. There is hope for the world yet.
Love this story! We also are adoptive parents and it is wonderful! The best part was to have ALL of our children in the Temple and have our youngest daughter sealed to us for ALL eternity . . . :-)
I am a proud Antitheist.
beautiful family:)
@crazistein You are wrong. The point is to show that Mormons are a very diverse people, and are just like you, me, or anyone. Also, the church has absolutely no stance/belief on adoption, that was only Chance's personal opinion.
Great video. For those not of our faith, keep watching our movies. This is the reason why they are here, so that people can be more acquainted with Mormons. We are like everyone else. We have struggles and successes. Despite our trials, we know that everything will work out at the end because we know that we have a Father in heaven who watches over us.
FACEBOOK Heavenly father I know that your love and Mercy will protect me down the right path and protect me from harm and evil in Christ Jesus Amen
@COD5Junky
There are a lot of misconceptions about mormons. Its the fourth largest church in the country and yet most people have no clue about what Mormon's really believe or who they are. This is just letting people know more about the religion. No harm in that. :)
I love Mormons im one to
@WEwalked thats the total opposite reason why they have these videos, im sorry that you feel that way!!
And im guy...........And that made me cry!
awww
This is a lovely story but I'm kind of surprised that this family could adopt a Native American child without any kind of home study? I'm assuming it was a private adoption, probably though the church. Good luck to them and I hope they keep their daughter in touch with her biological heritage.
@CyanideXsAINT Ok, but the thing is Mormons are always discriminated and think they are all mental and crazy. So these ads show how mormons are regular people. They also provide a mormon.org in case people are curious and want to check that out.
Beautiful family!
What I say is that if Mormons are trying to show how "they are normal," then these advertisements of saying how they are normal aren't necessary. If you're normal, you shouldn't have to justify how you are. Just my two cents.
@wearemadeofstars81 they are trying to show, that Mormons aren't different from everyone else cause being a Mormon you get asked a lot are you better than us does god love you more, do you have less struggles, but this is proving that we believe that god loves us all the same and we all have challenges! :)
i actually sort of liked the family until the last few seconds
So no offense at all since I have nothing against any religion, but what is the point of these commercials? I keep seeing them but its not like they say anything about religion as such. They just establish that your a decent bunch of home grown folks. Ok cool, would be glad to know you. But it doesn't mean I now know anything about your religion or want to be a part of it. Religion is a personal thing; why does everyone have to try to convert or convince or bring it up at all?
JWA8402 the purpose is just to show we are normal people, not better, just equal, with challenges and happiness. Hope you have a great day
@RainbowManification I don't think these videos are effective, many of em are just so attractive for trolls. Now i'm not a mormon, but I think the message of these videos is a good thing. I'm seeing pushes for tolerance, and understanding, which i'm all for. But I think this might be a waste of time and resources that might be spent better another way.
this is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen!! this made me cry! where did they adopt her from?
@CyanideXsAINT
Actually...YEA, that IS enough. Its better than alot of other garbage that we hear every day (especially in the media). If you want to stick up for something then go for it...that is all these videos are attempting to do
@JTIanEater lol, the point is just to show that Mormons are normal people. Clever comment though lol
This video almost made a Catholic cry... =)
Just a little FYI, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the fourth LARGEST populated church on this planet. Sooo, check out what we believe & I promise something you see will change in your life. I'm a convert bro. THIS RELIGION saved my family from breaking apart. I'm a happy human being. I'm a junior in high school. I juggle family, friends, school, music & softball. & I'm a Mormon. :)
@calvin43077 If you want to learn more about the religion go to lds.org or mormon.org. The point of these videos is to show people that are mormon believe in Christ and we arent some crazies from UT like a lot of people on the East Coast think.
Ask a missionary. or use the website. However, Mormonism doesn't exist. The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) is Christian. I personally don't understand all the confusion..
@bernielovesbutter it's just to show that Mormons are normal people