JOURNEYS OF FAITH
Tina
Tina was born and raised in Massachusetts in a newly converted but active Latter-day Saint family. She was guided to BYU where she met her husband Brandon. They were married in the Temple in 2000 and are the proud parents of four beautiful children, two sons and two daughters. Tina has her Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from BYU. She has used her education to teach kindergarten, early intervention, preschool and her own children. She enjoys spending time in nature and having fun and laughing with her family. Tina has struggled through some difficult challenges but always strived to serve in the church and follow the path that the Lord wanted for her.
Tina’s Journey of Faith
FAITH TO CROSS MY OCEANS: FOLLOWING THE LORD’S PLAN OVER MY OWN
When I learned that my husband was transgender I was devastated and felt like my own plan of happiness had been shaken. All my life I had tried to do what was right and follow God’s plan for me, and it was hard to believe that I might not always be blessed in the way I had expected. I had been sure that I had lived in a way to be blessed to live my own plan of happiness. Instead, through no fault of my own, I found myself in this situation and was filled with shock, sadness, fear of the unknown, and major confusion. Only by holding on for dear life to what I had learned about the atonement of Christ, my relationship to Heavenly Father, and my own truths regarding what is “right” have I been able to get through this most challenging time in my life…