Our church is run through the principle of revelation; we believe there's a prophet and disciples on earth and we help them to tell people about our faith. You can volunteer to go on a two-year mission abroad, but because we fund ourselves, it does take a bit of saving up.
As I speak English and my ancestors come from Britain, I asked to come here. It was like flying into Harry Potterland, with all the little houses and roads going off in all directions!
I knew there was a Welsh language before I came and thought people would be speaking it in Colwyn Bay, where I went first. It's totally different in Caernarfon though, everyone speaks Welsh and I'd really like to learn it.
I've found the people to be great, though maybe not so open as back home; they keep themselves to themselves, especially here in Wales.
We sometimes go round houses, but I think people have had their doors knocked on a few too many times by now, so we talk to people in town centres and provide services to charities in the community and tell them about our church and our faith if they're interested.
We explain that we believe that 2000 years ago Jesus Christ organised a church with apostles to spread his teachings. He gave them power and authority to do his work. But after the death of the apostles, that authority was lost from the earth because it must be passed on in person. So there was much corruption and segregation within Christianity.
After a period of darkness without the light of Christ they - the heavenly father and Jesus Christ - called a young boy of 14, Joseph Smith, to be a prophet and through him they restored all the true principles and authority of Jesus.
This happened in 1820 and by 1830 our church was formed and we became known as the Mormons because of our most important piece of evidence that God appeared to Joseph - the Book of Mormon. Everyone has the freedom to worship however they wish to, but we believe in this one truth.
After his death the church was governed by a new prophet; always the longest-serving of the prophet's apostles. There have been 16 prophets so far, the latest being Thomas Monson.
We also have one of the largest databases of people's details in the world because we practise temples. In ancient times there were temples, such as Moses' Tabernacle, where they performed ordinances which are important for salvation.
In these temples we can perform vicarious baptisms. We believe that after this life, we go to the spirit world where everyone who has ever lived on earth will have the opportunity to accept Jesus Christ and his gospel.
It's like if I went shopping for my grandmother; if she wanted the shopping, she could have it. If she got mad at me for buying too many chocolates, she could throw them away. You can choose to accept or reject the baptism we've done on your behalf.
The fun part of this database is, of course, learning all the stories of your family - who your great grandparents were, what they did for a living.
We have churches in Gaerwen, Porthmadog and Colwyn Bay, though they're not as thriving here in North Wales as other parts of the world. Perhaps it's because of all the options round here; all the churches and chapels. People may get confused or sick of religion all together.
Places like London are so ethnically diverse and full of people who are humble or searching for different things in life, whereas people in North Wales are content in their lives and don't want to change, so we respect that and hope for the best.
I'll be going back home in a few months and I hope to study architecture. But I've really enjoyed my time here.
Elder Morin
