From lds.com
Eternal Life, or Exaltation. In the scriptures, the words saved and salvation often refer to eternal life, or exaltation (see Abraham 2:11). Eternal life is to know Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and dwell with Them forever—to inherit a place in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom (see John 17:3; D&C 131:1–4; 132:21–24). This exaltation requires that men receive the Melchizedek Priesthood, and that all Church members make and keep sacred covenants in the temple, including the covenant of eternal marriage. If the word salvation is used in this sense, no one is saved in mortality. That glorious gift comes only after the Final Judgment.
See also Atonement of Jesus Christ; Baptism; Eternal Life; Grace; Kingdoms of Glory; Plan of Salvation
Once again, you are seeing the same words that you use, but in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they mean something different. Nothing wrong with that as long as the people discussing realize where the other person is coming from.
In the CofJCofLDS, Eternal Life is equivalent to exaltation, but it is not equivalent to what you mean when you say Eternal Life. But as a knowledgeable former member of the Church, you should know this.
If I’m correct, you believe that eternal life is simply being saved in spite of our sins and then living with God the Father for the eternities after the resurrection. Am I incorrect here?