How do I spawn a sprite from a room w/out restarting layout?

I've created rooms that move the player in between layouts, but when I return to the original layout the entire layout is restarted. Is there a condition or variable I need to create to prevent this?

Is this what you are looking for:

https://www.scirra.com/manual/161/persist

Mother of God.....YES. That is it exactly. Thanks so much! This is the best community ever.