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“I have been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints my whole life. By the time I was 16 I was less than active at church. I would only go if I was told I had to be there. Honestly I don’t think it was church that was the problem, it was that I wasn’t happy with me. In a lot of ways the person I was didn’t feel worthy. By the time I was an adult I was completely inactive. I married a man that was not a member of the church and shortly after being married he became very abusive. I had been told growing up that you commit to marriage. You stick it out. I knew I had to leave.So one night after things had been awful at home, I went into the bathroom, locked the door, and knelt down to pray. I hadn’t prayed in many years, but I cried to my Heavenly Father and asked him to give me direction. As I stood, I immediately had a plan of how I was supposed to leave. I knew that it was God. I did leave that marriage, I did get a divorce, and it took me several more years before I found myself truly converted.One day I told myself, “you are either all in and you won’t ever leave again, or you are going to decide this isn’t for you.” I am grateful I made the decision to be all in! We all have a different path to take, but we all must find the truth for ourselves.”