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“I was born into the church, but I don’t have very much recollection of going to church while I was little. My family hasn’t been very involved in the church for about as long as I can remember. When I was 10, I took the missionary discussions from a set of Sisters. I was baptizedContinue reading “TWELVE”

“Growing up my family attended the Baptist church. I had faith in God. After I was married, my husband served in the Navy. We had 2 small boys. He worked on a nuclear submarine so he was often out to sea. In mid-April 1978, I felt overwhelmed. I decided to go into the bathroom whereContinue reading “ELEVEN”

“I was raised to hate the church. I grew up in an environment that taught me things like “LDS men have to marry a minimum of 10 wives” and “LDS women have to get married between 15-22 or else they can’t get married”. That never sat right with me. It didn’t make sense that aContinue reading “TEN”

“I grew up in a home with parents that both worked in the medical field and by necessity they worked every other Sunday. Financial worries and struggles necessitated extra shifts from time to time and it was hard to make it to church. Sometimes we would go 6 weeks in a row and then notContinue reading “NINE”

“I grew up baptist and my mother would take my brother and I to church and all of the youth activities .Doing this helped me to come to know that I have a loving Heavenly Father and a savior Jesus Christ. I had a very typical “non-LDS” college experience. I did what other people myContinue reading “EIGHT”

“I have always believed in God, but I never really did much to put my faith in action before I started learning about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I was not actively seeking to find a church or to grow spiritually; however, the Lord reached out to me through a good friend. I wasContinue reading “SEVEN”

“I was raised in a home with the gospel but my personal testimony has come through small experiences throughout my life. I never thought that the things my parents had taught me weren’t true, but I wanted to know for myself. The Holy Ghost, or spirit, teaches us truth but I didn’t understand what theContinue reading “SIX”

“When I was a little girl we never went to church as a family. My mom was Catholic and I only ever remember going to church with her one time in my entire life. At the age of 5 years old, I went to Church all by myself. We lived in apartments when I wasContinue reading “FIVE”

“When I was a teenager, my parents were trying to figure out what they believed about the church. They had been lifelong members, but they were going through a faith crisis. Their questioning made it difficult for me to develop a strong faith of my own, and I ended up stepping away from the churchContinue reading “FOUR”

“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, itContinue reading “THREE”