Anybody Else Mormon???

Question

I converted when I was 17, because Catholicism just wasnt cutting it for me.
Anybody else have the story of why they converted to the Church-LDS, or why they are mormon?

Answer 1

I AM!!! Converted 17 years ago at age 20. Best thing I ever did. My honey and I were married & sealed 18 months after my baptism. (He baptized me also!) 17 years ago I was very angry at him when he decided to go back to his church, the one he was born into. I was mad because 1, I hated the Mormons, and 2, he wasn't talking to me about it. (Big shocker! Knew I would freak.) I took a long car ride with a Mormon and my future mother-in-law. She slept and I pelted the man with mormon question the entire 10 hours. He hung in there. And no matter what I said, he calmly answered me. I was intriged which led to more question and then the sister missionaires came. It only took 2 weeks from first question to being in the font.

The anti-mormons just don't get it with us. It isn't just about faith, but we as members have been touched by the spirit. It penetrates our souls and we can't deny it. I am raising my kids this way and they sit here this sabbath morning watching 'music and the spoken word.' I wouldn't change my membership for anything!

Good question!

Answer 2

I am LDS. I was born LDS, so there isn't much of a story there. But the last two to three years I have gone through a lot, both good and bad, and through it all I have had many spiritual experiences which have strengthened my testimony.

I talked a lot with my bishop to help me deal with things, and he gave me some very good advice, but at the time it was about the hardest thing he could he could have suggested, and it wasn't the most obvious suggestion either, yet as I acted on it I felt it was right, it was made easier to do and looking back, things have turned out perfectly.

I have also had several amazing experiences with the Holy Ghost bearing witness of the Book of Mormon, and I have felt such a close relationship with the Savior as I have relied on Him for support so much. This last summer, I sat through the missionary discussions with a friend, and it was amazing how strong the spirit was as they would teach. I would also complete the things that she was doing (like praying about the Book of Mormon and reading certain passages) and these opportunities again strengthened my testimony. I have no doubt of the truthfulness of the restored gospel, and I am so excited to be able to go out and teach others about it. I am getting my mission call this Wednesday!!

Answer 3

I don't care if you're Mormon, I know a lot of Mormons, Mormons are okay; it's Baptists that scare the holy crap out of me --
Have you ever talked to Baptists about their stuff?

Answer 4

Born and raised.....

Going through a rough patch (personal issues, no testimony issues) at the moment, but I still know this church has the most truth.... always have, always will.

Answer 5

[raising my hand to be counted]
My conversion is a continuing one - I truly felt it and knew for myself about 22 years ago. And was strengthened further today as I listened to Elder Holland & President Hinckley at our Regional Stake Conference Broadcast [it was incredible].

Answer 6

I'm not Mormon but I'm a Jewish believer

Answer 7

I am. True blue, died in the wool, bonfied Mormon, through and through. It is an awesome church and has brough t me joy and happiness.

Answer 8

Sorry this is so long, OK, but stick with it...

I grew up in England as an Evangelical Christian (“born-again”), attended several different churches of this type and married an Anglican Vicar I had met through the University Christian Union. When my best friend joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I was upset and angry. I thought she had been brainwashed into a cult and I became obsessed with hatred for the church. I read every anti-Mormon book I could find and became involved with an anti-cult group, eventually becoming its Area Director for my area. As well as my research I gave lectures to church groups, leafleted homes warning householders not to speak to missionaries, and wrote a booklet about “Mormonism”.

Five years after I started my campaign I received a Solicitor’s [lawyer’s] letter on behalf of the LDS Church asking that I cease my activities (some of which had been dishonest) or they would sue me. For some time I had known that many of my arguments didn’t stand up and that many of the anti-Mormon books were very inaccurate. I was also beginning to admire the way every Mormon I had met was polite and loving and reasonable even when I was yelling at them. So I decided to comply and resolved to have nothing more to do with the church.

After some time I began to feel sorry for what I had done in the past, so I met with the missionaries and asked them to convey my apologies to the local ward. They discovered that I had never actually read the Book of Mormon and they challenged me to do so.

I didn’t actually read much at that time, but it was as though scales fell from my eyes (Acts 9:18) and I realised that the person I had been trying to convince that the Church was false was not my best friend, or any of the people I lectured to, but myself. I had felt threatened by the church because I had never felt close to God in my own church, but all the Mormons I met had a very real relationship with Him, and that was a huge challenge to my own belief system.

When the missionaries taught me it was as though I was hearing the gospel for the first time. It was extremely difficult to say “I was wrong” and go to church that first time, but not one person reproached me and everyone made me feel welcome. I felt really loved and was finally able to feel the spirit and know for certain that my Heavenly Father loved me and heard my prayers. Because mine was a special case I was interviewed for baptism by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.

Unfortunately my husband – who was a Vicar after all – still hated the LDS church and soon forbade me to go to church or have anything to do with it. No one was allowed even to phone me or call at the house, and he burned my scriptures. I went along to his church with him until he lost his job due to his alcoholism, after which I went to a community Evangelical church. As our marriage started to disintegrate I was able to go occasionally to the local branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and when we divorced I became fully active.

My testimony grew even through the years when I couldn’t go to church. I found huge strength in prayer and had many reassurances from my Heavenly Father. In particular I was promised that I would be richly rewarded for my faithfulness (which surprised me, because I wasn’t living the gospel particularly well the whole time) and I believe that that reward came when I married a wonderful, intelligent, steadfast returned missionary.

I often joke that I embarked on a five year quest to find out what was wrong with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, only to conclude “Nothing”; or I sum up my conversion by saying “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” But that trivialises what really happened, which was that Heavenly Father didn’t turn his back on me, and even through the hatred which filled me the spirit was able to reach me and help me turn my life around. I cannot begin to describe the joy which fills me each day as I pray with my family, or spend time in my calling with the Young Women who really inspire me, or just walk through the halls of the church meetinghouse knowing that this is where I belong and that this is right and good. I do know that this is Jesus Christ’s church, and I truly rejoice that I have the privilege of being a member of it. I love my Saviour and am so grateful for all that He has done for me. And especially for his atonement which means that we can be forgiven, no matter what we have done wrong in the past.

(Note: My best friend married the missionary who taught her and is now a mother of six and serving as a Relief Society President in Wyoming.)

Answer 9

ummm i was born into it but im not sure if i believe it

Answer 10

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.

God bless!