Liz_anne4

Thank you everyone for all of the advice. I find it really helpful to have lots of different perspectives when facing a problem to find the best solution. The best solution might not always be my original own idea, so asking here was really helpful. I do have an update, however. My younger sister knows I joined the church. She's 17 and I'm 20 so we've always been really close and she noticed something was up with me. She did some digging, found my twitter (where I was stupidly very open about getting my recommend and other stuff that was going on that totally gave it away) and she confronted me about it last night. We talked it out and she was more upset over anything else that I hid it from her. For now, she's gonna keep it between us because it's not her place to tell our parents. She did say, however, that while she doesn't agree with it and can't 'support it' she's not gonna fight me on it. She said when I'm happy, she's happy. Then we cried and went back to watching TV. I'm super grateful for her at this point. Seeing how she kind of came to terms with it gives me hope that, after a while, my parents will accept it as well. Also I'll now have her to help smooth things over when that time comes. My best friend and I have found an apartment in town that's perfect for us. It wasn't even listed on any of the rental sites. My friend was originally looking at a one bedroom place but didn't like it. The realtor told her she had a two bedroom and it's perfect for us. Cheap, close to both of our jobs, in a good part of town. Seriously an answer to prayer. (We live in a very small town and there just wasn't a lot available rent-wise.) We're going to begin the paper work to move in with the next few weeks and I'm very thankful that Heavenly Father provided this place. Thanks again for all of the advice! For now, I'm going to continue my Book of Mormon read through (made it to Alma!) keep praying and then as I live by the Gospel, my parents will eventually have to notice the positive change in my life.

That is a great idea, thank you! I'll definitely read that on my own and then if it becomes an issue, pass it along to my mom. Also, I appreciate the different perspective so thanks a lot for commenting and sharing!

That's a great idea! I think that's how I'll look at it if my mother gives me any books to read. Read 'em and send 'em back with notes and everything in them. I never thought about writing it down, but that's also a great idea! Thank you so much!

I have a feeling my mom will also try to un-convert me with books. It's just who she is as a person. And thank you! I'm happy to be aboard!

good to know, I thought so but like i didn't wanna use the wrong term, haha. Thanks for clearing that up!

So, I've been a member for a little over a week now and I feel great about it all. I'm the happiest I've ever been! But, I do have a few things I could use some advice on. 1) My family doesn't know I've converted yet. I grew up in a strictly Baptist home. In my high school years, I kinda drifted from the baptist church though because I had a lot of problems with it. Anyways, I'm 20 now, work full time to pay my own bills, the one little problem is that I still live at home with my family who is very much in the dark about all of this. I'm planning on moving out this summer. Probably within the next month or so. Once I'm out of their house I'll tell them I'm LDS but I don't know how. I don't want to cause a big fight or upset them but I know this is something that is going to affect my mom because she seriously believes Mormons are all poor lost confused souls who are part of the occult. I'm just worried that this will cause a lot of tension in our relationship and I don't want that so any advice as to how I should go about 'outing' myself as Mormon is very much appreciated!! 2) I'm not sure when I should get my Patriarchal Blessing I got my Temple Recommend yesterday and the president of my ward brought up my patriarchal blessing. I told him I wanted to hold off on it for now. I don't wanna rush into everything right at the beginning just because I'm super excited (because I am. Super excited.) I want to make sure I'm ready. But, I've also been looking into serving a mission and thought that maybe my Blessing will help clear things up to let me know if its something I should pursue. I know I have to wait a bit before I can be eligible to go on a mission, but I feel like I should start preparing now if I go. So, thoughts on getting my blessing? Any advice is very much appreciated, thanks in advance! :)

You're right, I probably should've worded that better! I just meant adjusting to this new life of mine, its kind of a different lifestyle than i was leading before. But yes, I am very much looking forward to learning all I can! I was telling a friend of mine the other day that it seems like no matter how much I research or learn there's always a ton more I can know!

Thanks everyone! :)

This website was super helpful to me as I was converting so I was eager to get around to opening my account. I was baptized last weekend and couldn't be happier or more sure of this decision I made. Heavenly Father has blessed my life so much in these past few weeks and I am just so incredibly thankful. I started meeting with the missionaries around mid-April. I had done a lot of researching on my own before even contacting them and had even started reading the Book of Mormon (my best friend is a member of the Church and she was also super helpful at answering any questions.) At the end of my first meeting with the missionaries, they told me I was pretty much ready to be baptized and we set a date. We met several times after that and they walked me through all the lessons and it was just an incredible experience overall. I was baptized May 9th and confirmed the next day. It's insane to me that it's only been a little over a month since I started this journey and I am so excited for what Heavenly Father has in store for me. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions and needs for advising as I settle in and learn more about this wonderful church that has changed my life so significantly in such a short amount of time. But for now, I just wanted to introduce myself, so. Hi, I'm Liz, I'm 20 years old, currently work at a gas station and I'm a new member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And I couldn't be happier about it.