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My Mum is very supportive of it all. My boyfriend is a little unsure but he can see this makes me happy.

Well, I went to church and loved it. It was really great to be around people who believed like I do. And...I got my baptism date! Its the 9th of August and I'm already having a white dress made for me to wear in the font.

Well, today I went to the chapel for the first time and really enjoyed it! I've also got a baptism date, the 9th of August. Soooooo excited, just had to tell someone!

Well, I'm having my fourth lesson on Saturday and then they're taking me to a barbecue at a church not far from here where loads of people from the ward will be. And on sunday I'm off to church! Exciting or what?!

Well, it's finally happened, I'm in touch with the meetinghouse I want to join! Today, the missionaries came to the door and because my Mum and Step-dad had gone away on holiday this morning I was able to let them in for a chat! They're coming round again on Monday with a friend to show me a DVD and they've left me with a leaflet to read. I can't tell you how exciting it is to finally know that I'm on my way to being a member. Even my Pug dog is happy and he loved sniffing in the Elder's bags!:cloud9:

What is a borrowed faith? Maybe I'm being thick, but I've never heard of that term. What does it mean please?

If members look down on me, that is their problem. I won't force anyone into anything they don't want or aren't ready for. If my boyfriend doesn't want to join, we'll cope with that when it happens.

I don't expect him to join the LDS Church, just as he doesn't expect me to join the Anglican church. I wouldn't force my own beliefs onto him or onto anybody.

Thank you all for your advice and prayers, I really do appreciate them. However, I should tell you (Iggy, listen to this) that I have no intention of splitting up with my boyfriend. It's very easy for people to say that we should part company but they don't know how close we are and how he has helped me in the 2 years I have known him. I have, in the past, tried to find the church that God wanted me to be in. This search led me to many different denominations, including some that are not mainstream. I think my boyfriend is just a little worried that I seem to make a habit of investigating groups that are, in some people's view, cults. I know that the LDS Church is not a cult by any means, but it is a faith that is not so widespread here in the UK and as such, many people don't know anything about it. I didn't know much about it, even though there is a chapel in the next village. (When I told my mother, she thought that it was the LDS Church that banned blood transfusions, whereas we all know it is the Jehovah's Witnesses!) I hope that, in time, as my boyfriend sees that the LDS Church is making me happy and bringing me closer to God, he will accept that it is my choice as to which church I belong to, and that he will respect that.

I just spoke with my boyfriend on messenger and he told me to NEVER mention the LDS or my faith ever again. He quoted an anti-mormon website and hung up the phone when I tried to call him. I can't believe he has changed his mind so quickly! I can't stop crying. Help please...

I am hoping that as I start to attend my local LDS chapel, he will come with me occasionally as he said he would. I find the Anglican theology too liberal. They now even have homosexual priests!

We've been together for nearly 2 years now and are very serious. Next year he is hoping to get his own place and I would go to see him during the week. He lives about 2 hours away from me and I travel on the train as I don't drive. We are very close and enjoy going out together as well as staying in and watching DVDs/playing video games. We have never attended a church together as we are from denominations that are quite different. I was a Pentecostal and he is an Anglican (Church of England.)

Neither my boyfriend or I have been to church for quite a while. He is an Anglican (Church of England) and I would have called myself Pentecostal. Even though we both know better, we haven't been living a chaste life. Now I have been reading The Book of Mormon and am hoping to join the LDS Church, I know that I need to live a chaste life. How can I explain this to my boyfriend? Also I know I will have to give up alcohol. This won't be such a challenge as I rarely drink anyway, but I don't know what my boyfriend will think about that either. Will he think that all the fun is going out of our relationship? Could anyone provide me with scriptures that support my decisions? And has anyone here had any experience of situations similar to this one?

Well, I did it...I told my Mum I was investigating the LDS church. She was a bit confused about the teachings but I told her about how loving the teaching on mental health was and I said I would show her some church websites with more about the teachings. She goes away tomorrow with my step-dad until monday, but my friend is staying over until monday and my boyfriend will stay saturday night too so I think we'll have fun. We're going to a Chinese buffet on saturday night then on sunday we're going to Birmingham and I'll show my friend the Bull Ring shopping centre. Luckily, there's 3 bedrooms in the house, or else one of us would have ended up on the sofa. My boyfriend stays in the spare room when he stays here but my friend will be in there on saturday night. I get to sleep in the BIG bed in Mum's room and Neil will have to cope with my creaky little bed. Oh well...

Well, I just got over a HUGE hurdle. I mentioned to my boyfriend Neil that I'd been looking into local churches but hadn't found one I felt drawn to. Then I said that I thought I might try an LDS chapel and he just asked me how I'd get there. He didn't comment on what sort of church it was or anything, so I'm assuming he doesn't know what LDS stands for, but at least I've broken the ice about it. So if he turns round to me in a week's time and says "You're going to a Mormon church?!?!" I can say, in all truth, "You didn't have a problem with it when I told you about it the first time!" LOL God Bless Lucy xx

The live chat option isn't currently working as far as I can see. I have contacted the church through a contact form before but received no reply. Have now written a letter that I'll post to the LDS chapel closest to me. This is what I wrote: Dear Sir, My name is Lucy Reeves, I am 25 and I live in the village of Wombourne, not far from your chapel. I hope you don’t mind me writing to you; I have a phobia about talking on the phone to anyone I don’t know. I suppose I should tell you why I am writing to you. I have recently been praying to God to help me find the church that I belong in. I have been to many churches in the past: Pentecostal, Methodist, Anglican, Catholic, ICOC, even The Family International, but I have never felt that I was meant to stay in any of them. One of the main reasons has been their attitudes to mental illness. As someone who has these sorts of problems I have found these churches can be very narrow-minded about the issue and have been told that it was my own fault that I was ill, that it was because of unrepented sin or that I was being attacked by evil spirits. Then, someone sent me a link to an article about mental illness that was in “Ensign” magazine. As I read it, I saw that the LDS church’s teachings were incredibly loving and caring. I read more about the church’s beliefs and practices on various church websites and I came to understand that God had led me there because He wanted me to be in His one, true church. I remembered seeing your chapel once when driving past, so I looked up your address and thought I would write to you. I do actually have a Book of Mormon. It was given to me by some missionaries a few years ago. I accepted the book but couldn’t ask them in as my mother didn’t want them in the house. I looked at it as soon as I had read the websites about the church and it had a small leaflet inside which showed me some passages to read. It also had the name of your chapel, which is where the missionaries must have come from in the first place. By writing to you, I hoped that you would be able to put me in touch with someone my own age (I’m 25) or someone that lived near to me, with a view to meeting them and coming to the chapel. I don’t drive, so that is also a difficulty. I would like to meet missionaries (preferably female) but not at my home as my mother wouldn’t allow it. She is a Methodist and I’m really not sure how she will take the news about it all! I really hope that you can see a way for me to proceed as I know God wants me to be in the LDS church. I have written my email address at the top of this letter. When you have the time please contact me either by letter or email. Thank you so much for your time. Yours faithfully Lucy Reeves (Miss) I hope that sounds okay to you all. Let me know what you think.

Yes, I'm from the UK. South Staffordshire in central England to be precise. My nearest chapel is in Sedgley. Its part of the Woodsetton ward. I'm going to write a letter to the chapel leader, explaining my situation and I'll hopefully get a reply quite quickly.

I ordered a video from the LDS after seeing it advertised on TV. The video arrived in the morning post, then in the afternoon two missionaries turned up. I was surprised to see them as there was no mention of a home visit when I ordered the video, so I didn't let them in but they gave me the Book of Mormon. So I guess you could say it found me!

I would love to start attending an LDS Chapel near to me, but I don't know what I would tell my mother and my boyfriend. In the past I've been to all sorts of different denominations of the christian church, such as Catholic, Pentecostal, Assemblies of God, Methodist, ICOC and even The Family International. I was christened in a Church of England (Anglican) church and confirmed as a Methodist but I've never found a place where I belonged. I also suffer with mental illness and some of the churches have treated me really badly, telling me it was my own fault I was ill. I've been told it was because of unrepented sin or that I had evil spirits or the devil attacking me. Then someone sent me a link to an Ensign article about myths about mental health and when I read it, I nearly cried. It was so even-handed and understanding, so loving and positive. It was NOTHING like any of the other churches had taught. I really felt that God was drawing me to the LDS church. A couple of years ago, missionaries had left me a Book of Mormon. I had forgotten about it, but I got it out and there was even a little leaflet that was a guide to reading it inside the front cover so when I get a free night I'm going to read it. My mum doesn't like the idea of missionaries coming to the house so I'm looking to get in contact with my local chapel and see what they say. Unfortunately one of my phobias is using the phone, especially with people I don't know, so I thought I'd write them a letter instead of calling. I'll include my email address so they can either write back or contact me online. I'd really like you to recommend some websites that I can direct my mum (who's a Methodist) and my boyfriend (who's an Anglican) to, so they can see for themselves that the LDS isn't a cult and that they have nothing to worry about. Also, have any of you got any tips for actually telling them I'd like to attend the church? I don't drive, so it would have to be my mum who took me to the chapel, so its not like I can go without telling her! I also see my boyfriend on a weekend and we usually spend sundays together so I can't go without telling him either. I'm still hoping that when I write, there will be some girls there that are my age and that I'll be able to chat to them about it.

I'm Lucy, 25 and living in the West Midlands in England. I've recently become interested in the LDS church after reading some of their websites. I'm looking to find LDS around my age (25) who I can chat to about maybe joining. I don't know any LDS in my area and I don't drive so I can't get to the chapels nearest to me. My mum isn't comfortable with missionaries coming to talk to me at the house so I'm really relying on the internet to help me find LDS friends. I also suffer from mental illness, but after reading an article in "Ensign", I can see that the LDS church has a really loving and understanding way of looking at this issue. However, one of my phobias is using the phone, so I can't call the chapels I would like to attend. I've been a Christian since I was about 13, but have never found a church where I felt comfortable and truly accepted. I feel that God is nudging me towards the LDS church. It’s a feeling I've never had with any other denomination and I'm very excited about it. I hope I'll fit in with all you lovely people!!! God bless you Lucy xx