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I'm so sorry that you are struggling right now. Sometimes when it seems difficult to do all the right things to continue to build my faith, I can turn to a nice LDS Romantic Fiction book. I order them on Deseret Book online. There a lot of them available. Most of the stories are sweet and have an underlying faith-promotion portion of the story -- so as you read and enjoy the story, there is a quiet confirmation of the gospel as a sideline -- a peaceful, sweet sideline. Do you have a visiting teacher that is actually someone you would consider a friend? Have you talked to that person or your relief society president or your bishop? All may have some good advice. Is there a singles program in your area? go to the activities... get to be friends outside of church, but with people that live the gospel values. These are the things that help me. Best of luck to you.

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I'm brand new to this site, but I just commented on the Ex-LDS guys post... I then realized my response nicely introduces my conversion story, so I'll copy/paste it here. I would love to hear from potential new friends.. I was raised Methodist, and was looking for a college where I could feel comfortable living the values my parents taught to me. I visited campus after campus and was so discouraged when "student ambassadors" would tell me about buying notes, underage drinking and the like. The atmosphere at BYU was completely different. Then, when I was a freshman, I "knew" the Mormons were wrong, but I respected that they knew Why they believed and What they believed. I needed to know what exactly my faith was based on. I, too, went with a non-King James Bible and read through cover to cover in about six weeks time... I needed to have a firm foundation on my belief system...so I could find the right church for me. My testimony of the Bible grew tremendously during that time. A friend took me to the Manti pagent -- The actor playing Joseph Smith went out to the grove to pray based on his reading of the Bible, "If any of ye lack wisdom" At that moment, I knew I would someday be a member because I had the Bible so close to my heart and I knew that our kind Heavenly Father would NOT ALLOW Joseph to be deceived, because he lacked wisdom and asked with a sincere heart... and in the Bible, Heavenly Father promises to answer that prayer... No way would He go back on that promise, and therefore Joseph Smith could NOT have been fooled. That being the case, the rest is true -- period. I can't honestly say that I feel any stronger toward the Book of Mormon than I do the Bible. I can't honestly say that I've read every page and I understand every story (which is sad after 18 years) -- But I've never swayed from the fact that it MUST be true. (That is the end of the posting I put on the EX-LDS guy) I'm not sure if I should re-introduce all my details here, since I think you can just click on my name or the little temple picture and go to my page, right? :)

I'm brand new to this site, but I want to say that I hope you will feel welcome. I had rather the reverse happen to me. I was raised Methodist, and was looking for a college where I could feel comfortable living the values my parents taught to me. I visited campus after campus and was so discouraged when "student ambassadors" would tell me about buying notes, underage drinking and the like. The atmosphere at BYU was completely different. Then, when I was a freshman, I "knew" the Mormons were wrong, but I respected that they knew Why they believed and What they believed. I needed to know what exactly my faith was based on. I, too, went with a non-King James Bible and read through cover to cover in about six weeks time... I needed to have a firm foundation on my belief system...so I could find the right church for me. My testimony of the Bible grew tremendously during that time. A friend took me to the Manti pagent -- The actor playing Joseph Smith went out to the grove to pray based on his reading of the Bible, "If any of ye lack wisdom" At that moment, I knew I would someday be a member because I had the Bible so close to my heart and I knew that our kind Heavenly Father would NOT ALLOW Joseph to be deceived, because he lacked wisdom and asked with a sincere heart... and in the Bible, Heavenly Father promises to answer that prayer... No way would He go back on that promise, and therefore Joseph Smith could NOT have been fooled. That being the case, the rest is true -- period. I can't honestly say that I feel any stronger toward the Book of Mormon than I do the Bible. I can't honestly say that I've read every page and I understand every story (which is sad after 18 years) -- But I've never swayed from the fact that it MUST be true.