KatrinaC

I don't have too much of a sweet tooth, but my favorite desert is probably just ice cream. :) Which is too bad because I am lactose intolerant so I get sick whenever I eat it haha but it usually doesn't stop me.

I wouldn't say I have a crush. I guess I thought about it, but that is what provoked my question. I wouldn't ever tell him that. I think it is great as well. Just seems really hard.

I understand what the role of missionaries are what they do, however I am confused as to what the life of a missionary is like socially. Is their life revolved around church all day every day? Do they go out to movies or parties with friends? Can they go out on dates with people they meet? Can they ever share their name? Do missionaries want to be friends with people they meet with or simply teach? I really don't understand, that is all! Thank you!

That would be wonderful! Although I don't have too much time to read because of my schoolwork, I always love buying new books. I do love reading.

Yes, actually I live about a 30 minute drive away from the University district of Seattle! I don't venture into Seattle too often, but that is wonderful. I already know of two singles wards that are conveniently close to me, and I have attended a few events. It's really wonderful. My only concern right now is that when I do go, the people are so friendly, but I have such a hard time opening up and trying to make friends. There seems to be... cliques... and it is hard to fit in I feel sometimes. I'm sure I can get past this, but sometimes I feel judged and I really hope that I can get past this feeling.

Let's see... where am I at. Right now, what I have is a sense of belonging, community, love, and faith. The church feels right. I understand that the religion follows the belief of modern day prophets, which is hard for me, because I was not raised to believe this, but I have faith. I understand that there was a man named Joseph Smith, but I do not know anything more about him other than God came to him with gold plates. I am starting to understand that there is great significance in the Atonement of Jesus, and there is something more concerning a garden rather than the cross. I feel like there is a huge focus on purity and family. I suppose I know a bit of scattered information about the religion, but I just feel strong about it. I wanted to talk about it with the missionaries that came to my house about a year ago and I set up a date for them to come back, but they never did... I really just need everything explained to me.

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone, it means so much to me. The church that I have been to a few times is a single adults ward, and I feel like there are many people there that I could make friends with. However, that is also the church that my ex tends to go to when he decides to go to church... I was lucky to be invited by a friend from work to go to his LDS congregation which I believe is a single adults ward as well. The Church institute class sounds interesting as well, I will look into that as well as the book store, I have never heard of it. I live in the greater Seattle area so I assume I must be able to find something! Thank you everyone! EDIT: Wow! There happens to be one of those bookstores right across the street from my college! What a match, I will be sure to stop by there on Monday.

My name is Katrina, and I am from Washington state. I have just been through a very traumatic experience. My ex-boyfriend, who happens to belong to the LDS church recently broke up our year long serious relationship. I made a mistake by allowing my whole entire life to be revolved around him. I feel as if my life is gone. The pain that I am experiencing is tremendous. He introduced me to the church throughout our relationship, although he titles himself "a bad Mormon". Anyway, I did not give off many positive reactions to it, because it is so different. I grew up in a mostly christian family and went to church as a child. Through my teen years my family slipped away from church simply from lack of time and not being able to settle in a single church. I have been to Catholic churches, Presbyterian churches, Methodist churches, you name it. We are a christian family, but I am ready to move on by myself. I feel that all things happen for a reason, and perhaps the reason this whole relationship happened was to open me back up to God and to the Mormon church. I'll flat out say it, I hate my ex-boyfriend right now. But that isn't what I want to focus on. I want to focus on myself. I don't know much of anything about Mormonism, though I know some of the basics. Something just feels right. I have been to a YSA ward a few times and although it is so different for me and I feel like everything I do is wrong, I want to go back. All I have though about today is going to church tomorrow, by myself this time. I need help, I need guidance, and I need God. I hope that the Mormon church can do this for me, and I hope there will be people to help me understand the religion and find a place of refuge for me to get through my hard time. I love God, and I don't want to feel alone. So this is me, right now, in a nutshell. Anything more would be that I am in a current process of defining myself and my own life, not living through someone else. I love to golf, I have a few good friends, I am going to school right now to become a nurse, I work a part time job, and I am starting to try out some new hobbies like sewing and baking. So... I suppose this is where I begin. I hope that God and the church will help me renew myself and my life.