fadedfirefly

Hi my name is Alana and I was baptised into the church last Saturday. I feel very confident in everytihng I have learned but I do have a question? What is the appropirate length for shorts for working out/sports? I am trying to find longer shorts but do they need to be as long as the skirts I wear to sacrament? I am guessing that conservative one pieces are ok for swimming. I was watching some of the Mormon messages and noticed girls in cheerleading skirts that were shorter than I would have thought they would be. I went to a private baptist high school and the cheerleading skirts went to our knees, but I'm getting off topic. It's easy to know what is considered modest with everyday clothing, but sports and swimming seems a little bit different. Alos I see girls weraing skirts that are a bit shorter at sacrament with leggings under them. I was thinking I could always throw leggings under my old work out shorts to make them longer. Can anyone give me some insight here?

Update my baptism was wonderful and I receievd the gift of the Holy Ghost the next day. Things are wonderful and I am SO happy to be a confirmed memebr of the church now. I feel better than I could ever imagine. I start my new memeber lesson tomorrow night.

Thank you all for your kind words and support. Things were hard but went really well last night and I'm all set to be baptised on Saturday as originally planned. I cried my eyes out but I feel more closure now than I ever have in my entire life. The mission president was wondeful and my husband reminded me that he has probably heard much worse than what I had said. I know that part of the reason was for me to learn the seriousness of what I did wrong. It makes sense to me now that I should have told the missionaries that I just answered yes to "a question." This did not occur to me before but makes sense in now. I am so excited for Saturday, a little nervous. I feel stronger and much calmer than yesterday.

I really think he was trying to reassure me as much as he could. He did have the missionaries call me later with some positive things to say. I am meeting with the mission president tonight and this time I will bring my husband with me so afterwards I will have a shoulder there to cry on if necessary. Yes, satan has definately played with my mind when I thought for a minute I never wanted to go back to that church ever again, but I know I didn't mean that. The missionary kep apologizing to me last night and I told him please don't becasue it wasn't his fault. I do think there is a gap somewhere between seeing the questions but being told you don't have to answer them to the missionaries and then having an interview with someone so young and having what happened, happen. The good thing is I think both he and I learned from this experience. Now I am counting the hours to go back and do it all over again. I hope it goes ok,and I have been doing everything I can to do what I'm supposed to do. I'm praying and holding back tears all day. I told my husband I need to bring my own box of tissue tonight.

Hello I am new here but I am looking for some answers and support if possible. I will give you a little backstory. I have twin boys who will be two in September and I have been with the boys father in a "living togethor" situation for over three years. We got engaged last Decemeber and were married in the ward chapel last Saturday, everything went great and I was feeling happier than ever. I have been investigating the church for a good four almost five months. The missionaries were visiting us twice a week for quite a while, now once a week. My huband was a convert into church when he was a child but had gotten away from the church. Last night I had my baptism interview and it did not go well. The missonaries had showed me the questions I would be asked on a number of occasions always telling me that I didn't have to answer the questions to them. I thought great because everything on the list I could answer in an appropirate way except one. I didn't really think about the questions too much becuase it was something that happend quite a while ago and I felt that I had repented. The question is a very sensitive and very emontional subject with me and I can't even speak about it without crying my eyes out. I thought I could bring it up in the inteview and things would be ok, not so much. The missionary who interviewed me seemed just as nervous as me and things were not good. When I answered the question it went from bad to worse, lots of akwardness, not knowing what to say. I could tell he was trying to make me feel better, by saying "I'm sorry this has never happened to me before." I took thast as meaning I was a horrible person if it had never happened to him before until I found out it was only his second interview, then I felt bad for both of us. Maybe i just feel horrible about myself. He then asked what the missionaries had say about my answer to this question and I had never told them about it because I didn't feel like I had to share something that personal with them, and that I wanted to keep it private. Needless to say I left the church crying and I am supposed to go back tonight to speak to someone else about this "in detail." I am so scared. I feel pretty bad about myself, dissapointed, and not worthy. I know I shouldn't but I do. I hope I am not turned away from the church. I have worked so hard and was feeling so good. I guess we will see tonight.