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Thank you everyone for the replies. Really appreciate it :) Suppose, an LDS person does not have the opportunity to get sealed in the temple or engage in the endowment ceremony in this life - will they get the opportunity to perform these ordinances to reach the highest leve of the celestial kindom during the Millenium?

Hey everyone, I am still quite new to the Church so I do apologise if I am lacking in knowledge. I have read that the celestial kingdom has three levels. The first level is for couples sealed in the temple, the second for endowed members and the third for baptised members. Suppose, that you do end up in the second or third level, do you have a chance to get marriied in the celestial kingdom and then reach exaltation into the first level? Also, for people who end up in the terrestial kingdom, can they also progress into the celestial kingdom if they get baptised and/or endowed in the terrestial kingdom? Thanks :)

Happy birthday, Skalenfehl! Hope you had a great day and keep in touch :)

Hey guys, I'm really sorry for not keeping you all updated. I am really glad that I have found such an amazing community of fellow Latter-Day Saints on the internet and I am really grateful for all your words of comfort and advise. The missionaries who are teaching me and I have decided the best way for me to come to Christ and live my life as a Christian would be for me to transfer to BYU, Idaho and hopefully settle in the USA. My parents of course object me going to the USA and they will absolutely not finance or sponsor me if I go to an LDS college, so unfortunately I cannot tell my parents that I am going to BYU, Idaho. It would be a dream come true for me to go to BYU, Provo but unfortunately I think it is way to risky. My Dad is somehow bound to find out halfway across the year that I am attending a Mormon school and he might just refuse to pay my tuition. BYU, Idaho is a lot cheaper and if a worse case scenario happens, at least I will be able to pay for my tuition through my own savings. I have worked really, really hard in the past few weeks for my summer job in order to save up funds for BYU. I am right now in the UK and will be going back to my parents in August and hopefully to BYU-I in January 2014. God bless.

Thanks Viannqueen3. Yes, I'd very much like to get in touch with the family. Often I feel that there is no one I can really talk to and these past few days have been nothing but hell for me, literally.

Thank you, Martain. That is a beautiful quite from Joseph Smith. I have been praying a lot since the past few days, asking God to help me. I just cannot stop thinking about my father, no matter how much I pray. Its just hard.

Hey guys! I recently contacted the London England Temple and the lady I spoke to was VERY sweet and understanding. She said that she will arrange a day for my baptism and will also tell missionairies to contact me. I spoke to her for quite a few minutes about my convesion and she was very appreciative and I am now feeling a lot better :)

Apostasy is a major sin in Islam and both Pakistan and UAE follow the shariah (Islamic) law which means that anyone who leaves Islam should be put to death. Pakistan is worse in this case than the UAE, as Pakistan first tortures people, puts them in prison and then gives them the death penalty. I have actually thought about applying for asylum in the UK and I am researching about it now and see if I can be a 'refugee' in the UK.

Hey guys, thanks so much for the replies. You cannot imagine how much I appreciate the kind words. The past few days have been extremely bad for me as I spoke about my conversion to my father and he said that if I do get officially baptised he will disown me and never see my face for the rest of his life. He have a whole talk about how he had raised me, given me a good education and supported me and now, I am paying back him by leaving Islam. My Dad is extremely fundamentalist and beleives that apostates should be killed. He said that he has paid over £10,000 for me to get a good education in the UK and used all of his life's savings for this (the living costs and rent in the UK is really expensive) in just one year of my studies. And now, I just feel so guilty for betraying him and I can't beleive that he is disowning me for just leaving Islam. My Mum, thank God, was a lot more helpful. She said that she will love me no matter what but is extremely hurt by the fact that I have left my religion. She also said that she is compelled to disown me too but her love for me won't let her do it so she just doesn not know what to do. But, I can feel that she does not love me anymore and is extrmely hurt. i have been really depressed in the past few days and I've got my exams in just two weeks. I cannot study or revise and I haven't eaten properly in weeks. Even my flatmates have noticed this. Please do pray for me, guys.

Hey guys, I am a 20 year old guy from Pakistan but living in the UK (for my higher studies). I was born to an extremely fundamentalist Muslim family and was raised as a Muslim but I never liked my religion. It is a REALLY long story about my conversion from Islam to Mormonism but I just feel that Mormonism is the right beleif for me. In the past few days, I have done a ton of research on Mormonism and I feel it is the right religion for me. But I always fear for my life because apostosy is a major sin in Islam is punished my death. I even cannot reveal about my conversion to even my parents as they will disown me. My UK student visa expires in August and my I'll have to return to either the UAE or Pakistan, both of which are fundamentalist Muslim countries. Is there any hope for me?