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Last night my family and I were baptized. It was an amazing experience. My son was glowing as he came out of the water. A lot of people showed up despite it being Tuesday night at 7pm! I was really surprised, because I didn't even want to do it that night (I have loads of homework I'm trying to do). Anyways, I wanted to thank everyone on this board for their loving support in bringing me and my family into the Church. It was a magical experience and I can't wait for Sunday and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

OK, everyone.... if all goes well, my husband asked to be baptized (as well as I did) which is set to occur Sept. 2. Can anyone believe it? I can't! Anyone have ideas on how to breach conversion for my 9-year-old? I was told just to talk to him, but I was wondering if anyone had undergone this. My talks with him just seem confusing. Any ideas? I hope he feels the way we do and we can all be baptized.

Here, here! Thank God I finally just emailed them using mormon.org. Once you click 'send,' there's no going back! If you lack the courage, feel free to use that method...it worked for me!

My family and I attended church together for the first time. It was great! We all had a good time. My husband decided to continue discussions and attending church. He said he felt something powerful with today's lesson on Charity. My son learned a lot and was eager to tell me about it. The cub scouts director invited us to the meetings, too. So, I am amazed and very, very thankful. Thanks for everyone that's been pulling for me and my family!

You guys rock!! I feel like I have been so blessed to have found this site. I am so glad others are excited for me as well. Candyprpl, I hope you have a great dinner with the missionaries!!!

LOL!!! OK, not final! You guys are fantastic!!

Final update... we had a tour of the church with the missionaries today and my husband thought we should go to church on Sunday together as a family. I am still reeling from this. No one ridiculed a belief in Jesus more than my husband. He also read some scriptures and prayed and had a great dream that I think was the Lord speaking to him. What can I say? I am pretty darned thrilled beyond belief. Everyone on this board has been great. Once again i wish to thank you all for your guidance and advice, it has really opened up my life.

Ok, they left a little bit ago and it went great. They were so cute!! Anyway, my husband actually sat in and asked questions, etc. He even set up an appointment tomorrow for us to go & get a tour of the church!! So it was pretty great. I am so elated I bought myself a cheeseburger to celebrate!! I wish I had more questions to ask them, but I have researched most of the questions I had initially and so couldn't think of new ones. But they were so nervous, it was adorable! Also, they loved my giant dog. So...maybe we'll even go to church this Sun. as A FAMILY. Something I didn't imagine was really possible. So thanks everyone for your advice, it worked great!

Thank you, Misshalfway!! I loved them too. But I guess that's obvious.

It's Elders!

Just an update... I meet with the missionaries Thurs. in the morning. I'm so nervous, it's hilarious!!! Thanks everyone, and I'll let you know how it goes!

Is anyone else feeling this? I grew up extremely poor. My mother and grandmother knew how to do anything...and I mean ANYTHING. If they didn't know, we popped off to the library to get a book to learn how. As an adult, I've had more money than my parents had and so have had more luxuries. Recently, my income has been cut, and the struggling economy has made this hurt a bit more than it might have. I have no extra money for anything until payday in a week and a half. My son started school and needs new uniforms, of course. He's 9 and is wearing a 12 snugly, and not just at the waist...the pants are barely covering his ankles!! Thankfully, I had some size 14 pants that I bought at a garage sale at the beginning of summer. So, I cut them off and hemmed them up to make shorts for him. I started thinking, how wonderful my childhood had been despite economic hardships, and how well my mother had trained her daughter for such things. Most young women I know have NO IDEA how to do such a common thing as hem up pants, cook, or any other simple task women used to be prepared for. My cousin was amazed and said, "They look like they came from the store!" She was raised on department stores, restaurants and dry cleaning. She still calls me for instructions on how to do the simplest things! This little family crisis has really made me appreciate mothers who bother to teach their daughters (and sons!) how to function independently. I really hope to have more money than my family had growing up, but I still really plan on stressing such seemingly unimportant, semi-forgotten 'old-fashioned' skills, especially for my daughters.

I am with you!! I got goosebumps reading your post. I come from a very anti-LDS family. I am very literal and rational. I study anthropology and so have a very distant view of religion, as in very 3rd person. I am struggling also with meeting with missionaries. How will I explain this to people who know me? Will they be able to accept me? What will they think... will they think I'm different, or mentally ill or something, to make such a radical change? I finally emailed the missionaries and hope to hear a response soon. I just had to make what seemed a very emotional, non-rational choice that God has been leading me to. If we were in the same city, I would totally take the discussions with the missionaries with you, I am so terrified to do it alone!! But I am exhilarated, too. May you listen to your heart and find some peace with this. I finally have some, after 2 years of struggling with the decision.

I wanted to thank you all for your great advice. I've emailed the missionaries and we'll see where I go! It's pretty exciting!

I was wondering how I can overcome my fear of meeting with the missionaries (I am an investigator). I am afraid of something, but I don't know what! Every time I think I have the courage to set up discussions, I become paralyzed and hang up. This is embarrassing to me, as my family always stresses being courageous and I am so failing in this regard! I think I am mostly afraid of a hard sell. I do not know any LDS and have never met anyone LDS (well, anyone that was open about it, anyway). I have no one to ask questions or have to go to church with. I am painfully shy, it is so silly. i also worry about my family: I have a son and am married, but my husband doesn't seem interested in the LDS faith at all, and i am worried i won't be as accepted. Any advice? I am in Tucson, AZ.