Smallfootsteps

I'm a recent convert. I gave up tea and coffee about 5 months ago. I used to love coffee but haven't missed it much since giving up. Yesterday I was in a cafe and had a craving for coffee so I ordered and drank a decaf coffee, which was just so nice to drink. I'm now wondering if this is the sort of thing I'm supposed to confess to the bishop? I don't plan on drinking a coffee again and don't feel overly guilty about drinking the decaf coffee.

Thank you @LiterateParakeet

Hi, I don't know anything about the first vision story. The missionaries didn't talk about that. What happened?

Thanks for your replies. Yes I am attending church. But last weekend I felt reluctant to go and now I'm feeling the same about this Sunday. I don't know what has changed, to begin with I liked going to church a lot. I don't really get what a testimony is. I know the church is big on them but I don't think I have one and to be honest don't undetsand what a testimony exactly is. No one has talked about this with me. I googled the interview questions but I have no idea how to answer them. Especially the bit which says "what does this mean to you". I don't know how to answer that. No one has talked to me about the questions or helped me with any of this. I feel abandoned by the missionaries. It's like as soon as I agreed to be baptized they don't want to see me anymore. And because it's Christmas the other members I know are on vacation. I don't really have friends at the church now and feel sort of left out. Today I was feeling like I don't belong there. Everyone there knows each other but I don't know anyone. I've lived the word of wisdom for a while now but I'm still struggling to do it some days. Other days are easier. I feel so alone in all his. I don't even know who the relief society President is and I've never heard of teachers at home. I thought the missionaries would be there for me, not teachers that I don't know. Honestly I'm feeling like this isn't for me anymore. It's all a huge change for me and I have no support for any of it. I've tried praying about it but just feel defeated and overwhelmed right now. Before I said I'd get baptized I felt fine. Now it's the complete opposite and I feel like I've wasted everyone's time because for weeks I was so happy and enthusiastic to join the church, and now I feel alone and like I don't belong there anymore. Some of the questions I have are what does it mean when there will be many more Earths? What is the difference between an exalted person and an angel, or are they the same? Once Jesus returns what happens then? Also does the church accept divorce and remarriage? I'd appreciate any help that anyone can give with this, thanks.

So I'm an investigator of a few months who has decided to get baptized but for various reasons couldn't set a date to do it for some time. Before I agreed to get baptized I was meeting with the missionaries and friends from church twice a week. But now it's all stopped and I'm starting to panic and worry about everything. I don't know how to answer the questions in the interview, no-one's even talked about about the interview questions with me (and I googled it and know that people can fail the interview), I have no idea if/when I'll see the missionaries again (all I get now is random text messages from them), I'm worried about everything and I'm starting to wonder if I'm making a big mistake. One minute I feel happy about deciding to be baptized then the next minute I'm freaking out and worrying that I can't give up my old life. I thought it would be an easy process but now I feel like I'm on my own and I can't do it. Is this normal? I'm only asking about this because there's still a big part of me that wants to do it but on the other hand im consumed with doubt and worry and have nobody to talk to.

Thank you! It's not just the missionaries pressuring me to get baptized, it's also my friends. They sit in on every lesson and I think they feel I should be baptized quickly too. They said it shouldn't take months. They're friends of friends and I don't want to hurt their feelings (or the missionaries) but I'm so lost and overwhelmed and worn out. All I've done in the past few weeks is read and study about the Mormon church. And only last Sunday more stuff was said in the Sunday school class that I'd never heard of and just couldn't understand. I feel like my daughter is already getting upset that this has taken over our lives (literally) and she also can't see why we have to get baptized so quickly. The missionaries are young but my friends are my age so surely they'd understand how big a change this is to someone's life? I know it's a positive change but the process would be so much easier if I could adapt and learn at my own pace without all this pressure.

Thank you! I actually gave up alcohol, coffee and tea 3 weeks ago when I read the Words of Wisdom. Giving up coffee was easy compared to dealing with feeling so overwhelmed. Part of the problem also is that the missionaries have very heavy accents, I often can't understand them which is sad because they'll talk at length and I honestly don't know what they just said. I think this is just adding to my feelings of exhaustion and stress.

I've been investigating the LDS church for a month. I have a 15 year old daughter and I'm a single mom to her. I have friends (actually friends of friends but they're nice people) who are members of the church and they invited me so I went along a month ago. I've been going for 4 weeks now and I stay for the full 3 hours every Sunday. I started seeing the missionaries and to begin with everything was fine. But in the last few weeks our meetings have been twice a week at night and I've started to feel really tired and stressed and overwhelmed about all the new information I've been receiving. I like the church and I'm certainly wanting to keep investigating but now the missionaries are pushing me to set a baptism date and I'm just not ready for that. I've only read about 1/3 of the Book of Mormon and I'm still finding some concepts that are taught at church on Sundays difficult to understand. My daughter is also still very new to it all and she's wanting to wait before she decides to commit to being baptized. Is it normal to feel so overwhelmed? We've got another meeting arranged with the missionaries and my friends in two days (the last one was only yesterday) and I honestly feel like crying at the thought of more information overload. I feel like the church is right and I'm meant to be there but why does there have to be such a fast and intensive process to be educated and why is there such pressure to get baptized? Shouldn't I be given adequate time to read the Book for Mormon and pray on it? Any advice would be much appreciated because right now I feel exhausted and completely overwhelmed. I'm on the verge of taking a break and just pausing and reflecting for a few weeks, I'm worn out already.