Jsmith85

The more I read and pray seeking the path the Heavenly Father would have me pursue, the more I feel Heavenly Father confirming that He would have me join the church. How do I go about joining the church? I know that there is a baptism but how do I prepare for that? What is involved with the Baptism process?

my favorite would have to be James - in the NT and Ruth in the OT. 
Ruth is all about leaving the familiar and following the Heavenly Father's leading and James is basically instructions for living righteously.

my favorite would have to be James - in the NT and Ruth in the OT. 
Ruth is all about leaving the familiar and following the Heavenly Father's leading and James is basically instructions for living righteously.

It really is, one of my favorite passages is Isaiah 43:2-7

I minored in Bible in college - I took a course on Isaiah so I might be okay.

I minored in Bible in college - I took a course on Isaiah so I might be okay.

Thanks  the chronological order thing was part of the reason why I asked.

You of course can read it front to back .  Or feel free to jump to the climax (when Christ arrives), that's in 3 Nephi chapter 11.
One thing that would help you is having a timeline of events, since the book of Mormon does have a storyline.  To make things complicated the book doesn't always go in chronological order, so it can get confusing.  Here is basic timeline showing the different groups of people and linking it up to different books--
http://emp.byui.edu/marrottr/121-122ChronologyCES.jpg
Here is another one which is more complicated, discussing actual events.  (https://seminary.lds.org/bc/content/seminary/materials/english/student-resources/book-of-mormon-times-at-a-glance-charteng.pdf).  
@Sunday21 has some nice resources too, so I'll ping her for you.

Front to back is good. If you have trouble understanding Isaiah, I've heard suggestions to either skip the quoting Isaiah chapters the first time through or read the chapters after where he is quoted before reading the chapters actually quoting him, as they frequently explain what he was saying.

You know I just realized how my username could be taken - It's actually my first initial and last name, year of birth.  I've been asking some questions enough to know I need to seriously pursue what the Heavenly Father would have me do. I actually have the missionary's coming tomorrow to speak with me.  
Thank you so much

Well Smith is a pretty common last name. Joseph and Emma are common first names so I'm thinking it's a good chance that it's not an urban lesson.

Thank you, I did do that for last Sunday. The meetinghouse has three different wards meeting there and they rotate the times and it wasn't updated since they just rotated times. Thank you though as I did miss seeing the bishop's name
 

You know I just realized how my username could be taken - It's actually my first initial and last name, year of birth.  I've been asking some questions enough to know I need to seriously pursue what the Heavenly Father would have me do. I actually have the missionary's coming tomorrow to speak with me.  
Thank you so much

Thank you  I will.

You know I just realized how my username could be taken - It's actually my first initial and last name, year of birth.  I've been asking some questions enough to know I need to seriously pursue what the Heavenly Father would have me do. I actually have the missionary's coming tomorrow to speak with me.  
Thank you so much

So recently I've had some LDS members, current and inactive both, come into my life. I was raised Baptist myself but I'm beginning to feel that the Heavenly Father maybe leading me to investigate the LDS church. I did go to a service last Sunday and I'm curious how to go about discovering if this is the Path the Heavenly Father would have me take. I ended up going to the wrong ward for where I will be living in February and I have no idea where to start. Please help.

So recently I've had some LDS members, current and inactive both, come into my life. I was raised Baptist myself but I'm beginning to feel that the Heavenly Father maybe leading me to investigate the LDS church. I did go to a service last Sunday and I'm curious how to go about discovering if this is the Path the Heavenly Father would have me take. I ended up going to the wrong ward for where I will be living in February and I have no idea where to start. Please help.