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Two Years
That Changed My Life - By Bobby Van Rooy
My conversion took about two years, but I'll take it
from the last 8 months. I was 27 years old and divorced already.
Living in Hawaii and a professional musician/entertainer....read
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My Entire
Being Was Filled With Light - By Kitty Cather
The summer of 1970, I read the account of Joseph Smith's First
Vision in the Encyclopedia Britannica. As I read my entire
being was filled with LIGHT, and I knew that Joseph Smith had seen
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ....read
entire story >>
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I
Know My Heavenly Father
Loves Me - By Natalie Peterson
I had just turned 19 and had been married for only a few months. Our
first child was born prematurely. He was beautiful, but not fully
developed and only weighed 1 lb 6 oz. So tiny. When he passed away 2
hours after his birth we were devastated.....read
entire story >>
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I Had
Never Heard Something So Amazing! - By Dustin Fadale
I grew up in a crazy life style that most non-members
would consider ordinary. High school was a great time that I will
never forget and it gives me a different perspective on life being
on both sides of the fence....read
entire story >>
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I Found My
Direction Home by Douglas Eckhoff
I studied philosophy and theology in a Roman Catholic college-seminary and spent
three years in the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, preparing
for priesthood. And that is where the first turn in the road appeared....read
entire story >>
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The Hole In Me Was Filled
- By Heather Olesky
There are times in your life, no matter how old you may be, that
you feel you are looking for something. Maybe it is keys, that missing sock or
for me, it was a search to fill an empty hole inside me. A hole that seemed to
be there from the beginning...read entire story >>
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It's True, So Stop Asking Me! -
By Jennifer Lisenbee
My mom brought me up Protestant. We went to several different
churches, Nazarene, and Baptist. She was against the Mormon Church, and I was
told a lot of false beliefs about the Church that she had learned over the years...read entire story >>
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Putting Together The Puzzle - By
Deborah Wright
As a child, I was raised in the Catholic Church. I was taught to
pray scripted prayers and sent to Catholic School. One of my earliest memories
at about age six was wondering why no one prayed "correctly"...read
entire story >>
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It Was As Though Scales Fell From My Eyes
- By Anna Buttimore
When my best friend joined the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints I was upset and angry. I thought she had been brainwashed into
a cult and I became obsessed with hatred....read
entire story >>
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They Brought
"Something" With Them - By Deborah Barlett
We were introduced to the church through our son, (aged 7). We
had been friends for years of a Mormon family and our sons played together all
the time...read
entire story >>
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A Quiet
Whisper..."This Is True" - By Richard Johnson
He wanted to know more about Mormons so he invited the Missionaries into
our home, which was as I look back now the most powerful life changing
experience a 12 year old...read
entire story >>
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Sometimes Suffering Will Bring People To God - by Lindsay Hoppe
I spent a lot of years looking for a religion. I was raised without one, my
mother is an Atheist, and I always felt incomplete when it came to religion. I
believed in God, but that.....read entire story >>
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You Met
Him When You Were Supposed To - By Johnny Mills
Have you ever had just one bad day? I have, and it changed
my life forever. In November of 2006, I let a lot of people get to me and
a lot of bad stuff get to me. But the bottom line, I let myself make a
decision that cost me everything....read entire story >>
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He Guides Us
Through The Voices of Others - By Catherine
Inscore
Being truly converted was the topic in Relief Society on
this particular Sunday. I recall I was still angry. I was angry at the
ward, angry at the powerlessness of the priesthood, angry at my decision
to make that all knowing change from Catholicism to Mormonism, and angry
most of all at myself....read
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I'm Going To
Tell You Anyway - By Stan Ruggio
I joined the church about six months after I married a Mormon girl. The
only thing that I knew about Mormons was when our history teacher asked if
there were any Mormons in our high school class and a few kids raised
their hand....read entire story >>
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There Has
Always Been Something Missing - By Steve Martin
As a young boy of 5 years old I started down my religious
path of Methodist. Going to church 2 and sometimes 3 times a week was very
normal for me. My family was part of the church functions and was always
available for...read
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There Was A Hole In My
Heart That I Could Never Fill - By Paula Vario
When I was 15 years old I got married. But that's not the story I
wish to tell right now. I want to tell you how I was converted to
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.....read
entire story >>
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It Seems To Me You Are
Already Mormon - By Melinda Patterson
I had always had a feeling that there was more to church, more to
what I was learning in the churches I attended, but I always thought
it was just because I didn't go to church enough to learn it all....read entire story >>
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It Was Worth The
Sacrifice - By Natalie Peterson
There are people who come in our lives and forever
change us, that is what happened to me. It was January 2005. I was a
student at the University of Nebraska pursuing and double major in
Communication Studies and Art History...read
entire story >>
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I Finally Set My House
In Order - Name Withheld
My first experiences with religion were given to me by my
grandmother when I was 4. She was a non-denominational Christian, and the
only thing I still remember was singing "Jesus Loves Me," and thinking
that was all I was every going to need....read entire story >>
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God Does Amazing Work
- By Don Stewart
I didn't know what I was looking for until I found it looking for my
great-grandmothers grave in New Mexico. (and we really found it) She was
part of a 100 wagon train that walked across the country in 1877 and
unfortunately contacted small pox and.....read entire story >>
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Generations Of Accepting Christ - By Adam Barnes
How can one begin to
describe a life? A life time of activities? A life time of memories?
Of love, of feelings, of experiences? A life time of different
emotions; joy, happiness, pain, sorry, excitement, pride, and hope?....read entire story >>
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Church Isn't
Good For You - By Claudette Kay
I was born and raised in California. My sister and I were sent to
the nearest church by our parents. It was a Presbyterian Church. I
was about 10 and I remember coming home one day crying because the
topic had been about Hell and Hell Fire, etc....read
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My Journey to the Church - By
David Frey
I remember laying down in my bed, exhausted, but excited about the
opportunity to read another chapter in the Book of Mormon. Little by
little, I learned about the gospel of Jesus.....read
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I Knew That
I Was Home By Chad W. Nordland
It was my Junior year in High School and I was really confused in my Math
class. The reason was because I slept a lot and didn't pay attention.....read entire story >>
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He Knows
Our Hearts Desire By Luisa Scott
I've been searching for truth since I was young. I loved to
listen to the words of God.....read entire story >>
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God Was Telling Me
Something - By Leo Her
They began to test me from all the things I was taught. They then
told me I met all the requirements of the Church to be baptized. I
felt that I was unsure and not ready to be baptized yet. I was
Catholic at that time. I always told myself “I would never leave the
Catholic Belief.” .....read entire story >>
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I Found The Truth
- By Rich Gaines
They asked me to be baptized. I gave them a qualified, tentative
"yes"...with the caveat that I needed to hear more first before I
committed to that drastic step....read entire story >>
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Felt
A Connection - By
Lisa Sheryl Kissel
I then saw the commercial for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, and immediately felt a connection. I knew that they were
the “Mormons” , The only thing I knew about Mormonism, was that the
Donny Osmond and his family were Mormons.....read entire story >>
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The Lord Moves In
Mysterious Ways - By Carl Storm
I was living in South Shields in the North East of
England then, a very lost character! No real faith, no real any
thing! A looser! And guess what my hobby was, brewing beer!.....read entire story >>
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Thirty Four Years To
Conversion - By Paul E. Kreutz
It was difficult for me to accept the Joseph Smith story and to
believe in the divine origins of the Book of Mormon. Yet, for most
of my life I found myself trying to fill the "spiritual hole in my
soul"....read entire story >>
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This Stuff Is Too
Brilliant - By Richard Cohen
I grew up Jewish. My family was not observant religiously, in fact,
my parents didn't even believe in God. But I did; until the day
after my father suddenly died....read entire story >>
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I No
Longer Depended on Borrowed Light - By
Vernon Hugh Eaton
I have been a member of the Mormon Church all my life. I have found
that it is harder for those who have been born in the Church to gain a
real testimony of it. However, for what it is worth, here is my story......read entire story >>
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They've Come
To Bring You Truth And Light - By Terry Tippets
At the sound of knocking on her door, Jeanette McLeod laid her Bible
aside and arose from her chair, wondering who could be visiting her
at this hour of the evening. She opened the door and found two
nicely dressed young men standing there........read entire story >>
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Believing in
Heavenly Fathers' Promises - By Lesa Glen
We never know what God's plans are, or how someone can be touched by
the Gospel....read
entire story >>
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Mormons Are Truly
Christians - By Ray Redden
I was rebuilding my life as a recovering alcoholic, in the program
of Alcoholic’s Anonymous. I had left everything and everyone I knew
behind to build a better life. I was changing, from the inside out.
I was seeing miracles of change and healing in my life. But
something was still missing...read
entire story >>
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He Guided Me To The
Right Place - By Jennifer Kirkland
I knew I couldn't go on any longer I knew I needed to strengthen my
relationship with Heavenly Father in order to make it through my
trials. So with all the confusion before and I just didn't know
where I belonged I began praying that He would help me find a church
home, and guide me to the right place so I could grow closer to Him....read
entire story >>
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My Story In The "Migrants" Bible
- By Colin Sledge
was converted in 1963 in the London area; Australia has been my
home, on and off, for over forty years....read
entire story >>
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The Symbols Fell Into
Place - By Andrew Burns
In order for non-members and active members to fully understand my
story, I had to write this out. Every time I read this there are new
things that I add and my testimony grows stronger and stronger....read entire story >>
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My Changed View - By Maree
Howard
I
joined the Church 26 years ago, at age 16. I was a Catholic and then
interested in the born again Pentecostal movement....read
entire story >>
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My Life Changing
Experience - By Freddie Smith
The book related to a lost nation that had once populated central
and south America. I was fascinated, its title was The book of
Mormon.....read entire story >>
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I
Now
Know The Truth - By
Seiko Tanner
He introduced me that he met two missionaries on the street and they
preached on the streets and they called themselves, "Mormons". When
I heard "Mormon", I felt strange and wanted to know more about the
name, "Mormon"......read entire story >>
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The
Journey Has Been Wonderful
- By Thomas Hughes
They had no clue that this guy who was on the computer the whole
time was actually listening to them. The next week when they came over, I
gave them my undivided attention...read
entire story >>
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The Lord Strengthened Me
- By Christopher Hills
grew up in Northern Ireland, the political and religious
history of my country is no secret, there has always been disputes
over religion and politics....read
entire story >>
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A
Witness of the Spirit - By Beth Young
I was so thankful to Father for the
physical witness that He knew was the unspoken desire of my heart...read
entire story>>>
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It
Was No Coincidence
- By Michael Voltz
I could barely believe my ears! How could this day possibly have been a
coincidence!...read
entire story>>>
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Heavenly
Father Had Guided Me Home - By Margaret Curry
In Northern Ireland we were ever mindful of the great
religious divide that imposed itself on our Country.
I have always been drawn to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints...read entire story >>
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A Longing For The
Spirit
- By Emily Mockus
Eventually, in Elementary School, I started to want something to
believe in. Isn’t it amazing that a 9 year old girl would suddenly
want spiritual guidance by her own desire?...read
entire story >>
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There Is No Wound He Cannot
Heal - By Anonymous
I was rebuilding my life as a recovering alcoholic. I had left everything and everyone I knew
behind to build a better life. I was changing, from the inside out.
I was seeing miracles of change and healing in my life. But
something was still missing...read
entire story >>
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The Lord
Had Lead Me To The Truth
- By Nicholas Day
Because of these and other theological flaws with the
Catholic Church, I started my personal search for a church that
reflected what I have found to be true through study of the Bible...read
entire story >>
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All I Am Or Ever
Hope To Be - By Larry D. Kump
The answer which came to me was both surprising, satisfying, and
immediate. Continued personal prayer and reading the Book of Mormon
then further opened the way for me to read the Bible with new
understanding and appreciation...read
entire story >>
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Faithfully Waiting to be
Baptized - By Brooke Wesley
Almost
eight months after my first lesson, I am still not baptized. I have
to wait until my 18th birthday...read
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It Has Made
All The Difference - By Joseph P. McManus
In the end I am LDS because
I chose to be, not because it is a family tradition or because I was
forced to or because I was hoodwinked by agents of the church...read
entire story>>>
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Life Is Full Of
Challenges - By Rudi Mena
Life is full of challenges but it is a lot better if we know where
are we going...read
entire story >>
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The Glue Which Keeps Me
To My Faith - By Al McCartan
The glue that keeps me to my faith was a visit from a deceased
non-LDS friend who used my nickname and said "Tangles, The Mormon
Church is true...read
entire story >>
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Listen To These
Messengers - By Michael Lenroy Holmes
As I walked one day, two missionaries stop me and it felt as if a
hand pressed firmly on my chest and a still small voice whispered,
"Michael stop and listen...read
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Our Trials And Difficulties Have Guided and Blessed Our Life
- By Giuseppe Martinego
As a family we have had difficult experiences, but these
experiences have strengthened our testimonies. The Lord has blessed
us greatly, and He has used our trials and difficulties to guide and
bless our lives. Of this there is no question...read
entire story >>
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