Calling all Converts

Being a convert isnt easy. It certainly isnt the most popular decision you could make when it comes to friends and family. At least it wasn't that way for me. We can be criticized for changing our lifestyle and for choices. Even the church's statistics of us staying active is against us. Guess what.....we arent alone. Most of this church is made up of converts. It can be hard sometimes and you may feel alone. If you do I recommend talking to the missionaries. I am a new member and the only member in my family. Once I became a member things got even harder in my home life. My family considered me the black sheep and thought I was some crazy bible/ book of Mormon thumper who had no life. I was made fun of all the time and hated being home. Instead of throwing in the towel and doing the easy thing, I had the missionaries come over. The missionaries didnt try to convert my family. Instead they just talked to them. We talked about life and sports and then God. We didnt talk about the church just our views on certain topics that religions battled over and we defended them. After a conversation that lasted almost 4 hours, my parents came out of it with a new respect for me and my choices. Missionaries are here to help up. They give up two years of their lives for us so that we can learn of the gospel and one day return to our Father in heaven. They are here for us because they love us. So use them. They can really help you experience as a convert become a lot easier.

New Year's: Look Not behind Thee

Happy New Year's everyone! So many people celebrate the new year in different ways. Its a great time to start new goals and to press the reset button on life. Its a new year and you are given a clean slate. Make the best of 2011. Its the first day of a new beginning. One great thing about the new year is that you can change whatever you want about yourself and become a completely different person and just use the excuse that its a new year resolution. If you ended 2010 in a bad mood or don't like something about yourself, here is the chance to change. Its not too late. The past is in the past and its time to move forward. Think not of what you didn't do but what you can do.