What I Believe.

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have been a member of this church my whole life. Some may say the only reason I am a member is because my parents made me go when I was a kid and for some that might be the reason they go but for me it isn't. When I was a Sophomore in high school me and one of my good friends out of no where stopped being friends but we also went to the same church. At this point because of what happened I did not want to go to church but I went because I knew my parents would make me go, so I would sit there and not talk to anyone because everyone knew we weren't friends for some reason and no one wanted to get in the middle. A couple years later when I looked back I realized how stupid I was for letting someone else decide if I had a good time at church or not. That was when I stopped going for my parents and started going for myself. I would apply myself into the lesson more and I would try to find a way to have everything I learned be a part of my life. When the time came for me to graduate and go to what we call the Young Single Adult (YSA)ward at church I would get really bad anxiety (getting it just writing about it) so I decided I needed to turn to the Lord and pray about if I should stay in the family ward where my parents were or go to the YSA ward. One day sitting in church I got this very strong impression that I needed to stay in the family ward, why I am still not sure but I listened and I stayed. When I tell people that I get super funny look or the "why did the spirit tell you that" question. So I stayed in the family ward and I got a calling to be a primary teacher to some of the 4-5 years old kids in my ward. About this same time my parents got a calling to go to a different ward out in Oxnard to be missionaries and help the growing ward. I had a really hard time with this because no I felt like I was in a family ward with no family so why was I told to stay? The first couple weeks without my parents were super hard because all the talks were on families and how important they were. I started not liking going to church anymore and if I hadn't had a calling there is a good chance I would of told people I was going to the YSA and the family ward I was going to the YSA ward so that they wouldn't know and I wouldn't have to go to church. But I kept going and I am so glad I did. I still get asked all the time why I don't go to the YSA ward and when I am going and I still don't want to go. I am not sure what is holding me back but I just get super anxious when I think about going. I say as long as I am going to church it shouldn't matter which ward I go to. But no matter what happens I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is true and I am so thankful I get to be a member. I get little reminds when I'm talking to a friends, reading the scriptures, teaching my primary kids, or even just playing with kids that this church is true and that I would not be the person I am today if I did not have the church in my life. If anyone has questions about my church feel free to ask me.

This is the beautiful Los Angeles temple.

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