You have made the first step of a lifelong journey. Good work and make sure you never forget what your baptism means.

I look forward to reading your conversion story. Take your time, I can proof it for you. When I wrote mine I omitted most of the darker moments of my life. They just weren’t relevant to my conversion.

I will work on it.

Thank you

Gwendolyn

That is an excellent observation made about families. While I am friendly at work, I want to get home to my family. The Church sponsors a lot of family activities too. In my ward our friends of other faiths often get an invite to barbecues and other functions.

If you ever want to write about your conversion story I will publish it on my blog. A lot of my readers would be very interested in reading it. My email is posted here: http://www.rickety.us/site/feedback/

Anyhow, during the discussion over dinner later, I mentioned Kathryn’s experience, and a close friend of mine told me that it is not so much that we exclude anyone but everything we do is so centered around the family that it just happens inadvertently. It’s sad that others would feel that way.

When I was Muslim, I felt very excluded from other Muslims at times but that was because in Islam, everything is family. And they are a very private culture.

Gwen

I was baptized when I was an adult: http://www.rickety.us/2008/07/my-faith/

That was a long time ago. Because of it I am a better person, father, and husband – at least in my opinion.

Gwendolyn