My Mormon Journey

I try to be honest about the challenges I face, because I am not alone in being a weary traveller of this life. And I believe we tend to think everyone else is perfect or doing just fine when the truth is we all have struggles, small or la rge . They are just not visible for all of us to see.  When others share their struggles with me, it helps me see that I am no alone and that challenges is just something we have to deal with in our lives. And by sharing mine I hope that others out there can feel that they too are not alone.  I had the blessing recently, to go the U.S. for the very first time in my life. Needless to say, an awesome experience, but I will not go into detail of that now. Before we left, I was really exited about it all, but I was also worried. I have been struggling with exhaustion for the last 6 years, but I have been stubborn through streaks of illness, hoping that I would overcome it eventually. This summer however, it overcame me instead.  I ...

As a convert to the church, I decided I would not serve a mission. I mean, what did I know to tell others in the world about the gospel? I had just been a member for two years and I felt that the more I learned, the more I discovered there was more to be learned. I felt I didn't have the knowledge that I would need to enable me to do it.  In addition, a far more worldly reason, I loved music and I loved dancing. I took dance classes and I loved the way music made me happy, gave me energy, gave me solace... well, I just simply loved music. How could I live 18 months without music?!? I knew to pray about my decision, so I did. I did not get a warm, fuzzy feeling, but neither did I feel that dark feeling that I had come to know when something wasn;t right. So I did not rethink my decision.  At this time, I was studying media, and I applied for a position at the Universitys TV channel, known to be a spring board to our national TV channel in the city. I came to the interview...