the Convert

Hello For those who dont know me my name is Dorie jean joseph ( used to be grant) I am 25yrs old and am the oldest of 4 children . I have 2 sisters katie is 20 , sarah 23, 1 brother douglas 24 he has a wife named michelle and they have a son named douglas alexander grant hes 16mos. My parents are diane Murray and douglas mitchell grant( Died August 2nd 2003 rest in peace daddy) My mom remarried my stepdad william Murray. I was 21 when I converted to the church Ive never written down my life experience with this so here it goes. When we were little we were baptized baptists and we went to church most every sunday . There was a collection plate in sacrament we passed around my dad always gave us a dollar to put in it we also had sunday school and on wednesday nights we had awanas and play games and did scripture study and won badges for our uniforms. when we got older it got harder to go to church because my dad was so sick more often and in and out of the hospital but I guess it didnt matter cause church had become a traumatizing event that would change all our lives forever. I believe that I always knew not everything made sense mom if your reading this I want to know that you and dad both taught me to ask questions find the truth and dont just take peoples word for things and I did. So let me explain how this all worked out My dad is in heaven and his temple work is done and he told me he believes its true and is proud of me, My mom believes inhat heavenly father but just has addictions that are too strong but she loves the missionaries and the church people its just not her time yet, My brother he is confusing he became buddist for awhile still kinda is I dont know much about what all believes, Sarah believes very strongly are that there i s a god and she is a unique person she is very compassionate and kind and tries her best, katie believes in god to the one thing they all have in common is they are afraid of organized religion which they have every right to be our old church was kinda scary you have 2 choices heaven or hell I am grateful I found the church and no longer have to be afraid because jesus died on the cross and gave his life he made a promise that none of us are damned to hell cause there is no hell only outerdarkness and the only people who go there are people who denie christ or the holy ghost isnt that a marvelous blessing I hope one day my family will know this truth and that the savior has some glorious things planned for them.