By: Terrie Lynn Bittner

Terrie Lynn Bittner — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:17:00 +0000

I joined the Church just after my seventeenth birthday. I had been searching a long time for a church to join. Eventually, I asked a Mormon at my school how I could learn more about his religion. It is likely there is at least one Mormon in your school–ask around. If you can’t find one, then you can visit on your own. I found it helpful to attend the youth activities held once a week and also attended a weekend campout. This allowed me to see how the Mormons live their lives. I attended classes and meetings and eventually, a Mormon friend suggested I meet with the missionaries. Although the classes were interesting, they weren’t really designed for people who weren’t Mormon and they didn’t teach the gospel in an order that made it easy for me to follow along. I didn’t have the foundation I needed to really understand what I was learning. As Gramps said, you’ll need parent permission. When the missionaries came to my house the first time, they asked that at least one parent always be there during my lessons and my parents also had to sign a form giving written permission when I decided to be baptized. One thing I was advised to do was to let my parents see for themselves how church teachings made me a better family member and a more moral person. As they saw the good ways the faith changed me, they became glad I made the choice I did.

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By: Terrie Lynn Bittner