My Conversion Story

Posted by Ashley

In my last post, I mentioned my experience with seminary and how it played into my conversion. So here is the short version of my story.

My parents are both converts and became inactive when I was little. I would go to church every once in a while. I did go to girls camp every year though. That is where I met some of my best friends. When we started high school my friends would bug me everyday at lunch about going to seminary. Why would I want to go to a church class at 6 a.m.?

One day, about three weeks into school, they made a deal with me—to go to seminary the rest of the week. As it was Wednesday, I figured I could handle going for only two days. So I went and enjoyed it, even though I was confused since I rarely went to church. Monday rolled around and I got up to go to seminary. I continued to go every day.

My mom and I started going back to church; and then about three months later we asked for the missionaries to come give our family the discussions. So then I was baptized in February of 2005. I had gone to seminary every day and my teacher had no idea that I wasn't a member, neither did many of my church friends. Let's see . . . my dad went to church the day of my confirmation (that was the first time I remember him going to church) and he has continued to go ever since. And my sister who is only 17 months younger than me was baptized a year later.