Wrote in on facebook, so why not here too.

So many people are jumping on the Note band wagon, I figure i might as well too. I have been a bit down lately, and when i get like that i tend to think about stuff and evaluate life etc and what came to my mind first was getting baptize... For those of you who do not know, I was baptized about 9 months ago. I became a member of the restored church of Jesus Christ. Aka The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). This was probably the biggest decision i have made in my life. Everything became different. Everything, I lost a lot of my closest friends, made some of the best friends i have ever had, changed my outlook and perspective on life, changed my course in life, like i said Life Just COMPLETELY changed... In a way who I am now, hated who I had been, and that isin't easy to deal with all the time. I have gotten A LOT of crap about this from pretty much every important person in my life. Accept from, my Mom, and my Great Grandma (who is a Momo). I expected a lot of the crap, because if you knew me pre-mormon days, you would have probably given me crap too. Hell sometimes i want to give myself crap. If you told me a year ago that I would get baptized, start attending church regularly, loving church, loving Jesus, and then plan on spending 2 years of my life being one of those guys I once would tell to get lost when they came to my door, I would call you a liar, and probably punch you in the face. But now, I don't want to think of life any other way. I really don't, in fact I can't. This conversion story has been shared with a lot of My Momo friends but now I am writing it on here to share it with some of my non-member friends. I started dating a girl who was a Member. She was an amazing girl, loved her to death. As i said, she was a member, so naturally she asked me to come to church with her, (In Mormon talk this is referred to as "Flirt To Convert") and of course i went. I figured it will probably give me more ammo to make fun of them and see how crazy they really are. I was right. It did. I thought wow Mormons are crazy. So later Kristen and I broke up, and I didn't go for a while. Then Kristen and I were still friends, so once again she asked me to go... Im a sucker for a pretty face so i went. This time, it was a little less weird. Again some time later we went again, and that time, i even liked it. So Kristen left for college ( we started dating again), I started talking to the Missionaries, Elder Jacox and Elder Jackson. Two of the coolest people I have ever met, pretty much my best friends. Love those guys. So i take the discussions and learn some stuff. They ask me to read and pray, so I did. One time I prayed, for real, the most sincere prayer i ever had in my entire life, not some rehearsed bull crap or anything like that, and I asked if anyone was up there, and if this hodge podge in the Book Of Mormon I was reading was true... I got a very deliberate answer, it was a resounding yes. Which mean Joseph Smith was a prophet (yes a prophet, not jesus or god or anything of that sort). I can't tell you exactly how my answer went, because it was felt more than completely understood. So yada yada a few more lessons and BAM, I got dunked. During the time i was deciding to get baptized there was a lot of opposition, myspace messages, phone calls at 2am telling me I'm crazy and have no idea what I'm doing, but i still decided it was for the best. So about a week after I was baptized, I broke up with Kristen, well she broke up with me but that's besides the point. I am not going to go into this story because its not pretty, even though i think it would just strengthen my choice about continuing to be a member. After this, the first thing everyone asked wasn't "Hey Mike are you ok? Or "Hey Mike what happened?" it was "Hey Mike, are you still Mormon?" (I suppose it was justified) but sure enough I was, yes still am. I know crazy, i didn't do it for a girl. I now plan to serve a Mission in the fall of this year. People often ask me questions, and try to make me contradict myself to prove how silly Mormons are. To them i say this. So what If I am wrong? What if when I die, nothing happens, and I just die? I tell you what, I am living a better life because of my belief and faith. I live life with a deeper sense of purpose and understanding. I live life with a constant love that comes from something, that can express more feeling than the human heart could dare to dream about or comprehend. I live with a knowledge my heavenly father loves me, and Jesus Christ died to save me, and everyone else. When i get married, I get to love as if it will last forever, because it will, which is the only way love should be felt, as the forever kind. I am taught and try to demonstrate the teachings that, every soul counts, and that I should love every person for who they are and who they are not. I know there is more to life than just life itself. So your right, I don't drink, or do drugs, or have meaningless sex with every girl I can. If i wanted to I could, I can do whatever i want, just as anyone else can. I choose not to, sure some things seem strange, but its all for my benefit in this life and the next, and the things I gain, far outweigh the things i "lose". I am not claiming to know it all, or have all the answers nor am I saying I'm better than anyone else. I am also not saying life is going to be a breeze from now on, or telling you life isin't hard. However I am telling you what i believe and what I feel. So bring on the questions, and the jokes, the attempts to un-convert me, and whatever else you desire. I won't always have the answer or reaction you want, but I will be glad to do my best to explain what i do know.