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So why did I start looking for a church to join? Why did I go from Muslim, to nothing at all, to becoming a Latter-Day Saint?
Iâm glad you asked
A brief thread:
Iâm glad you asked
A brief thread:
When I first took my Shahada (proclamation of faith) in Islam, aside from repeating âThere is no God but Allah (swt) and Muhammad was his last and final prophetâ I was specifically asked to repeat that Jesus is not the son of God and God has no children
Iâm pretty sure the Imam only asked me to repeat that because I had been raised Baptist. I donât think this was necessarily everyoneâs experience, so no one tell me Iâm lying. I know what happened that day, and denying Christ was wrong and I knew that deep in my soul
Anyway, I was a âgood Muslimâ for a while, but I started having dreams about scripture and Jesus. There were three main dreams I remember, but theyâre all very disturbing so Iâm only going to share one. Keep in mind everything happened in THREES. Iâd call this an obvious sign
In the final dream I had, three people came up to me at three separate times, indescribable anxiety and terror on their faces, and telling me to study scripture with them because I was ârunning out of timeâ
That was it. That was my wake up call. I was at my brotherâs friendâs apartment when I woke up from that dream around 4-5 am terrified. I was so terrified from the dresm that I woke everyone up. We had gone out to bars and smoked weed the night before so we all crashed together
I didnât offically leave Islam right away, but I knew Jesus was the son of God and I needed to find his church.
One night in our student center (yup Iâm a college-aged monster) two of my Catholic friends were studying and talking about theology. I joined them in studying and they invited me to mass since they had been visiting different churches each Sunday
I went to mass with then that Sunday. I felt peace, and even more assured that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. I continued to attend mass, tried going to some Bible studies, but it just wasnât for me. I never went to RCIA classes to join the church
So, for at least a couple months, I attend no church at all. My professor mentioned church one day (he wasnât preaching to us, just mention church as part of his responsibilities) and I knew I had to ask him where he went. He told me he was a member of The Church
I asked if I could go and he said yes! I went with his family for about a month, then I got busy and stopped coming for a few weeks. I wanted to go back, and when I did, these lovely Elders asked if I could take lessons! There is one Elder not pictured who got transferred :(
I began taking lessons, and I didnât want to stop. They gave me a Book of Mormon and another member showed me the Gospel Library app! Itâs so helpful because I drive all the time and I can listen to the BOM in the car since I am VERY busy
At one point (this is out of order) but when I first started attending the branch I had a dream about some guy named âNephiâ although I had not even opened the Book of Mormon yet and couldnât have known any other way. Before I had only read the Bible
I didnât get far into the BOM before I knew it was Godâs word. Itâs what I had been missing. I wanted to get baptized and did so pretty quickly. I had so much anxiety about making the right choice, to the point where I would wake up extremely distressed
The Elders gave me a blessing at my next lesson to ease my anxiety, & those feelings truly went away after the blessing and continued prayer. Thanks to God, my professor, his family, the Elders... I am now happy with my faith! I no longer feel out of place and unsure. Iâm home 
