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I was baptized as a teenager at the urging of a friend who was preparing for a mission. I said ok, though I really hadn’t changed my life or repented of past wrongs. As a result, I was never active in the church. I returned to the same course of life that I had been on and the results were disastrous. I became an alcoholic. I committed all types of sins. Fornications, homosexuality, adultries and I even paid for an abortion. My life became a trainwreck. I was very succesful in my career and provided for my family, but I was unfaithful and a drunk. A functioning drunk, but a drunk nonetheless. I had begun praying, really praying for the first time ever. I pleaded with God for help. I had seen the occaisional missionary or home teacher over the years (20 plus years) and was always polite, but no thanks. Now I was desperate. Unhappy, depressed and very self destructive, I sought the Lord and promised if he would send someone to help, I would change. One day a neighbor that I never met stopped by to introduce himself. As it turns out he was a stake president. A couple of days later some missionarys stopped by and wanted to “practice” the discussions on my children. I said ok and my wife and I were converted with my children. I have not touched a drop of alcohol in three years, my wife and I have the best relationship of anyone I know. I hold the priesthood and we have been to the temple and have been sealed for time and all eternity. My sons hold the priesthood, conferred under my hands and I have not missed a Sunday in three years, unless I was sick or away. That stake president is now one of my best friends. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of change. Jesus Christ changed my life. He healed me and my family. I am a living miracle. Because of the atonement and repentance I have been cleansed of my awful past. I am blessed beyond words and I love the Lord more than my limited vocabulary can express. This Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lords church restored in the last days in preparartion for his glorious return. I am eternally grateful for my Saviour and my Father in Heaven and for the answer to my fervent, pleading prayer. Our heavenly father never forgets his children.