All About Mormons

In france we have a cartoon character named Asterix, he has a best friend whose name is Obelix. They both live in a village in Britany where the local druid makes a magic drink for everybody to partake that makes them incredibly strong and thus they fight the invasive Romans. For everybody drinking it is a reason to rejoice because they are going to scare the Romans away with their strength. Now the thing about Obelx is that he is not allowed to drink it because he felt in it when he was a baby and does not need to drink of it to be strong all the time. So as we say in France just like Obelix I could say that I am a Mormon because I fell in it when I was a baby.

But this could not be further from the truth.

I have had the blessing to know of the church since I was a baby but I am a Mormon because I have decided so.

I was baptized when I was 8.

I went to young women.

I went on a mission.

I went to university.

I was excommunicated.

This has been a blessing in my life because I have been able to experience for myself how it feels to look for the answers on my own and not to rely on anything else but the relationship I could have with my Heavenly Father. I was angry against him. My anger was legitimate but unfair. And I would say that the thing that would make me angry the most was how much loved by him I felt when I was excommunicated. I remember crying and yelling at him inside. It was a mess and it was His fault because there was no way I could have fixed it all by myself.

It took me few years to let go enough of my anger that God could reach to me.

I did not chose to come back to the church. I wanted answers before coming back because I knew that if I would come back without these answers it was going to be my stumbling block.

God not only reached out to me but He also pulled me back in so that I would find the answers I was looking for. Because the answers were to be found inside and not outside in order to remove the stumbling block.

I cannot tell you anything that you don’t want to be convinced of or that you do not even want to fathom. I can only tell you that God has to love you if he is able to love me and that he pulled me and dragged me back into the church because this is where the fullness of his gospel is. Not because the other churches are wrong. How could they be wrong when they have the Bible? But because they are not complete. I have looked for my answers in other sources and they were not there.

I am gratefull (I cannot believe I am typing this) for the trials that eventually led me to be excommunicated because it has been the only way for me to enjoy the atonement. I am gratefull for the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, our Savior, which makes my life not just bareable but a happy and peacefull one.

I am a Mormon because it is the only way I have found to be the best Christian I can fathom to be not just in actions but also in heart, in mind with a spirit turned toward God and his son.

Webmaster: What a story! Thanks for sharing with us, Gwennalle. I’m sincerely happy that you made your way back to the Church. I think your message will help a lot of people.