Hugs for Sue Ann

To me my conversion story is awesome. But it doesnt compare to some of these others. I met my husband-to-be at a bowling alley in LA when I was 21. He was an alright guy but talked too much for my liking and I thought no more abt it until a week or so later he called me and asked me to go to a barbeque that his boss was giving. I said yes, he stood me up & my Dad told me to have nothing more to do with a guy like that. 4 days later he showed up at my bowling league and gave me a REDICULOUS excuse for not picking me up. I knew he was lying but accepted another date because I felt sorry for him.

Truly, when I look back I KNOW that the whole thing was a script written and directed by a Father in Heaven who loved us both & we simply played along. We dated 5 times in a week & then he told me that he was an inactive Mormon. I was from Ohio & thought that the only Mormons left sang in a choir.
To make a long story short, we married 2months later by a mormon Bishop in my Aunt & Uncle’s home. A few months later we were expecting our first child & lived in an upstairs apt.We were eating dinner and I told him that since we were beginning a family we should have a Church. How aboutt if we started trying different churches each Sunday? He said OK, can we try mine too? The doorbell rings as we’re getting up from the table, it’s the Stake Missionaries & they ask to use our phone because they have a flat tire and no one else was home. For my first lesson we sat at that table & Elder Stout drew a sketch of the Plan of Salvation. All I can remember is thinking, “Why that’s what I believe.” I was 7 months pregnant with our daughter who turned 51 on May 30th.
I too, have often asked the question, How come me? Why did I draw the golden ticket? Most days Gratitude overwhelms me.