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Posted On 01/15/2009 16:41:05 by ashleybstarr
  I have lived on Vancouver Island for 4.5 years/maybe 5. I was told that it takes a couple years to really settle in here but I have yet to feel truly at home.

about 6 months ago my husband, our two kids and I moved into a lovely home. Small, we rent, have a water view and its close to a lot of stuff. Its really nice but we had no one really to share it with.
Our neighbors are the greatest people. Sweet, sincere and would give you the shirt off their backs if they could. They are also JWs and so we cant share so much of lifes special times with them, it has been hard.
We have another great friend who we have over for dinner and a movie often but he has no children and no steady girlfriend.
So off to church we went, hoping to meet some nice people who had kids, shared our values and could celebrate the holidays with us!
For about two months we where always welcomed warmly at the door of our neighborhood Pentecostal church. We would sing/sit and listen and an hour and maybe 15 minutes later we would leave. Its been about 5 weeks or more since we left and not one soul has called us. All the time we where there no one invited our children for play-dates, no one exchanged numbers with us or asked us much about who we where. We left sort of unseen. I tried to talk to people but I felt almost like we where outsiders and no one wanted to take the trouble to really welcome us and allow us to be a part of their church family. I almost wonder if they are glad we left!
In any case I said enough was enough. I have wanted to try an LDS church for so many years and if the church type I grew up in was not welcoming I knew God would not blame me for looking elsewhere to have fellowship with him.
I proposed it to my husband and he surprised me a few days later by saying he was open to trying.

I am feeling called this way. Sensitive to the things in this world that are not right.
I am so excited but I am so afraid of rejection. I wouldn't know where to go if this didn't work out.
My kids deserve this.



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From: Dr T
01/21/2009 14:47:09

Since you were not approach for play dates and you assume maybe they are pleased that u are gone I'd have to challenge that thought and ask if you reached out for those same play dates with other families yourself? 



From: Madriglace
01/19/2009 14:46:13
When you first go into a meeting look for the young men or young women  with name tags .. you can usually find them by the door. Tell them who you are and that you are interested in learning .. they can help smooth the way and open the doors. Be patient with us we are just people and some of us are as afraid of meeting new people as you are. Listening to the still small voice calling you is the first step .. don't ever let anyone ... even yourself turn you from it. This is true and you are very very loved.


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