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Hi, my name is Michelle and Im an ExMormon.

Chino Blanco, November 22, 2010

Having grown up in the Caribbean I remember hearing the wonderful stories about the temple. I was excited when I went to the temple for the first time to take out my endowments. This is where it all started.

As I attended the temple over the following years, more things began to stand out for me.

Over the years I developed a coping mechanism for dealing with the questions I had about the temple. One lingering question I had, begged to know where the ceremony originated. I also felt that no one had prepared me for the experience and wondered why. So I came out of the temple that first day with a million questions swirling around in my head. Like a good Mormon should, I smiled, and said yes it was a wonderful experience to anyone who asked, but on the ride home I was pretty quiet.

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Comments (2)

  1. Michelle says:
    November 23, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    Hey, my name’s Michelle, and I’m an exmormon, too!! 🙂

    SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ex 🙂

    Reply
  2. Hellmut says:
    November 24, 2010 at 7:50 am

    That’s nice way of putting it. It really does expand our horizon.

    Reply

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