How I live my faith

I love the church. I love the benefits and blessings it brings into my life. I was never taught to follow blindly. I was always taught to ask and to question. I was never taught to disrespect others beliefs. I attended many different religious services of different faiths. I was never discouraged from this. I love learning about what other people believe, it helps me to understand better what I believe and why.
I now attend church every Sunday at 9 am. I love going to the first meeting where we take the Sacrament and remember all that Christ has done for us and commit to follow him. In this meeting, a few different members of the congregation are asked to speak on a different subject every week. Last week we learned about serving others. The leaders and members of the church are not paid. We give of our time and service freely. I prepare lessons and teach a class every Sunday. One amazing thing about the church is that if you attend church in Africa, or in the U.S., or somewhere in India, it doesn't matter the same things are taught. The lessons may be a week or two behind or in a different language but frequently I call my mother and talk to her about what she learned about in church and I have learned the same thing, even when I have lived on the other side of the country!
The leaders in the church put in so much time, my dad was in a leadership position, and he was always being called by a member of the congregation that needed help and he would run out to go help them. He worked full time as an electrical engineer and even if he worked all day and had just gotten home and was sitting down to eat dinner, he was always on call!
Because of this you really develop a love for the people you serve, like they are your family. I always have someone I can call for help even if I am far away from home. It is like having family all over the world.
The church is amazing I am happy to serve and I am so blessed because of it!