> I'm inclined to think so. My pastor grew up in LA. He didn't know any Christians or what Christianity is about. As a young adult he found a King James Bible, read it, and began to live by it. He met his first Christian a while later, and was helped along from there.
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I never knew what being a Christian was all about until the past month and a half or so. I mean, I've been a Christian since I was 9, but I don't think I fully understood what I was doing by "giving my life to Christ." My dad used to make my brother, mother, and I all go to Sunday School and church. I loved Sunday School...stories and activities and everything, but I never could stand church. I'd beg him to take us home, and he finally gave up and quit making us go. Now, though, I'm wanting to get involved in things like going to youth group, etc. of my own free will. You would not believe the sparkle in my dad's eyes when I told him about how I was going to Bible Study today...it was awesome (the look he gave me AND Bible Study). I didn't even feel out of place there, which surprised me...I would usually have felt uncomfortable in a strange surrounding, but knowing just about everyone there really helped me out a lot. :-)

Oh, and I forgot to mention this above (where it would have fit better), but I never even felt close to God until the past 1.5 months, like I said. I would always hear people talking about how they could feel God in their heart and everything, and I would just feel stupid because I never felt what they were talking about...until now.

~Den-"I always want to be this happy"Kara