20 Years...

ago on December 7, 1991 I was baptized. I can't believe that it has been that long! I'm getting old so it's important for me to write down this down now while I still  kind of remember it.

I rode with my father {Bill Bergmann} to the Stake Center. When we got there Linda Barker helped me get dressed in a white baptismal suit. David Bergman, who I had never met before and I believe there is no close relation, was baptized at the same time as me. Weird, huh?  I  remember while I was sitting waiting for everyone to arrive I  was feeling very nervous & anxious.  My sister Laura scared me by telling me how freezing cold the water was in the font when she was baptized. Don't worry the water was just right!  My father Bill baptized & gave me the gift of the Holy Ghost. After the baptism was over my teacher Sister Mackenzie gave me a necklace that said, "I am a Child of God."

 I didn't understand at the time the importance of the decision I was making, but  here I am 20 years later I'm so proud & grateful to my 8 year old self. That decision has helped shape me into the person that I'm today and the person that I want to become. I have recently read 2 books that have helped me to truly understand the gospel. The first book  that I read was Sheri Dew- If Life Were Easy It Wouldn't Be Hard and the second book was Stephen E. Robinson- Believing Christ. If you haven't read them yet then you should, especially Believing Christ.

I feel like my testimony is stronger then it has ever been. I know that I have a Father in Heaven that knows and loves me. I know Jesus Christ is real and that he came to earth and set the perfect example for us to follow and he atoned for all of our sins. My favorite scripture is Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, lean not unto thine own understandings. In all thy way acknowledge him and he will direct thy paths." I know when I truly trust him and let him guide my life, I am more happy and things always, always turn out better then when I do what I want do.
 I'm not going to lie it's kind of scary to watch this storm starting to rage against the church. Only the strong will survive! People are entitled to their opinion, but it doesn't make it Truth! I gave a talk in Sacrament Meeting recently on Truth, this was one of my favorite lines, " Just because man once believed the earth was flat doesn't change the fact that it has always been round."  The only way to find out for yourself ,is to pray to know if it's true. I'm so grateful to have the gospel in my life and to know for myself that it is true!