anon in CA ( )

Date: November 12, 2014 09:01AM Posted by:Date: November 12, 2014 09:01AM

I am visiting my wife's TBM family in Honduras this week. Yesterday we were at Copan Ruins when my wife received a phone call from her Dad who is a SP. I watched as my wife's eyes got big and then she handed the phone to me. My father in law then began shouting over the phone about 40 wives. hehe



So we finished our tour of the beautiful Mayan ruins and went to my in-laws house. The scene at his house was a bit comical. He was there with the stake presidency and all the bishops of his stake. They were talking about who can call the newspaper and get rid of these offensive lies. They even mentioned calling the owners of the paper. They asked me if the news was in the USA and told them yes all over the world.



They decided to have prayer and then I was asked to leave, apostate and all. I went to where we were staying with our 3 kids and hung out with them. 20 minutes later my wife came and said "They want to talk to you."



My wife had told them that the church had released essays about this and that the news articles were quoting the essays, but she could not find the essays on lds.org. She told them I could and they asked her to get me. I found them, in spanish, and the fun began.

They all read it together and I watched as their jaws dropped to the floor. The shock on their faces was priceless. My father in law came to me and politely asked me if I could put my kids to sleep because they needed to have a private conversation.



I do not know what they decided but there was yelling.



The best part of the night was when my father in law asked if he could speak with me alone.



Brief back story- I met my wife at BYU and we got married in the temple, etc. My wife is a RM, etc. When I started to find out the truth 6 years ago it caused huge problems in my family and especially in my wife's family. Anyways.



My father in law asked me how this could be and why would the church write these essays? I told him I do not know but I thought it was a good thing. He told he was going to read all the essays tonight and talk with me in the morning. He then gave me a hug and whispered " I might owe you a huge apology sometime soon."



That was last night, this morning we woke up to mother in law crying, father in law shell shocked.



I will keep you posted.