Am I calculating this correctly: 1979 to 2010 --> 31 years studying off and on and then finally you were ready for dedication and baptism - Wow, that really shows that we have to be patient with our studies... Just one question: I am little bit puzzled, but where or in what language will you study the Revelation book, since all the english congs. around the world will study the ¨Draw close to Jehovah¨ book. I'm just wondering... Yes, you did the math correctly. 31 years. I'm not proud that it took me so long to dedicate my life to Jehovah. Thankfully, Jehovah IS patient. My first husband was an abusive opposer, and I wasn't strong enough to leave him with my very young twin daughters. We moved several times and maybe that was by his design, I don't know, but I never studied a complete book until the Bible Teach book. I've always known I had found the truth and when I met my 2nd husband, I found a man that was supportive of my studying and even studied when my daughters and I studied with a very fine sister in Northern California. We quit smoking for about a year and a half. My mother was living in TN and I had been diagnosed with depression and anxieties. My daughters graduated from high school and were between boyfriends. I felt like I needed to be close to my mom so we left Cali for TN. Many stressful things happened just prior to our move and we started smoking again. Moving away was the biggest mistake of our lives as far as our spirituality went. We had several friends in the Lake Earl congregation and we should have listened to them when they said our family was there with them. Not surprisingly our relationships with Jehovah suffered greatly. Going on four years ago, 2 brothers came to our door. My husband and I started studying again; we quit smoking within a few months. We associated for a year and chose to dedicate our lives to Jehovah. We were baptized 9/4/2010. To help you with your wondering, we are here in the States. Typing 'Revelation' didn't feel right when I typed it (in that context) but I didn't question myself until later. I realize now I was confused and was thinking about our congregation bible study. As you know we are reading the bible book of Revelation. Just so you know, I do get confused and I am often forgetful. I struggle because until just the last couple of years I felt my communications skills were sufficient. Not so much anymore. Fortunately, it's not a 24-7 thing and I hope it doesn't progress to that. Jehovah will take care of me, whatever happens.