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Subject: Introductions
Content: Hello everyone.  I'm so glad I found this cite!  I thought I'd introduce myself and make a thread where others can introduce themselves as well.   I am 39 years old and live in the Dayton Ohio area.  I'm married with no children.  I was a devout christian for years until I met a Jewish co-worker who very slowly and gingerly introduced me to the Covenant of Noach.  I was next in line to be an elder in my church when I began studying basic Judaism.  I spent a year in study and prayer with many tears and hardships.  I sat down with my pastor and told him I had to leave the church and no longer considered myself a christian.  With the exception of a few close friends I lost all my church friends.  It was a very hard and lonely time in my life.     But for all my losses I gained so much more.  I gained my very place in the world and have been blessed far beyond that which I feel I deserve.  I credit great teachers such as Rabbi Moshe, Rabbi Tovia Singer and Rabbi Lazer Brody with my transformation.