I would love to share them with you. I hope you dont mind but I am going to cheat slightly and copy and paste most of the experience from an email I sent a friend. Its a lot of typing to do otherwise and I wrote the email shortly after the experiences.
"In the three years since I have been baptized into the church, although I have rarely been fully active in that time, I suppose you could say I have always felt that there has been something (I now know this to be the Holy Spirit) guiding me and steering me on the right path. I have always had little reminders of the Church right when I needed them (usually after praying about it) so as not to forget the true path that is right for me and that Heavenly Father wishes me to follow. Whether it be seeing the missionaries while out and about, seeing members, dreams - in fact the best was when I was in Germany and usually I never hear about or see members of the Church over there. I stepped off the plane and the first thing we do is go to a restaurant which my friend says "Oh this is owned by a Mormon" and then proceeded to ask me lots of questions about the Church. She has never done that in all the three years I have been a member. These are just little signs that I feel the Holy Spirit is sending me, but the greatest experiences I have had have been over the last couple of weeks.
I was starting to get quite low a few weeks back, didnt really know what to do, where to go - I felt lost basically! Its probably the first time I have held my hands up to Heavenly Father and said "Help me" and really meant it, asking him to show me the way. The day after, I was at the gym doing one of my weights routine which happens to be in front of a very large mirror (its so you can get your positions perfect apparently) and I was looking towards the floor when I felt a hand on my shoulder, it wasnt just a light touch, it was a very strong feeling of someone placing their hand on my shoulder - I looked up thinking it was one of the instructors and no one was there..in fact I was in there on my own. It was a "everything will be OK" type of touch! I was a little scared at the time, until I remember my prayers and realised then that it was just Heavenly Father's answer.
This experience really strengthened my testimony and since then, I have been able to feel the Holy Spirits present more and more. Feels like someone watching over me or at other times, someone comforting me and almost wrapping a blanket over me.
I also had a dream; basically in the dream I was in a room which was completely white and I was sat up against a wall chatting to a youngish man who was sat next to me. At the time (in the dream and upon waking up), I didnt know who the other person was other than what he looked like. He had short blondish hair and was wearing one of those loose old fashioned white shirts with braces - at the time it actually made me think about My Darcy played by Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice except with blonde hair. We were chatting about working on Sundays, presumably because I had been thinking/praying about this and had mentioned it to Claire the day previously. The young man said that I should try to not work on Sundays as I would be able to feel the Holy Spirit a lot more and would in turn be helped out much more spiritually. Anyway I awoke from the dream not thinking too much about it, other than maybe I should try and not work on Sundays (which I now am doing!). The next day I was looking through mormon.org as it has been revamped and looks very impressive and I enjoy reading through the profiles of members about why they are a Mormon and what the gospel brings to their lives etc. The first picture I saw was that of Joseph Smith (one which I have never seen of him before) in none other than a white shirt and braces which looked EXACTLY like what the young man in my dream was wearing. The only conclusion I can come to is that it WAS Joseph Smith talking to me.
Both these experiences were so powerful and made me think about the spiritual experience I had when I was 14 before I even knew about the Church and I suppose was the catalyst if you like for my spiritual journey. (I think I may have mentioned this on here before).
It was in the middle of the night and I was asleep. Now my house is in a little village tucked away and there is no outside lights, so when it is dark..it is very dark! I woke up at about 2am when my room would have been pitch black..but it wasnt...it was light..I could see absolutely everything, I at first wondered where the light was coming from and followed it to the end of my bed where there was a figure standing which was made of bright white light! To this day, I couldnt tell you who or what it was but I remember feeling like it was a female presence and angelic. I have had people say it must have been a helicopters lights, but a) I would have heard it and b) I have seen helicopter lights and they put on a disco light display in my room, not a formed, defined tall figure stood at the end of my bed. At the time I was a little scared and hid back under the covers, after a few seconds I peeped back out and it was gone..my room was pitch black and I couldnt see a thing. It was after this night that I realised there was something more than just this earth and birth and finite death!
So as I say no turning back now...
Since I have started listening to the Spirit more, I have recieved so many blessings. I had injured my leg and it had been playing up for around 4weeks. I had seen the Osteopath once, but it was still playing up. A couple of Sundays ago I asked our missionaries to give me a blessing...pain went straight away and I havent had any more problems since! Went to the Osteopath and she couldnt believe it!
