As-Salaamu Alaykuim wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatah!

My Journey to Islam:

I was born to Baptist parents and raised and lived as a Baptist/Christian for over 50 years. When I was old enough, I began to realize how uncaring the pastors were. The pastors didn’t actually read the Bible half the time,  and how they always had their offering plate out for money during Sunday school and then church service. Whenever I would ask them a question they couldn’t answer me to satisfy my soul or needs.

I was 12 years old and living with my grandmother, attending a Lutheran school and Lutheran church for one year.  I was able to join my parents in Texas, at which time my parents were attending another denominations in a large tent that scared the wits out of me when some of the community spoke in tongue and would fall on the ground. Later on it changed to a Presbyterian church and Pentecostal church.

When I became an adult I was attending different faiths like Seventh-Day Adventist and Jehovah Witness, LDS latter-day saints and thought about joining the Jewish community but never did.  Islam was the last religion I researched that started a few months after my attack in March of 2015, before meeting a Muslim friend from Ghana through facebook who sent me a private email from out of no where; he goes by the name of Dr. Kay Dee!

On March 23, 2015, I had lost my close 1st cousin to a heart attack, exactly seven days later at 9 pm on March 30, 2015  I started having pain shoot down my left arm and the pressure on my chest was bring me down to my knees. I crawled outside to get into the cool breeze to lay on the porch, I really did not know what was happening as my nephew called the fire department and EMT’s. All I could do was lay on my back as I began to call out to God to have mercy and help me!

The rescue team 25 min to get to me at that time. The team didn’t know what was happening and couldn’t give me anything for pain because I am allergic to morphine and oxycodine. They loaded me up and had to wait on the helicopter to arrive which took another 20 mins; we had to wait to take off due to high winds coming down the mountain sides and I was still praying, not understanding how I was still awake as I continued to call out to God to help me!

After all said and done I finally was in the emergency room 45 to 50 mins where the doctors decided to do X-rays to make sure it wasn’t Pneumonia due to the pain in my chest. The nurse that was standing by trying to comfort me as I prayed for mercy, then all of a sudden the pain and quivering was gone! The nurse smiled and the doctor said you should feel better now, I thanked God and staff and to sleep I went. I was wheeled into the ICU room for recovery.

I had a massive heart attack that lasted two and a half hours. I had to be flown 100 miles to the city in a helicopter on a windy night over the mountain tops. It was a very painful thing to go through without any pain killers. As they flew me to the hospital, all I could do was pray to God to have mercy upon my soul. The pilot said about 18 to 20 mins we should be at the hospital.

When I was able to see the doctor three days later he had told me that God was watching over me because I should had died during that two and a half hours. My main left artery was 100 present blocked completely. Five days later, I returned to my home and was unable to work due to my condition.  I was bedridden for about a month and i had to come to terms with giving up my job, my home, and car. I had to move to the big city so that I could get proper Medical Care. I kept asking God why has this happened that he has let me live only to lose what little I had.

As soon as I move to the big city, I started research of the religion to find peace in my soul. A year had passed when I had met a Muslim from Ghana, Africa in one in particular. Dr. Kay D was my main source of information, I started asking Dr. Kay D about his religion and what was the difference between Muslims and Christians.

I started going to youtube, listening to the Quran and also some of the lectures that were on there. As soon as I started listening to the Quran, I felt the empty void being filled with peace. I then went back to my friends I would ask them more questions on Facebook.

I guess a year had passed during this time of listening to all these different Scholars on YouTube. Then, in March 2017 I finally found a Islamic community center in Litchfield Park, Arizona and did my shahada. As soon as that was complete I had told my family what I was doing and how I felt. That is when immediately I lost my family while gaining Islam and my new large family of brothers and sisters Insha’Allah.

My daughter was raised as a Christian, but her and her husband are of no faith that I know of and he has a big problem with Muslims. My son is my natural born nephew my sister’s son, which I adopted with my first marriage. He is predominantly Catholic. When I decided to steadfast and tell my family this is the true faith,  this is where I will stay,  my family told me flat-out I was crazy and wanted nothing to do with me. My own brother called me a terrorist.

I am the oldest of 9 children and 1 step sister, I have 20 nieces and nephews, I have about 44 great nieces and nephews and four grandchildren and everyone has turned their back saying that I was crazy!  All in the name of Allah inshallah. It’s heartbreaking,  it’s like death has happened to my entire family except one sister still supports me in my decision.

I pray each and every night that Allah will forgive them all and open their eyes so they may see the truth as I have seen it, all I can do is continue to pray and ask Allah to forgive them and to please help me get stronger in Islam inshallah. I love people no matter where or what part of the world they come from and I love life; that is a gift that God has given to me. I am very grateful for what I have.

I am steadfast in Islam no matter what my family has done or said. I am not giving it up for anyone, not even my Christian “friends” who are no longer my friends. And not even for the stereotyped islamophobia from my fellow countrymen who are against all Muslims.

Allah knows the pain and heartbreak that I am going through and he is with me every step of the way now. Aameen, I just don’t know what hurts worse–losing my own blood daughter And my family! I still have so much to learn and so much to remember, and I’m not getting any younger.

this is: Khadija, that has been my story I hope it makes an impact on your lives and may Allah accept me in Islam, In Sha’Allah
May Allah accept our efforts and grant us forgiveness, guidance and Jannah. Aameen
Nov 15, 2017
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A
Kadijah
christain name. Sandra K Beagles

****** Note******
I took my shahada 2017 during the last 2 yrs I just watched lectures and read the English Qur’an. I had no real guidance near me so I used YouTube to teach me and two facebook friends in Africa.
This year I actually all started prayers. Alhamdulillah

Hello Simmers, I was inspired by my nephew to build Teldrassil from World of Warcraft, for sims3 game play, also I have included each of the subzones listed below.

Ban’ethil Hollow (Ban’ethil Barrow Den) · The Cleft · Darnassus · Dolanaar ·Lake Al’Ameth · The Oracle Glade · Pools of Arlithrien · Rut’theran Village · Shadowglen (Aldrassil · Starbreeze Village · Wellspring Lake · Wellspring River.
It is roadless with sidewalks only , after all it is Elf country.  I have posted some pictures so you may see my progress and give feedback.

PLS NOTE: I’m am building this world using the base game but there will be some lots for EP’s and venues. Working in CAW the builds wont be 100% like the true wow game as you will see in the picture, My biggest challenge is building a bear-building for the center of Darness! I hope you will enjoy once completed.