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Date: November 17, 2010 01:29PM
I left the church five years ago but still attend Sunday School and sacrament meeting with my wife in order to keep her company and help watch our little kids.
A few months ago, a lady moved into the ward and shared with the Relief Society sisters that her husband had passed away and she had recently just moved back into a house that they owned in the area but had been renting out.
She only attends church every once in a while because, according to her, she has a job that requires her to travel all over the country quite often.
She recently spoke in sacrament meeting and shared her story in great detail. She had high-profile jobs with a couple of very-high-profile companies, converted to the church, and married a returned missionary. She quit working and moved to Utah to start a family.
After trying for several years, she finally got pregnant but lost the baby. Six months after burying the baby, her husband was killed in a car crash. A general authority spoke at his funeral and offered her words of comfort which she shared with us.
After bearing her testimony of forever families and whatnot, she sat down. The next speaker, the high council rep, was noticeably emotionally moved by the story and thanked her for sharing it.
After thinking about her story for a while, a couple of facts that she shared about her job didn't add up to me. So I googles her. To make a long story short, her husband is alive, a nonmember, and she has only been a member for maybe two years. To make things worse, she has a boyfriend from Utah that she plans to spend Thanksgiving with and meet his family.
I showed what I had found to my wife and a family friend that happens to be in the bishopric. My intention was that she obviously needs some type of intervention and counseling before she hurts someone or herself. But I don't know how the bishopric plans to approach the subject with her. Should I have reached out to her family? I have never personally spoken to her before.
Any advice would be appreciated. All I want to do is help because she obviously has a lot of issues to work through.