I say pray for them as well, and know that you are the good one, this is what Christ speaks about when he said that, people will persercute you, but Jesus said we are to repay evil with good. you are his daughter, and they are the seed of the devil; it is not flesh and blood that hate us, it is satan.. so be happy about for if you was not a child of God then they would not bother you, because then you would know you are a child of the devil. it is not you they hate ; it's the Christ in you. the light that shine through you is the light of the Lord and it will irritate the devils in them.. to much power... and it hurts them ( devils ) when they come anywhere near it. and also they devil will cause people to treat you bad, to discourage you. He is hoping you will want to be like other people in order to get you to walk away from the Lord who loves you so much and will bless you with soooooo much that none of them that persacute you can have. this is why we must pray for them; for their salvation, because if someone is used by the devil that means they belong to him, which we know will lead to hell. and you may be the only Jesus they see. SO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.. never feel bad when people talk about you.. it lets us know, " yep I am saved; surely I am a child of God", it is like confirmation the Christ Jesus dwells in you by his Holy Spirit. God say that he will condemn every tongue that rises up against you.... the bible tells us that we are to pray for them, and if they thirst, give them something to drink, and if they be hungry, feed them, and in your doing so.. will bring heaps of coals upon their heads... He said that troulbes will come, but woe to him that it comes THROUGH, trouble is the enemy.. and who ever he uses to bring that trouble, God said woe to him. and the last; God said that revenge is mine I WILL REPAY! so love them, and pray God have mercy on them, always forgiving, as Jesus did and Stephen, as well as the other Apostles who was beaten, stone, and nailed to a cross.. they asked God to forgive them FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO. so I say welcome to CC and know that we love you. and be strong in the Lord and the power of his might.
you sister and friend in Christ, for friends in Christ are friend forever.