By Small and Simple Things â?? The Long-Awaited Blessings of Missionary Service
Rosalie West
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
After his mission, Ross Pooley worked in a packaging company where he chose to read the Book of Mormon during breaks instead of socializing. This led to a gospel discussion with a co-worker, who later joined the Church with her family.
Shortly after returning from his mission Ross went to work for a packaging and printing company in West London. During break times the men would meet in a smoke-filled room to play darts. Ross chose to stay at his workstation and read the Book of Mormon. One of the female packers asked him why he didnâ??t join the others and Ross took the opportunity to tell her about the word of wisdom and shared gospel principles with her. Not long after that conversation he changed jobs. A couple of years la ... (continued)
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👤 Church Members (General)
By Small and Simple Things â?? The Long-Awaited Blessings of Missionary Service
Rosalie West
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Ross Pooley and his son were persistent in their home teaching efforts to a less active family. Their consistent visits and timely support during a family event eventually helped the family return to Church activity.
Years later in York, whilst serving as a home teacher with his son, they were assigned to a less active family who would not let them into their home. On birthdays and at Christmas they would leave gifts and cards hoping for an opportunity to teach in their home. One day, as they went out to visit others, they felt prompted to try once more. As they knocked on the door, their son informed them that the family were all at the hospital where their daughter was giving birth. Quickly buying flowers ... (continued)
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👤 Children
Caring:A Global Initiative to Improve the Well-Being of Women and Children
By President Camille N. Johnson, Sister J. Anette Dennis, and Sister Kristin M. Yee
- Relief Society General Presidency
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Latin America
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
President Camille N. Johnson visited Costa Rica and participated in a food donation event. She met a woman named Yumana, who was grateful for the meal provided for her children. President Johnson expressed love to Yumana, who felt God's love and received both temporal and spiritual relief.
President Camille N. Johnson visits with a mother of three children at a food donation event in Costa Rica. “She was so grateful for a meal for her hungry children,” says President Johnson. “I told her I loved her and, more importantly, that God loved her.”
When I (President Johnson) traveled to Costa Rica last year, I had the opportunity to help with a food donation event. I was touched to meet many women and children who came to receive a healthy meal. I had the distinct impression tha ... (continued)
👤 General Authorities (Modern)
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Caring:A Global Initiative to Improve the Well-Being of Women and Children
By President Camille N. Johnson, Sister J. Anette Dennis, and Sister Kristin M. Yee
- Relief Society General Presidency
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Europe
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Relief Society sisters in Milan, Italy, organized a service project to help immigrants by providing clothing and household goods. Sisters donated items and organized the donations, helping visitors feel the love of Jesus Christ.
Seeing the needs of immigrants in Milan, Italy, Relief Society sisters organized a service opportunity to provide them with clothing and household goods. Some sisters donated gently used items, while others organized and cleaned the donations. Each sister’s offering was important. The Relief Society sisters helped visitors feel the love of Jesus Christ as they came to the donation center. Monia, a local Relief Society sister, said, “From little things come great things. And we can bless the ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
Caring:A Global Initiative to Improve the Well-Being of Women and Children
By President Camille N. Johnson, Sister J. Anette Dennis, and Sister Kristin M. Yee
- Relief Society General Presidency
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Latin America
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
In Guadalajara, Mexico, Sister Pulido organized a large-scale service project to provide food and clothing to families at a local hospital. Her compassion stemmed from her own experience of waiting for her husband's cancer treatment, motivating her to minister as the Savior would.
While in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sister Yee learned about and saw so many incredible examples of sisters acting according to those sympathies as they sought to meet a local need.
One such sister was Sister Pulido, who saw a need at a local hospital to help families and individuals who came from far away and needed food and clothing while they waited for treatment. She gathered 120 Relief Society sisters, several missionaries, and others in the community to find donations of food, water, blankets, a ... (continued)
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Companionship Council:Creating Intentional Happiness in Marriage
By Emily Judson Sinkovic
- Master of Arts, Conflict and Dispute Resolution
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator and her husband, James, began holding weekly companionship councils before marriage. These meetings have helped them find deeper joy and fulfillment in their marriage. Despite occasional conflicts, they continue to use this process to resolve issues and strengthen their relationship.
My husband, James, and I began holding weekly companionship councils before we were even married. I can still remember our first meeting. James was so open, kind, understanding, and willing to take my thoughts seriously that I felt confident in our ability to build a happy marriage.
Now well into our life together, we have continued the tradition of weekly companionship council. While our relationship isn’t perfect, we both agree that the many sessions we’ve held have helped us find deeper j ... (continued)
👤 Parents
Daily Repentance: What It Is and How Itâ??s Helping Me Find Lasting Joy
Alexander Benitez
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Latin America
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
Alexander Benitez from Uruguay shares his personal journey of stepping off the covenant path and finding fleeting happiness. He decides to focus on daily repentance after recalling President Nelson's teachings. Through continuous effort and reliance on Christ, he experiences spiritual growth and a stronger relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
When I was younger, I made a lot of mistakes.
In Uruguay, I wasnâ??t surrounded by many spiritual people or places, so I stepped off the covenant path and looked for happiness elsewhere. But one day, I thought about the choices I was making. I realized the happiness I was experiencing was fleetingâ??I had always experienced greater joy when I was striving to follow Jesus Christ.
I wanted to change.
I told Heavenly Father that I was sorry for my sins. But I soon became discouraged when the chan ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
Dreaming of My Family History
By Lydia Okonkwo
- From Nigeria
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator dreams of their great-uncle Steven, who questions why he hasn't received help with temple work. After discussing the dream with their son, they pray for guidance and receive information from a cousin, which helps them perform temple work for their ancestors.
First:I will never forget the dream I had about two years ago, about my paternal great-uncle Steven. In that dream, I traveled to my hometown and wanted to come back. I got to the market square, where I wanted to get a car back to my base. Then I saw a car and entered it. When we moved, I looked through the car window, and I saw Uncle Steven running after the car and stopping it. When the car stopped, he entered at the back, where I sat and started pointing at my face and said, â??What did I do ... (continued)
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👤 Friends
Dreaming of My Family History
By Lydia Okonkwo
- From Nigeria
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
In a dream, the narrator encounters deceased relatives who acknowledge and appreciate the help they are receiving through temple work. This experience reinforces the narrator's understanding of the connection between the living and the dead.
Second:I had another dream when I traveled home again. I was coming out from my fatherâ??s compound, and somebody called my name. I looked on my right side, and I saw Emekaâ??s stepmother, Virginia, and our uncleâ??s wife, Regina, and also Emekaâ??s senior sister, Victoria. All are dead. Emekaâ??s stepmother was the one who called me. As I was going towards them, Emekaâ??s sister backed me away, telling them something. Then I heard Emekaâ??s stepmother saying, â??No, no. She is the one h ... (continued)
👤 Parents
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Embracing Godâ??s Plan: Finding Purpose Through Trials and Faith
By Elder Michel D. Avegnon
- Area Seventy
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator's grandfather, upon arriving during a severe illness, declared with faith that the narrator was not dead and would achieve great things. This moment highlighted the grandfather's faith and the belief in God's purpose for the narrator's life.
My life is a witness to Godâ??s guiding hand, even amidst profound challenges. My father and mother divorced just days before my birth, leaving me to be raised by my maternal grandparents. When I was two years old, my mother remarried, and I was left struggling to understand my place in the world. Diagnosed with a speech condition, I faced additional challenges in communication.
One of the most defining moments of my life occurred during a severe illness in my early years. I was pronounced dead ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Other
Embracing Godâ??s Plan: Finding Purpose Through Trials and Faith
By Elder Michel D. Avegnon
- Area Seventy
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
At around six years old, the narrator's grandfather, who was a fetish priest, decided to stop taking the narrator to the shrine. He bore testimony that Jesus Christ is the only Savior and encouraged the narrator to follow Him, igniting a desire in the narrator to seek God.
When I was about six years old, my grandfather made a life-changing decision for me. He had previously taken me to a shrine, where he served as a fetish priest. As a child, I was drawn by the food offered there. However, one Sunday morning my grandfather forbade me from returning. With a powerful testimony, he declared, â??There is no power under heaven or earth that supersedes the power of God, the Creator of all things. His Son, Jesus Christ, is the only Savior of the world. Satan has nothing ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Other
Escape from Vietnam
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
Asia
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Nguyen Van The, president of the Saigon Branch, faced the challenge of evacuating his family and branch members during the fall of Saigon in 1975. After sending his family to safety, he was imprisoned in a reeducation camp. Despite harsh conditions, he relied on his faith to endure until he could escape and reunite with his family in the United States.
On a bright Sunday in April 1975 in the war-torn country of Vietnam, Nguyen Van The (pronounced “Tay”), president of the Saigon Branch, entered the local meetinghouse. Right away, members of the branch surrounded him, their faces full of frustration and hope. “President The! President The!” they cried out. “What news do you have?” “I will tell you everything I know after sacrament meeting,” he said. He urged everyone in the crowd to remain calm. “All of your questions will be a ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Other
Escape from Vietnam
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Le My Lien and her children were evacuated from Vietnam and settled in a refugee camp in California. Despite hardships, including illness and financial struggles, Lien worked tirelessly to support her family. Her faith in the Lord helped her endure until she could reunite with her husband.
One week later, in May 1975, Le My Lien stepped off a crowded bus at a military camp near San Diego, California, on the West Coast of the United States. In front of her was a sprawling city of tents set up to shelter 18,000 refugees from Vietnam. Lien had no money and spoke little English. And she had her three children to care for while awaiting news of her husband in Vietnam. On their first night at the camp, Lien did her best to make her children comfortable. The camp had provided her with no ... (continued)
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👤 Other
Faith in Every Footstep
By Elder Enefiok Ntem
- Area Seventy
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Africa
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Nelson Wonodi, a young deacon, was excited to pass the sacrament for the first time. Despite feeling nervous, he was helped by a caring congregant, which encouraged him to continue. This experience is preparing him for future service, including a mission.
Consider the example of this young deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood as shared in his talk in the Benin Ikpopan Stake conference, where I recently presided. The young deacon, Nelson Wonodi, had always admired how young men dressed and served at the sacrament table every Sunday. I share his first day experience with approval from his parents in his words: “Ever since I was a little boy, I watched the young men in my ward pass the sacrament, and I longed for the day when I could do the same. I wo ... (continued)
👤 Youth
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Faith in Every Footstep
By Elder Enefiok Ntem
- Area Seventy
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Two ministering brothers felt prompted to visit a man who was not regular at church. After persistent knocking, they found him contemplating self-harm. Their timely visit and sharing of the Savior's love helped avert a tragedy.
Two ministering brothers felt a strong prompting to visit a man who has not been regular in church. As they resisted this prompting, it became stronger until they decided to follow the impression to visit the man in his home. On getting there, they knocked for several minutes without any response from the man. They thought that the man was not home and wondered if they should leave. Thankfully, they tarried a while and decided to knock again. This brother finally decided to open the door. On ent ... (continued)
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Faith in Him, Faith to Receive
By Elder Taniela B. Wakolo
- Of the Seventy
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Pacific/Oceania
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
Kara and Mafi were sealed in the Hamilton New Zealand Temple, witnessed by family and friends. Their faith in Jesus Christ enabled them to make covenants in the temple.
In January, I sealed Kara and Mafi in the Hamilton New Zealand Temple, where they made covenants with each other and with God. The event was witnessed by Mafi’s mother, Kara’s parents (who are serving as mission leaders in Perth), and others who served with them in the mission field. Sealing as a couple or family is the fifth ordinance of salvation and exaltation. Faith in Jesus Christ helped Kara and Mafi receive ordinances and make covenants in the house of the Lord.
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Parents
Faith in Him, Faith to Receive
By Elder Taniela B. Wakolo
- Of the Seventy
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Pacific/Oceania
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
The Haraga family, who joined the Church between 2011 and 2015, achieved their dream of becoming an eternal family by being endowed and sealed in the Hamilton Temple in April 2024.
It was the same with the Haraga family, who came to the Hamilton Temple in April 2024. The parents received their endowment and were sealed to each other, and their daughter, Barbara, was sealed to them. Brother Haraga was also sealed to his deceased parents. Brother Haraga was the first in his family to embrace the restored gospel when he was baptized in 2011. His wife and daughters joined him in 2015. The Haraga family’s greatest desire was to attend the temple together to become an eternal ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Parents
👤 Children
Faith in Him, Faith to Receive
By Elder Taniela B. Wakolo
- Of the Seventy
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Pacific/Oceania
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
In January, Kara and Mafi were sealed in the Hamilton New Zealand Temple, making covenants with each other and God. Their sealing was witnessed by Mafi's mother, Kara's parents, and others from their mission field.
In January, I sealed Kara and Mafi in the Hamilton New Zealand Temple, where they made covenants with each other and with God. The event was witnessed by Mafiâ??s mother, Karaâ??s parents (who are serving as mission leaders in Perth), and others who served with them in the mission field. Sealing as a couple or family is the fifth ordinance of salvation and exaltation. Faith in Jesus Christ helped Kara and Mafi receive ordinances and make covenants in the house of the Lord.
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Parents
Faith in Him, Faith to Receive
By Elder Taniela B. Wakolo
- Of the Seventy
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Pacific/Oceania
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
The Haraga family, who joined the Church between 2011 and 2015, achieved their dream of becoming an eternal family in April 2024. They were endowed and sealed in the Hamilton Temple, with Brother Haraga also being sealed to his deceased parents.
It was the same with the Haraga family, who came to the Hamilton Temple in April 2024. The parents received their endowment and were sealed to each other, and their daughter, Barbara, was sealed to them. Brother Haraga was also sealed to his deceased parents. Brother Haraga was the first in his family to embrace the restored gospel when he was baptized in 2011. His wife and daughters joined him in 2015. The Haraga familyâ??s greatest desire was to attend the temple together to become an eternal ... (continued)
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Feeling peace in the midst of storms
Elder Franck Poznanski, France
- Area Seventy, Europe Central Area
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
During a storm, Manon, a young girl, is frightened and climbs into bed with her parents. Her mother tries to reassure her by showing her the beauty of the lightning, but a sudden bolt scares them both. Meanwhile, the father has a different perspective, hoping for rain due to the heat.
Several years ago, a big storm blew over our home during the night. After just a couple of minutes and several flashes of lightning, our little Manon climbed into bed with us. My wife Véronique, wanting to reassure our daughter, carried her over to the window and said: â??Donâ??t be afraid. Look how beautiful the lights in the sky areâ?. But at that very moment, a bolt of lightning ripped through the sky with a frightening crack. Véronique stepped back in fear, and Manon was even more ... (continued)
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