I Feel Peace in My Heart
Junya Mizoguchi, Kyoto, Japan
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
While studying to become a nurse and serving as ward Young Men president, the narrator struggled to balance responsibilities. Through prayer, he received comfort and assurance that enduring this trial would lead to future blessings.
After my mission, while studying to become a nurse, I spent a lot of time each day doing on-the-job training. Afterward, I would do homework assignments until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. Then I would sleep a little before doing more on-the-job training the next day. At the time, I was serving as ward Young Men president. It was very difficult for me to study and fulfill my Church calling. I knew if I quit my calling, however, I would not be able to teach the young men about the importance of following God ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Youth
I Feel Peace in My Heart
Junya Mizoguchi, Kyoto, Japan
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator shared his struggles with the young men he served, emphasizing the importance of the gospel. This service helped him develop skills that later benefited his nursing career.
I admitted to the young men how difficult school was for me. But I also told them that the Church and the gospel are important and should be the center of our lives even amid difficulties. I expressed my love for them and told them I was trying hard to fulfill my calling because they were just as important to me as my studies. They shed tears as the truth of these things touched their hearts. As I continued to serve the young men and teach them the gospel, I thought a lot about their complicated ... (continued)
👤 Youth
👤 Church Members (General)
I Felt Godâ??s Love
Joel Villagra, Buenos Aires, Argentina
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
Latin America
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
The narrator's mother was abandoned by her mother and later lost her father, leading her to believe she couldn't find happiness in a family. After joining the Church, she embraced the importance of family in God's plan, served a mission, and built a faithful family with the narrator's father.
When my mother was young, her mother abandoned her. A few years later, her father passed away, and she was given to a family that was unkind to her. This experience made her believe she could not find happiness in a family. When she joined the Church, however, her attitude changed as she came to understand the importance of family in Godâ??s plan of happiness. She served a mission and eventually married my father. Together they formed a family full of faith in Jesus Christ and did their best to ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Church Members (General)
I Felt Godâ??s Love
Joel Villagra, Buenos Aires, Argentina
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Latin America
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
After returning from a mission, the narrator felt uncertain about his professional path. Encouraged by his mother to follow his dreams, he pursued his passion for music and entertainment, eventually achieving success in producing concerts and theater shows.
After serving a full-time mission, I remember feeling sad and confused about what to do professionally. But Heavenly Father strengthened me to keep my faith and my covenants, and He blessed me with a mother who kept hers too. Her faith and determination became a source of inspiration to me. As I contemplated college studies, I considered a major that wasnâ??t really what I had dreamed of studying. Noticing my sadness, my mother said, â??Hold on to your dreams. Choose the path you know in your ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Youth
I Was Looking for Connection in the Wrong Places, but I Had the Answer All Along
Michael Jenkinson
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator felt isolated as one of the few Church members in high school and sought happiness with friends outside the Church. After feeling unfulfilled, they rediscovered their faith and found joy and community in the gospel.
When I was growing up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was lonely.
Being one of the only members in my whole high school made me feel cut off from everyone else. Not many people had even heard about the Church before, so I felt like I didnâ??t have many opportunities to talk about it. Sometimes I didnâ??t want to because I was afraid of being rejected and feeling even more isolated.
I started feeling resentful toward the gospel when many of my friends seemed like they were ... (continued)
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I Was Protected
Brenda Crawford, Utah, USA
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
While driving to a friend's birthday party, the narrator felt a strong prompting to turn around. After doing so, they later learned that a gang had attacked a truck on the same road. The narrator realized the prompting was from the Holy Ghost, which protected them from harm.
One evening as I drove to a friend’s birthday party, I turned down a secluded, dark two-lane road. Suddenly, I had a terrible feeling. The thought came to me that I should turn around. I rationalized that I was just being nervous. The prompting, however, came again two more times. “Heavenly Father,” I said out loud, “there is no place to turn around. If I need to do so, please show me where.” Immediately, I saw a driveway I had never noticed before during my many times driving this roa ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Friends
Ishmael Sheriff Conteh: Growing Spiritually Despite Blindness
By Abibu S. Charles
- Region Director, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, Sierra Leone
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Africa
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
Ishmael, a young boy from Sierra Leone, lost his sight at age nine and had to adapt to a new life at a school for the blind. Despite his challenges, he embraced education and the gospel, eventually being baptized. His dedication inspired others, and he received a braille Book of Mormon and a new recorder, enhancing his learning and spiritual journey.
Born in 2007, Ishamel was healthy growing up until age nine. One day he returned home from school and reported to his mother that his eyes were itching. The next morning his eyes were swollen, and he was taken to the hospital, where he went through surgery but never regained his sight.
Ishmael had to leave his primary school and got enrolled at a school for the blind in Sierra Leone. It was a difficult time for him and his family because he had to leave his parents to stay at the schoolâ??s boa ... (continued)
👤 Youth
👤 Missionaries
👤 Church Members (General)
Johnson Home
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Early Church (1800-1900)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
Historical Account
In 1832, while staying at the Johnson family home in Hiram, Ohio, Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon received a vision of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. This revelation included the testimony that Jesus Christ lives and is the Only Begotten of the Father.
When Joseph Smith and his family needed somewhere to stay in 1831, the Johnson family, who joined the Church earlier that year, welcomed the Smiths and Joseph’s scribes into their home. Joseph received several revelations here, including one in February 1832 where he and Sidney Rigdon saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in vision and learned about the three kingdoms of glory. “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give ... (continued)
👤 Joseph Smith
👤 Church Members (General)
Making A Difference
Karen Clulow
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
A young Bishop Thomas S. Monson received a call to visit an ill ward member in the hospital. Despite being busy with a stake meeting, he felt a strong prompting to go immediately. He delayed, and upon arrival, learned the member had passed away calling his name. He vowed to always act on promptings thereafter.
Twenty-three year old Tom Monson, a relatively new bishop, before leaving home that night, had received a telephone call informing him that an older member of his ward was ill and had been admitted to the hospital for care. Could the bishop, the caller wondered, find a moment to go by the hospital sometime and give a blessing? The busy young leader explained that he was just on his way to a stake meeting but that he certainly would be pleased to go by the hospital as soon as the meeting was conc ... (continued)
👤 General Authorities (Modern)
Ministering Angels on the Mountain
Steven J. Ewing, New Mexico, USA
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
During a high-adventure backpacking trip in Colorado, Steven Ewing suffered a severe leg injury. With the help of local church leaders and young men, and after receiving a priesthood blessing, he was able to make it off the mountain. The experience strengthened the group's faith and unity.
During the summer of 2015, three of us Young Men leaders, including our bishop, took six young men from the deserts of southern New Mexico to the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado for a high-adventure backpacking trip. At the time, I was serving as ward Young Men president. For four days, we hiked, fished, explored, and gathered in the evenings for spiritual fireside chats. We made lasting memoriesâ??including one we will always remember. Before making our way off the mountain at the end of o ... (continued)
👤 Church Leaders (Local)
👤 Youth
👤 Other
Ministering as the Savior Would
By Sister J. Anette Dennis
- First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Pacific/Oceania
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
A ministering sister in New Zealand noticed another sister was active online late at night after a separation from her husband. She prayed for guidance and decided to stay up late to message her, providing companionship during her lonely hours. Through this inspired ministering, the sister returned to church, renewed her temple recommend, and attended the temple with her ministering sisters.
A ministering sister in New Zealand was led to a unique way to help a sister in her ward. This sister had recently gone through a separation from her husband. The ministering sister was up late with her baby and noticed that this sister seemed active online in the late hours of the night, so she decided to message her. After praying about how she could help, she was inspired to take some time to sleep during the day and set her alarm to wake up late at night to keep this sister company by messag ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
Ministering to Those withFragrance Allergies
By Trevor Hinckley
- Church Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
A father and his son, both with severe asthma triggered by chemical scents, experienced their best Sunday at church after the bishop informed ward members about the son's condition. The members were considerate, allowing the son to speak in sacrament meeting before leaving on his mission without health issues.
One father and his son have severe asthma that is triggered by chemical scents. The son was preparing to speak in sacrament meeting before leaving on a mission. A week ahead of his talk, the bishop told ward members that the young man had severe breathing problems when exposed to heavy perfumes and asked that members keep that in mind when attending church the following week. This resulted in the best Sunday the father and the son ever had at church.
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Missionaries
👤 Church Leaders (Local)
Ministeringas First Responders
Krista Rogers Mortensen
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
Abby, a paramedic, faces unpredictable situations daily, providing first aid and comfort until patients can be treated by doctors. Her role is compared to that of Church members, who are like first responders in helping others with their unique challenges.
My daughter Abby is a paramedic, and in her line of work no two days are the same. Each call she receives is unique and requires a different response. Her work is unpredictable and takes place in an uncontrolled environment. She doesn’t treat people in a sterile hospital room surrounded by specialized equipment but can often be found manually pumping someone’s heart on the side of the freeway, intubating a person on a bathroom floor, delivering a baby in the back of a car, bandaging wounds, ... (continued)
👤 Parents
Ministeringas First Responders
Krista Rogers Mortensen
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The author's parents showed unconditional love to their grandchildren, some of whom had left the Church or lived differently. Their home was a safe place, and their love was evident as grandchildren wept at their grandmother's passing.
My parents exemplified this love in so many ways. They had a large family, with many grandchildren, some of whom chose to step away from the Church or follow paths that diverged from its teachings. Yet, to my knowledge, my parents never criticized, coerced, or tried to change their grandchildren in an effort to “save” them. They left judging and saving to the Savior and simply loved them. Their home was a place where everyone felt welcomed and safe, regardless of their religious beliefs, sex ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Church Members (General)
Muddy â??Coinâ? Helps Family Stay on the Covenant Path
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Asia
📝 Story Type:
Second-Hand Account
In 2015, three-year-old Arwen Villapando found a muddy coin in Quezon City, which turned out to be a medallion awarded for completing the Duty to God program. Her family, newly introduced to the Church, kept it as a reminder of their covenants and spiritual priorities.
In 2015, a three-year-old Arwen Villapando from Quezon City went to their neighborhood store to buy something. While waiting to be served, she was standing on a muddy sidewalk and noticed what looked like a large coin covered in petrified mud. Thinking it was money, she brought it home.
Her father Ireneo was newly-baptized member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her mother Maribel was being taught by missionaries. They got curious about the muddy coin their youngest daughte ... (continued)
👤 Parents
👤 Missionaries
👤 Youth
👤 Church Members (General)
My Advice toYoung AdultsaboutDatingandMarriage
By Elder Ricardo P. Giménez
- Of the Seventy
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
20th Century (1900-1999)
📍 Location:
Latin America
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator shares his experience of dating his wife, Catherine, long-distance. Despite the challenges, he made intentional efforts to maintain their relationship, including taking long bus rides and spending hours on phone calls.
More than half of my and my wife’s time dating was long-distance. I met Catherine while we were in school in Santiago, Chile. We started dating, but she moved back home to Antofagasta before I finished my degree. Because we wanted our relationship to develop, once or twice a month, I made the 20-hour bus ride back to Antofagasta on Thursday afternoons, spent weekends with Catherine (including church services), and took the bus another 20 hours back to Santiago to be at my 8:00 a.m. class on Mo ... (continued)
👤 Parents
My Advice toYoung AdultsaboutDatingandMarriage
By Elder Ricardo P. Giménez
- Of the Seventy
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator reflects on his decision to marry despite fears of divorce due to his parents' experience. He chose to commit to his marriage and follow the Savior, ensuring a joyful relationship with his wife.
When I got married, some people asked me if I was nervous that I would end up getting divorced like my parents. My answer has always been no. When I got married, I decided that I would do whatever it took to make my marriage work out. That meant choosing every day to follow the Savior and be joyfully married to my wife. I chose not to let fear of divorce drive me away from a good and righteous decision.
👤 Parents
My Epiphany about Discipleship in a Family That Isnâ??t Active in the Church
Gaby Vazquez
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
United States/Canada
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
After returning from her mission, a young woman struggles to help her family members become active in the Church. She learns that the gospel is more about strengthening relationships and showing Christlike love than just getting people to attend church.
Growing up, my family dynamic was complex. By the time I left on my mission, my mom and I were the only active members of the Church.
When my mission concluded, I felt like it was my responsibility to help my dad and two sisters find their faith again. I thought it would be just like teaching the strangers that had crossed my path when I was a missionary.
More than ever, I hoped to help my family feel the joy I felt from living the gospel. And most of all, I hoped we could finally be sealed as a ... (continued)
👤 Missionaries
👤 Parents
👤 Friends
My Family No Longer Believes in Christ, but I Still Find Joy in the Gospel
Daisyree Juanite
📅 6 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Asia
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator grew up in a Catholic family, but their parents stopped believing in Christ after encountering anti-Christian material. Despite this, the narrator became friends with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, received a Book of Mormon, and felt the Spirit testify of its truthfulness. They were baptized and found strength in their faith, even though their family did not support their beliefs.
I grew up Catholic, and my parents always worshipped Jesus Christ. But a few years ago, my father came across a lot of anti-Christian material. Over time, my parents listened to these messages and stopped believing in Him or any religion.
During that time, I became friends with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They invited me to activities, and I always tried to attend every chance I had.
One day at church choir practice, For the Strength of Youth pamphlets were being ... (continued)
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Parents
👤 Friends
My Journey Back to Faith
Jennifer Hansford
📅 7 2025
📖 General Conference
⏰ Time Period:
Modern Era (2000-present)
📍 Location:
Unspecified Location
📝 Story Type:
First-Hand Personal Experience
The narrator, feeling despondent after a crime, was introduced to the Church by a friend. After attending a Fast Sunday meeting, they decided to join the Church, leading to personal healing and reconciliation with estranged family members.
I was told about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by my friend, who was a lapsed member of over 10 years, and she started to tell me about the great love that you get from church. At that time in my life, I was feeling very despondent, and I felt that I needed to find God again. I used to be a member of the Church of England and I taught in a private Christian secondary school, however, in 2013 I became the victim of a crime and the perpetrator was never brought to justice. As a r ... (continued)
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