In Addition to the Atonement – by Paul Day

by aubrirobinson | Apr 24, 2022 | All Member Stories, Faith, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences

Talk by Paul Day, Rochester 2nd Ward – Easter, April 17, 2022 Eight years ago, on August 31, 2014, my cousin Kent Day bore his testimony at our annual Labor Day reunion of my grandfather Orville Cox Day, at Granite Flat in the American Fork Canyon, Utah, where...

My Pioneers – by Neil Taylor

by aubrirobinson | Apr 23, 2022 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, Trials and Challenges

I grew up on a farm near Burley, Idaho. Burley is where the “Ida” part of “Ore-Ida” potato products come from. My father was called as a bishop of a country ward when I was six years old. He only served for three years because of an illness in...

Why Isn’t This in the History – by Grant Smith

by aubrirobinson | Apr 23, 2022 | All Member Stories, Conversion/Missionary Work, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, The Spirit/Promptings

When I was in Mexico, I served as the Mission President’s personal secretary. I was called to this position because I could spell and type. This meant that I traveled wherever he traveled, and so I got to see a lot of Mexico – at least the west coast.   One of...

To Know the Doctrine – by Grant Smith

by aubrirobinson | Apr 23, 2022 | All Member Stories, Conversion/Missionary Work, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, Youth Activities

I graduated from LDS Seminary. I faithfully attended all of my Sunday meetings.  I was a lousy Boy Scout, but I don’t regret that.  After I graduated from high school, I took a class called “Mission Preparation” at what was then called Ricks College.  I know I...

Flooding in Stockton, Minnesota 2007 – by President Troy Gunnell

by aubrirobinson | Apr 23, 2022 | All Member Stories, Ministering, Service

Several communities in our branch were affected by the flooding. Saturday evening it rained all day. That evening I got a call asking if I was okay, because Stockton was flooding. There was a river of water covering the road. The bridge was covered with water. Some...

Not a Stranger, Not a Foreigner – by Grant Smith

by aubrirobinson | Apr 23, 2022 | All Member Stories, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, Trials and Challenges

A while ago I decided I needed a sabbatical from the Church. I was not in a good place spiritually or mentally. No one in the ward had offended me. No one in the ward intentionally neglected me. But for whatever reason, I felt unaligned with the Church I had known and...