“Preach the Gospel; Sometimes, Use Words” – by Grant Smith

by aubrirobinson | Apr 22, 2022 | All Member Stories, Conversion/Missionary Work, Service, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences

Nearly 50 years ago I was finishing my mission in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico.  My Mexican companion and I were both new to the town, and so we worked hard to make contact with current members as well as possible investigators of the church. Allow me to read from my...

Follow the Stake President – by John Ferrara

by aubrirobinson | Apr 22, 2022 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership

Stake Conference, 26 April 1998, Sunday Session I want to express my love for President Krueger (Stake President) and President Spackman (1st Counselor) and let them know how much I love and appreciate them and what a privilege it is to spend time with them. As second...

Home Teaching and Brother Carol – by Bishop Stephen Sorensen

by aubrirobinson | Apr 20, 2022 | All Member Stories, Conversion/Missionary Work, Ministering

Many years ago during a priesthood leadership meeting we were taught that we need to invite all to come unto Christ. I was inspired to go to a man I home taught, Brother Carol, and invite him to return. He declined. Then later, he called me and asked me for help with...

Help with the Floods: 2019 – by Stephani Price

by aubrirobinson | Apr 20, 2022 | All Member Stories, Service, Trials and Challenges

On the evening of 27 June 2019, record rainfall was recorded at the Rochester, Minnesota airport resulting in closure for several hours overnight. Fillmore, Olmsted and Dodge counties sustained flash flooding with the hardest hit area west of Rochester near Oxbow...

Never Give Up – by Grant Smith

by aubrirobinson | Apr 20, 2022 | All Member Stories, Conversion/Missionary Work

Brother Grant Smith of the La Crosse Ward shares this wonderful story of the conversion of Brother Don Magnuson. Though for years he was not a member of the church, he financially supported countless missionaries who left from the La Crosse Ward. He was very generous...

Remembering: Covenants and Temples – by President Thomas Spackman

by aubrirobinson | Apr 20, 2022 | All Member Stories, Faith, Temples, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences

Elder Maxwell, while he was in South America, asked to visit a young man, Jared Ammon, dying of cancer in a hospital. “Is there anything we can do?” “Will you sing, ‘I am a Child of God?” They did. He died a few hours later. Despite difficult circumstances, when we...