by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Temples, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, Youth Activities
In 2017, the youth of the Austin Ward, with the help of parents and family history center workers, took the challenge to prepare one and only one family name to take to an unforgettable temple trip. Further, each youth was challenged to discover as much as they could...
by aubrirobinson | Apr 24, 2022 | All Member Stories, Temples, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, Youth Activities
February 13, 2022: Jacob is 11 years old On January 29th, I had the opportunity to perform baptisms for the dead for the first time in the St. Paul Temple. When it was my turn to enter the font, I knew this is what Jesus wanted me to do. Joseph Johnson baptized me 15...
by aubrirobinson | Apr 22, 2022 | All Member Stories, Conversion/Missionary Work, Temples, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences
Rochester First Ward – 2012 Elijah’s History and Mission: Elijah was the last Old Testament prophet to hold the sealing power of the Melchizedek Priesthood. It is the same priesthood held by Peter, James and John, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery (Doctrine &...
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...
by aubrirobinson | Apr 20, 2022 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Faith, Temples, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, The Spirit/Promptings
While serving as stake president, we had a visit from Elder C. Richard Clark of the Seventy. He taught us that there was a ladder to scripture study. Each step of the ladder, he said, helps take us a step closer to feasting on the scriptures. The first step, he said,...
by aubrirobinson | Apr 20, 2022 | All Member Stories, Temples, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, The Spirit/Promptings
Stake Conference, 26 April 1998, Sunday Session Julie: I am grateful for the opportunity to bear testimony about our experiences in the temple. Last October, Wayne was at a priesthood meeting, came home, and told me one of the stake presidency talked about RSOWs...
