Our Stories of faith:
How We Came to Know the SaviorMember Stories
(Shared With Permission)
Stories About Temples
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Stories About Service
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Stories About Trials + Challenges
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Stories About Prayer
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Stories About Testimonies + Spiritual Experiences
Christmas Sacrament Meeting – by Alan Leonhardt
While I was serving as a counselor in the Winona MN Branch Presidency, I was assigned to set up...
Is it Okay if the Neck is a Little Too Large? – by Brent Spencer
Michael Sveen, Elders Quorum President in the Preston Branch, died of cancer on January 6, 2008....
Stories About Ministering
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Stories About Miracles + Healing
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Stories About Callings + Leadership
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Stories About Youth Activities
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Stories About The Spirit + Promptings
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Stories About Faith
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Stories About Conversion + Missionary Work
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All Member Stories
Fairmont Branch Becomes a Missionary Branch – by Duane Mathias
After reading President Robb’s comments about the Fairmont Branch, I felt compelled to write about my experience with the Fairmont Branch. Having...
My Life’s Testimony-Building Experiences – by Richard Robb
Richard Robb served as Bishop, Stake President, and Patriarch in the Rochester Minnesota Stake Dear President Foote: In response to your request to...
From Guyana to the Church – by Vera Paul
In September of 2021, Sister Paul returned from a Senior mission serving in the Church Headquarters Salt Lake City Utah Mission. My name is Vera...
Camp Testimony – by Nya Rauch
The experience was at Young Women’s camp in 2015, I believe. I had been praying for Heavenly Father to show me His care for me, as I was having...
I Should Have Stopped – by Mike Haddock
I was asked by the stake history committee [the compilers of Our Stories of Faith] to share a story that I told in stake conference on May 16, 2010,...
Major Life Decisions – by Melissa Konkel
Melissa Konkel from the Winona Branch, Stake Conference, November 15, 1998, Sunday Session It's hard to believe that 4 years ago I had a major...
Tornadoes and Service – by Mark Adkins
Bishop Mark Adkins, Stake Conference, 26 April 1998, Sunday Session I was sitting in the bedroom watching TV and the forecast. The sirens were going...
Primary’s Inspiration – by Lesa Peers
Lesa Peers, Primary President, La Crosse Ward 1997 Rochester Stake History A few weeks ago, our presidency was reviewing the needs of our primary...
The Art of Home Teaching by a Handyman – by Lynn Langston
December 9, 2019 Shortly after we moved to Rochester, Francis and I were assigned some families to visit as their home teachers. After visiting some...
Calling Patriarchs and Other Leaders – by Darrell Krueger
I’ve thought of telling you a little bit about the calling of the patriarch and also the calling of the bishops and the branch presidents throughout...
Faith-Building Experiences of the Young Women – by Sherry Kochan
Duluth Young Women Regional Camp. Miracles observed by the Rochester, Minnesota Young Women’s Leaders Ann Eberhard, Sherry Kochan, and Jen Kennedy....
I Was Healed So I Could Work in the Temple – by Linda Redlin
My testimony of the gospel has been strengthened by many experiences, but one particular experience here in the Rochester Stake taught me in an...
Tithing Talk – by Paige Larsen
Tithing Talk – Luke 18: 18-25 And a certain ruler asked him (Jesus) saying, “Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said...
Liver Disease: Miracles and Tender Mercies – by Bruce Lee
I visited my extended family members with my family (my wife Jae, my children Summer, Jennifer, and Douglas) in South Korea in the summer of 2011....
Home Teaching and Callings – by Kirt Melton
I have a couple of personal experiences to share and I pray that you will receive these experiences in the way that they are given. It's been...
Flood of 2007 – by Janelle Christensen
The Rushford flood in 2007 was a pretty scary time for our little Preston Branch. Then we had about four members living in Rushford. When I heard...
In the Darkroom – by Ann Eldredge
If you’ve ever experienced the process of developing prints in a darkroom, then you know what I mean when I say, “Other worldly.” At first, you are...
President Nelson and the Solemn Assembly – by Ann Eldredge
On March 31, 2018, I had the privilege of sustaining President Russell M. Nelson as MY prophet, seer and revelator and as the prophet, seer, and...
The Tapestry of Truth – by Steven Eldredge
This is my personal account of sitting, as a non-member, in my Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University. (You read that right: I was a...
My Testimony – by Carmen Dahlgren
I grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being born to Preston Reeder Lee and Lillie Mae McQuarrie on 23 September 1928 at Hyde...
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