Thomas joined the church in the fall of 2023 after moving to Utah and studying with the sister missrionaries. His first ever church meeting was with hundreds of missionaries in the Joseph Smith building in Salt Lake City! He met many missionaries and loved to learn about the gospel.

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Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - Thomas’ background 1:15 - Fraternity summit in Utah 3:55 - Desire to go back to Utah 4:38 - Being let go 5:30 - Deciding to move 6:30 - Learning about Utah and the LDS Church 8:15 - Thomas’ faith background 9:13 - Determining beliefs 12:35 - Things began making sense; moving to Utah 13:25 - Meeting the missionaries on Temple Square 15:15 - Sister missionary sharing scripture 17:00 - Being invited to church and attending church 21:24 - Music and the Spoken Word; continuing to meet the missionaries 22:40 - Book of Mormon experiences 24:00 - First mention of baptism; coming prepared with questions 26:00 - More baptism conversation 28:15 - Thinking about “why baptism?” 29:22 - Writing down reasons to get baptized 33:00 - Attending a baptism 34:50 - Baptism day! 37:58 - First calling, going to the temple, receiving the priesthood 40:25 - Mother’s reaction 43:56 - Advice