Today we are joined by Deb, our kind, intelligent, and faithful friend! Deb joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young adult and experienced many changes in her journey. She was introduced to the church when she met Shane, her (now) husband. Little did Shane know that Deb was more interested in the church than he thought --- he found out about her interest when she announced her baptism!!

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0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Deb’s background 1:24 - Being raised Christian 2:30 - Death of Deb’s father and reaching out to a pastor 4:30 - Meeting Shane, Deb’s husband 5:55 - Learning Shane’s religion 8:10 - Trying to believe in another testament of Jesus Christ 9:40 - Praying and reading the introduction of the Book of Mormon 12:09 - Calling the local bishop 13:07 - Meets the bishop and starts seeing the missionaries 15:10 - “I want to get baptized this Saturday!” 16:30 - Shane finds out about Deb’s baptism date 17:25 - Sharing the news with her mom 18:30 - Deb reads all the anti-Mormon documents 20:15 - No family support and many challenges 22:45 - Mom’s changed beliefs about the church 23:33 - Daughter teaching mother the discussions 25:17 - Advice 27:17 - No coincidences 28:20 - Go to the source!!

Spencer has an incredible passion for running. While participating in his sport, he began researching more and more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Jared Ward, Clayton Young, and Conner Mantz being key players in his spiritual journey). Spencer found himself finding an increased interest in wanting to join the church rather than simply studying about the church. This is an episode you don't want to miss!! 0:00 - Introduction 1:50 - Spencer is contacted by sister missionaries on Facebook 3:30 - First meeting with the missionaries in person 5:00 - Keeping the Book of Mormon in his car 5:56 - Faith background 7:48 - USATF Championship 9:24 - Meeting Jared Ward 12:20 - Messaging Jared on Instagram 14:00 - Reading the Book of Mormon and meeting Clayton Young 16:05 - Attending non-denominational churches 17:10 - Learning all about church history 18:20 - Choosing to be baptized 20:45 - Uncomfortable territory 22:30 - There is a place for everybody 24:20 - Going to the Taylorsville Temple dedication 25:38 - Not telling family 27:45 - Layton open house 30:00 - Little rays of light that increase into an outstanding light

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