I was fortunate as a youth to be surrounded by men who lived and loved the gospel. My father was a convert to the church, went to BYU shortly after being baptized at the age of 18 and served a full time mission just a year later. He is the kindest most loving man and […]
How did I acquire a testimony of the Book of Mormon? I have not acquired it. I am in the process of acquiring it. Because the more I read it and the more I see of life, the more convinced I am that it is true. In my still-maturing testimony, I am constantly reinforcing my […]
I am always looking for testaments of the Book of Mormon’s validity while reading. I have had many extremely real experiences when I have known that the Book of Mormon was written by prophets of old and translated by a prophet of God in modern days. I call a Moroni experience anytime while reading the Book […]
It has been almost exactly 50 years since I first finished reading the Book of Mormon. The year was 1968 and our Church leaders had encouraged the members to read it in its entirety. That worked out well because in the printed edition of that day, there were 521 pages. So, 52 weeks @ 10 pages/week would exactly do […]
It always seemed perplexing to me that people needed to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, I’ve always known it was true. I read it cover to cover for the first time when I was 10 years old, and thoroughly enjoyed the stories. It was like the very best action movie mixed with […]
My name is Jared White, I am 50 years old and have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints my entire life. I have often been asked to share how I came to know that the Book of Mormon is the true word of God and another testament of Jesus […]
I was raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My parents were faithful, hardworking members. By their examples and teachings in our home, I knew from my earliest ability to understand, that God lives and loves us as his children, that his Son Jesus Christ is our Savior, and that […]
17 years ago, when I was 28 years old, I was in the temple just absolutely filled with gratitude for all that Heavenly Father blesses us with when I received a very clear prompting from the Spirit to keep the commandments more fully. I did not agree to make that commitment at that time because […]
In 2013 I was reacquainted with my cousin Sindy. We are only a year apart in age and had been close as children, but because of extended family dynamics we didn’t see one another for several years. We both married, had children, lived in San Jose, California and led our own lives… even though we […]
During my teen years I developed an unfortunately negative view of and attitude toward marriage and children. Partly this came from experience. Though I have since learned that my parents expressed their feelings of love and tenderness in private, what I too often witnessed were criticisms and arguments. Also, growing up as the oldest of […]