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I was born in Washington, D.C. and had extended family all around. I can remember attending family events and special events at synagogue when I was a small child, but I was too young to understand what it meant to be Jewish. I knew that my family had its own, very colorful, culture and behavior, and that it was somehow different than that of our neighbors. Still, our family celebrated Christmas and Easter—at least the secular parts.
When I was eight years old, my parents moved to Southern California. My father was a rocket scientist and had left his teaching position at Johns Hopkins University to work at Jet Propulsion Labs. When we arrived in Los Angeles, we were suddenly no longer Jewish, and faith was never mentioned again in the household. My mother did say once in awhile, that she’d had a Catholic governess, who had baptized her, but my mother never once went to a Church that I recall.
At the beginning of each school year, all the students filled out emergency... Read the rest of this article »
Conversion story of Richard Jewel Willoughby Jr.
The story, to be told correctly, needs some family background. My father was born in Independence, Missouri and was baptized a member of the church at 8 years old but was not active as an adult…read more>
Conversion story by Crystal Champion.
I am certain now that I have found the truth that I have been seeking for, for the better part of my life. I was not brought up in a very religious home and as a matter of fact rarely went to church for most of my childhood or teenage years…read more >
A Testimony and My Witness of the Lord’s Work in Fiji
This testimony is to President Inosi Naga and the wonderful saints from Fiji who are now living in Northern California and who will be participating in the wonderful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Fiji Islands…read more>
What God Sounds Like, by Allyson
I was raised in no particular religion; although my parents... Read the rest of this article »
I Was Raised a Roman Catholic
by Susan Craig
I was raised a Roman Catholic. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, my break with Catholicism actually began with the death of a baby brother I never got to know. He was born in the early 60’s and died from a birth defect. I had been raised to believe that if a baby wasn’t baptized, he or she would never go to heaven. And I never questioned this. Some years later, I began to fear that my baby brother had not been baptized. I didn’t know how I [could] be certain of this.
In September of 1972, my (divorced) mother had moved me, my sister, and my other brother to a new town so she could further her nursing education. I recall coming home from school one day and seeing the newspaper which had a picture on the front page of two young men in white shirts and ties. I didn’t read the accompanying caption and thought nothing of it. Unbeknownst to me, my younger sister had become friends with a classmate... Read the rest of this article »
Finding the Truth by Crystal Champion
I am certain now that I have found the truth that I have been seeking for the better part of my life.
I was not brought up in a very religious home, and as a matter of fact, rarely went to church for most of my childhood or teenage years. I know that my mother wanted church to be a part of our lives, because she had been raised in a very religious home growing up, and they always went to church. And, I do give my mother credit for trying to get us to church, but she also had a lot of excuses as to why we could never go. This was hard for me, because ever since my young years at Vacation Bible School I have been able to understand the words that were written in the scriptures.
Although I never went to church with my family, I did start to go to church regularly when I was about 17 years old. I went to church only because my friend and I sang in the choir, and she dragged me into the first choir rehearsal and said I was going to love it. She was right,... Read the rest of this article »
What God Sounds Like
by Allison
I was raised in no particular religion; although my parents went between Unitarianism and agnostic, my mother now says that she is an atheist. My conversion story starts in July of 1982, in El Cajon, outside of San Diego, CA, where I was staying with my parents after the birth of my second son. It was a horrible time for me, as their god was money, and they did their best to try and get me to divorce my husband, who had stayed up in Santa Cruz, CA, at college while I “visited” with my family in El Cajon. If we had known their agenda, we would never have agreed to my staying there, but I had had difficulties after my delivery, and as my mom was a nurse, it seemed the best option at the time. If I had been feeling better I might have been suspicious that they insisted on taking all the furniture that was mine or loaned to me by them with them to San Diego.
I ended up walking to the nearby 7-Eleven every day to call and talk to my husband about what a hard... Read the rest of this article »
Conversion story of Richard Jewel Willoughby Jr. 5 January 2006
The story, to be told correctly, needs some family background. My father was born in Independence, Missouri, and was baptized a member of the Church at 8 years old but was not active as an adult. My father joined the US Air Force and was stationed at Burtonwood, England, during the Korean War. My mother was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and had three sons by my father before they were divorced.
At age four I was raised in England with my mother and new stepfather. I knew nothing about my LDS heritage as I grew up and never came into contact with any members of the church.
My mother was Catholic and my stepfather never mentioned religion but was a hard worker and was a good influence. If I asked him to do something that he thought I could do for myself he would say, “Use your own initiative”. We never went to church as a family but when I was very young I recall my mother telling me that there was “God the Father,... Read the rest of this article »
A Testimony and My Witness of the Lord’s Work in Fiji
by Maraia Sokia Weingarten
This testimony is to President Inosi Naga and the wonderful saints from Fiji who are now living in Northern California and who will be participating in the wonderful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Fiji Islands. Tears well up in my eyes as I think back and recollect my experiences as a six year old girl in Suva when our lives as members of the Sokia family would be forever changed because of this “American” church.
Looking back now 50 years later, I know it was no coincidence; this is the work of the Lord and he knew that it was time for Fiji to receive the gospel. Around 1953, my uncle Vuki Tokailagi (now living in Nadi), was a librarian at the Suva City Library, when he picked up a book from the rubbish bin, entitled “ What’s of the Mormon” which he brought to my parents. My father, a Methodist and my mother, a Catholic, started... Read the rest of this article »
Mormon Testimonies and Conversion Stories
In this section you will be able to watch or read the testimony or the conversion stories of Mormons. At a certain point of their life they have been touched by the Holy Spirit and they have listened to the teachings of the Mormon missionaries. Sometimes this happened after they became friends of a member of the Mormon Church. In other cases the Mormon missionaries were their first contact with the LDS church. We hope you will enjoy watching or reading them.
Jean Capenda’s story of his conversion to the Mormon Church (from Congo)
See the rest of the testimony of Jean Capenda at MormonsBelieve.org
Giuseppe Martinengo’s conversion story (from Italia – first part)
See more about Giuseppe’s story at MormonsBelieve.org
Valerie Finnegan’s conversion story (from Scotland)
For more Video Testimonies visit: Mormonsbelieve.org or Youtube/moregoodfoundation
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