When we knocked on the door, a gruff old man shouted angrily at us from inside, “Keine Intresse,” meaning “not interested...
Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah went from a playground basketball player in Ghana to joining the Mormon Church, playing football for BYU,...
Each missionary arrival was not only a Miracle but also that it was a piece of a foreordained plan to build the Kingdom of God ...
I felt very alone as the only member of the Church in my town. One day while visiting the hospital I found a wheelchair with th...
I was teaching a greenhorn insurance salesman how to do door to door sales calls. We came across a sign indicating the house wa...
A victim of the endless wars in Sierra Leone, Mariama Kallon shares her remarkable conversion to the Church, and experiences fr...
The opportunity of being able to visit Salt Lake City, held in suspicion or scepticism by so many, including myself, prior to m...
As we became acquainted with the African converts in the ward, we became aware that many had not received their temple endowmen...
The temple in Laie was the first temple built outside of North America, and building it presented unique challenges- shipwrecks...
Periodontal problems are a big issue in Africa, even for the young African missionaries. The mission of LDS African Smiles Inc....
"When your brother knocks on my door, then I'll join the Mormon Church, and we'll raise our baby to be LDS!"...
A death in the family causes a sister missionary to wonder where she belongs. Should she go home? ...
A young man in Norway was invited to a Mormon fireside. Twenty-four years later he completed a sculpture memorializing one of t...
“Elder, those shoes are already worn out! You can´t enter the mission field with shoes that look like that!"...
In many ways the Temple is like an industrial clean room, free from the debris and dust of the world. During a missionary's ser...
"I felt as if angelic hands had caught me in the air and lowered me to the street." One missionary's miraculous experience in R...
Yugoslavian and BYU basketball legend Kresimir Cosic is still a missionary, opening doors for the spread of the gospel, 18 year...
Family, faith, and music were always key essentials of Gladys Knight's life, and it was a combination all three that brought he...
One man's journey, sacrifices, and contributions to a lasting memorial....
While on the Lord's errand, two elders find themselves surrounded by a group of drunk, angry men- one missionary's account of a...
How two Temple Square sister missionaries had a profound effect on the approval of the Rome, Italy Temple....
The missionary story that led to an unlikely love story in the Molokai (Hawaii) leper colony. ...
Can two young novice missionaries educate a wise, learned older woman? ...
Inspired by a Meridian article, two sister missionaries decided to give away a copy of the Book of Mormon to each person they s...
How do you answer when a ten year old girl asks where God’s signature is in the Book of Mormon?...
An Ethiopian friend asked me for a movie depiction of the events in the Americas at Christ’s birth. With him in mind, that ev...
Although I was the only person in my truck, I heard a voice clearly say to me, "Put on your seat belt! You are going to be in a...
I would like to share with you an experience from my mission in Norway which illustrates in a profound way the importance of mi...
We are often taught that everything happens for a reason. It may take us time to figure out why certain things happened, but I ...
As I was plunging full speed ahead on this path, I did not recognize that my world was starting to crack in unpredictable ways,...
Helmuth Gunther Hubener was executed at age 17 for spreading anti-Nazi propaganda. He was a Boy Scout and priest. ...
The incredible story and friendship of young missionary Carl Christensen and his first investigator, Paul Litchfield, CEO of Go...
With so much unrest recently in the Middle East, it may be hard for some to believe that years ago LDS missionaries actively pr...
Maria explained, “I always knew Jesus came [to this continent], but all my professors in school told me I was wrong. They sai...
"How do you know so many people, Joe? We have only been in Africa for just over a hour and you have already found 2 people you ...
Dear President Albright: We are so excited to report on the success and experience of our “4 The Strength Of U Camp – 2012...
I truly wish everyone of color could have the same experience I had. I know that President Kimball was inspired to lift the ban...
I would like to share a number of thoughts, feelings and experiences on Blacks and the Priesthood, as I am an "African Mormon" ...
A man knocked on our door and told us about an experience from his mission. He felt very strongly impressed that he should spea...
Dear President Albright, My name is Christina Rickard, and I am a member of the Fair Oaks Ward. I wanted to write to you and te...
A Baptist pastor welcomed us to his church, but to enter the meeting, he required that we remove our missionary name tags. What...
I had to use every cent of that money on her, it was not my money to spend for myself....
I've always wondered what it would be like to meet the missionaries that brought the gospel to my family on the little island o...
All 107 members of the church present in the room were the direct descendants of the couple he had baptized, with 24 people ser...
My mother told the missionaries that we could not read this English book but only Mongolian.The missionaries told us they would...
A young missionary sees a ripple effect after one man is baptized into the Church....
A missed train teaches a missionary the truth of the Russian saying that "accidents are not accidental."...
A vision conveyed in a dream allows missionaries to find a family looking for the truth....
He decided to spend every day of his vacation walking up and down the streets of Barcelona, hoping by chance to cross paths wit...
I said out loud, “Why don’t I feel anything when I am in that church?”...
Several years earlier she had experienced an unusual dream in Florida....
He was just trying to be a good home teacher when he knocked on the door of the next-door neighbor....
If anyone had told me I would be getting baptized, I would have said “Not me.”...
Traveling brings a great opportunity to share the gospel. ...
Was this urging to go to the 7-11 just a slurpee attack?...
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The two men pulled out guns and then told the missionaries to kneel down and look at the ground....
Her mother told her, “Joseph Smith is your great-great grandfather, but don’t you ever tell anybody.” ...
Sometimes, in addition to the timing, blessings come with such a unique combination of circumstances that it becomes very clear...
She was worried about being baptized so far along in her pregnancy....
Nobody was interested in hearing the gospel on Super Bowl Sunday....
The young missionary offered a priesthood blessing that changed one mother’s life....
She was ready to tell the missionaries that she couldn’t continue meeting with them. ...
Twenty-six inches of snow opened the door for a powerful spiritual experience....
After hearing of six stake presidents who had been converted by Guillermo Gonzales, a general authority determines to learn mor...
The only thing stronger than truth, is truth in a musical setting....
The translator of the Chinese Book of Mormon was an investigator who asked penetrating questions....
You cannot miss this story that depicts the power of the Spirit and the planning of the Lord....
A Book of Mormon, thrown away twice, brought two people into the Church....
When both the missionary and the investigator are praying, miracles happen....
The ward mission leader felt prompted that we should contact this name among all the others....
His despair brought him to the edge of his faith and finally to the edge of an overpass....
Little did we know when we stopped the car, we had stopped right in front of the lost investigator’s house....
The sister missionary would not have expected any trouble in this peaceful place in the woods of Vermont....
Members may have thought all those invitations fell on deaf ears....
“All of my life I had been taught to fear and distrust the Mormon Church headquartered in Utah.”...
Who would have guessed that the visitor to church was an African prince....
You may not know who is ready to hear the gospel, but the Lord does....
Her son seemed fine when they dropped him off at the MTC....
Advice for a missionary about to leave for the field. ...
It was a missionary approach he’d never used before or since....
She heard, “Go find on 8th Street tomorrow.”...
This was a project that turned out better—and different—than the bishop thought....
It was the last house on a dark night....
Sister Samuel wondered how she could be any help in Virginia with her limited English skills....
A fluent French speaker, assigned to serve his mission in Boise, Idaho, learns who is really in charge. ...
A missionary’s heartfelt yearning for home piqued a woman who hadn’t been interested. ...
An LDS mission president shares some of the miracles stories his missionaries have reported in their letters. ...
As a mission president I see evidence of the power of ordination as missionaries in the Washington, D.C. South Mission share wi...
