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In Her Own Words: Muriel Olive Mason Cuthbert, 1958
Mormon Life says: A sweet conversion story from a member in England.
1950 was a memorable year for my husband and me, for then our second daughter was born, my husband graduated from Nottingham University and started on a career and we had just moved into our first...
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WWII Refugee to Mormon: Walter Maschmeyer's Journey
Mormon Life says: Living as Germans during the uncertainty of World War II, Walter Maschmeyer and his mother became displaced refugees fleeing the bombings. But they also saw plenty of kindness and miracles.
At age twelve, Walter Maschmeyer traversed Germany amid the turmoil of World War II. Traveling only with his mother, Maschmeyer saw miles of German countryside during 1945 as they used...
God Gifted Me My Race
Mormon Life says: The Church’s history regarding blacks is long and complicated. And while some people—members and nonmembers alike—may struggle to come to terms with past events, I am not one of them. These are some of my personal experiences as an African American Latter-day Saint, and why I believe the color of my skin is a gift from God.
I cannot remember a time when I did not believe in God. Some of my earliest memories involve going to Shiloh Baptist Church in Norfolk to see and hear Granddaddy, my paternal grandfather, the son of...
Albanian Mormon convert tells all of her love for the Savior
"Amen" was the sole word I siphoned from a flood of sound the first time Sister Topalli Hanci spoke to me. It seemed I had barely touched Albanian soil before I was lifted up again in the arms of this riotously staunch member of the Church. Somewhere between her rapid Albanian and exultant...
Martin Luther and a Life Changing Moment
Mormon Life says: Every now and then an event happens in life that changes the remainder of our course.
Most of us are caught up in the hustle-bustle of daily living and rightly so. We are anxiously engaged in the daily pursuit of health, wealth, and happiness. During our sojourn there are moments...
Exclusive: Escape from Rwanda: The Impossible Story of John Bizimana
Mormon Life says: Bizimana escaped Rwanda, joined the LDS church, and founded a charity called Voice of Africa--all before age 24.
People fill the tent and stand outside its edges to watch Voice of Africa perform. The members’ bright costumes, strong dancing, and energetic personalities enthrall the crowd. A young man with a...
Mission Accomplished: A Soldier's Journey to Faith
Mormon Life says: The Cuban military was not the place for a Bible, but my grandma had taught me its principles well. Throughout my missions her words were always in the back of my mind. I would need them to become the man I wanted to become. And, as I would find during a mission deep in the Guatemalan jungle, I would need them to stay alive.
I joined the Cuban military right out of high school and stayed there for seven years. The military in Cuba is compulsory, and you can opt to be drafted as soon as you finish high school or after...
Book of Mormon Lesson 22: Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances?
Mormon Life says: Like the Bible, [The Book of Mormon] is a volume of holy writ that speaks forth the mind and will of the Almighty. Like the Bible, it invites men to forsake the world and live as becometh saints. Like the Bible, it has such an impact upon the hearts of men that they are prepared to die in defense of their beliefs. Already the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh have left Babylon and come to Zion with songs of everlasting joy because of it. And before the end of the world, which is the premillennial destruction of the wicked, and before the end of the earth, which shall not occur until after the Millennium, the Book of Mormon shall so affect men that the whole earth and all its peoples will have been influenced and governed by it. (Bruce R. McConkie, The Millennial Messiah, p.170)
Introduction Alma's reform movement involved at least these four cities: Zarahemla, Gideon, Melek, and Ammonihah. These chapters deal with his ministry in Zarahemla and in Gideon. Once Alma had...
Lesson Helps: Befriending Converts (Teachings for Our Time Lesson 9)
Mormon Life says: Read the following excerpt from Gary J. Coleman's new book, The Journey of Conversion, for some additional insight into the Teachings for Our Time Lesson 9, Strengthening New Converts.
After joining the Church I had a transitional experience with a former pastor, one whom I had assisted for several years as an altar boy. I had received my patriarchal blessing eighty- nine...
