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May 1st, 2013 by admin

Her Version of Having It All

Her Version of Having It All

Marie-Laure Oscarson

Marie-Laure Oscarson suggests that “having it all” means something different for everyone. For her—a mother, a university professor, and a convert to the LDS Church—it comes down personal revelation about specific life choices regarding her family, her profession, and her religion. Marie-Laure’s path has included the Catholic faith, French existentialist philosophy, a curiosity about the Amish lifestyle, and the Mormon missionaries who helped rekindle her faith in God’s love.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Featured, France, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: conversion, convert, Europe, France, French Mormons, Mormon professors, Utah, working LDS mothers, working Mormon mothers

April 24th, 2013 by admin

Reflections on the Divine

Reflections on the Divine

Fiona Givens

As the co-author with her husband of the highly popular book, “The God Who Weeps,” Fiona Givens has thought deeply about the character of God and her responsibility to search out that true character in the scriptures. In this interview, she shares her personal reflections on how she searches for God’s true character, how her Catholic background has aided in her understanding of Christ’s importance, and how she passes that sacred knowledge to her children.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, England, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: British Mormons, conversion, convert, education, Europe, LDS culture, motherhood, writing

March 6th, 2013 by admin

The Shining Light of Oakland

The Shining Light of Oakland

Betty Stevenson

Betty Stevenson grew up in an African-American community near San Francisco. After spiraling through abusive relationships, drug dealing and jail, she joined the Church. Betty served for many years as the Relief Society president of the newly formed Oakland Ninth Branch, composed of some of Oakland’s poorest neighborhoods, and she is the founder of an organization that hosts free football camps. In addition, Betty is raising her three great-grandchildren.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, 71+, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Single, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: abuse, California, conversion, convert, drugs, LDS woman, mormon abuse, single

September 14th, 2012 by admin

Humbled Through Affliction

Humbled Through Affliction

Elizabeth Perry

Elizabeth Perry’s evangelical upbringing caused her to loathe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An eating disorder she developed in college helped soften her heart. An LDS boy from her high school introduced her to the Church; she later embraced the gospel, then married that boy.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Married without children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: anorexia, bulimia, conversion, convert, eating disorders, evangelical convert to Mormonism

September 5th, 2012 by admin

Fostering A Love of Science

Fostering A Love of Science

Crystal Croshaw

Crystal came from a tumultuous upbringing, passed from foster home to foster home before settling with her grandparents as a teenager. It wasn’t until she was a young single mother that the missionaries knocked on her door and brought a whole new light into her life. Now she is a successful cellular molecular biology professor, a devoted mother, and advocate for women. Crystal embraces every opportunity to teach others the joys of science, of being a woman, and of the love Jesus Christ has for them.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: adoption, careers, conversion, convert, divorce, education, graduate school, LDS woman, mormon scientist, Mormon women, Mormon women in academia, working LDS mothers

August 8th, 2012 by admin

Honoring Her Heritage

Honoring Her Heritage

Janice Freij

Janice was born into a Christian Palestinian family, but didn’t gain a deep appreciation for her heritage until she was a young adult. Now, as the Curator of Education for the Arab American National Museum in Michigan, Janice has daily opportunities to educate others about her culture. Balancing her Arab identity with her spiritual life as a Mormon, however, has been a challenging and isolating journey, even with the Lord’s continual presence in her life.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Featured, Palestine, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: careers, conversion, convert, education, faith, LDS Arabs, LDS woman, mission, missionaries, Mormon women, patriarchal blessing, prayer, single

June 14th, 2012 by admin

Away From Polygamy, Towards A Deeper Understanding

Away From Polygamy, Towards A Deeper Understanding

Vilate Nielsen

As one of her polygamous father’s 47 children, Vilate Nielsen was never lonely. But as a young adult, Vilate chose instead to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which she felt has manifestations of truth that were absent in the religion of her childhood. Although she’s had to get used to not having her large family around her and sometimes being lonely, Vilate today wouldn’t exchange her church membership for anything.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Single, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: conversion, convert, education, family, LDS culture, polygamy, single, Utah

June 4th, 2012 by admin

Personal Revolutions

Personal Revolutions

Rostya Gordon-Smith

As the 19-year-old daughter of a Communist leader, Rostya defected from Czechoslovakia in 1969 after the country was invaded. Although raised atheist, a powerful conversion experience while living in Brazil has led Rostya to a lifetime of dedicated service to the church abroad, culminating now in her position as Director of National Director for Public Affairs for Czech Republic. From Prague, Rostya vibrantly describes her life of faith and revolution.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Brazil, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, Czech Republic, England, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: Brazil Mormons, British Mormons, conversion, convert, Czech Mormons, Europe, LDS culture, Mormon women in business, Mormons in Communism, prayer

March 5th, 2012 by admin

Always In Style

Always In Style

Jenny Sato

Trained as a doctor, Jenny Sato abandoned her medical practice when she left her native China to marry her Japanese husband. Now in Yokohama, Jenny is engaged in volunteer work and lending her varied talents to the expatriate community there. She focuses on her new membership in the Gospel and her 12-year-old son.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Japan, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: careers, Chinese Mormon, conversion, convert, Japanese Mormons, LDS woman, missionaries, Mormon women, part-member marriage

January 13th, 2012 by admin

Flunking Sainthood

Flunking Sainthood

Jana Riess

Jana Riess was baptized in her final year of study at Princeton Theological Seminary. Her career plan to be a Protestant pastor derailed by her conversion, she now is an editor for a religious publishing house, teaches college, and writes about religion. Her most recent book, Flunking Sainthood, is a memoir about a year’s journey through spiritual practices.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, Venezuela - Tags: careers, conversion, convert, education, faith, graduate school, LDS culture, LDS woman, missionaries, Mormon women, part-member marriage, writing

December 12th, 2011 by admin

A Measure of the Spirit

A Measure of the Spirit

Joumana Borderie

Although born and raised in Lebanon, Joumana left Beirut for Paris to complete her studies as an artist. But it was when she joined the Church, through a friend in Lebanon, that she came into her own as an artist. Today, Joumana’s stunning paintings are infused with gospel symbolism and a measure of the Spirit that makes them undeniably moving.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, France, French, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: artist, careers, conversion, convert, Europe, LDS woman, Mormon painter, Mormon women

October 5th, 2011 by admin

So Many Miracles

So Many Miracles

Florence Slease

As a Protestant growing up in Northern Ireland, Florence Slease experienced first hand the extreme conflict between people of her faith and the neighboring Catholics. In her highly engaging conversational style, Florence describes her lost Catholic friend, her abusive early marriage, the miracle of joining the Church and the joy and triumph that has blossomed from her colorful childhood.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Northern Ireland, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, convert, divorce, Europe, Mormons in Europe, Mormons in Northern Ireland, motherhood

July 28th, 2011 by admin

…Somewhere He Opens A Window

…Somewhere He Opens A Window

Dagmar Patricia Kollmeier

As an ambitious young lawyer pursuing her doctorate at The Hague, The Netherlands, Dagmar was introduced to the Church through her roommate. After serving a mission at age 29, Dagmar landed her dream job on the Yugoslavia Tribunal at The Hague, only to give it up when she was specifically recruited to work instead in the Church’s public affairs department for Europe. Now as a mother and wife, Dagmar still works part-time as a general counsel to the Church in Frankfurt, Germany. It has sometimes been painful and lonely for her to follow those doors that have been opened to her and leave behind those that have been shut, but she believes the Lord is aware of her and is making use of her tremendous skills.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Germany, Holland, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, convert, Europe, graduate school, LDS woman, legal, mission, missionaries, Mormon lawyer, Mormons in Germany, Mormons in the Netherlands, single

June 30th, 2011 by admin

From Sea to Shining Sea

From Sea to Shining Sea

Missy Martz

Missy Martz, a former atheist, is married to a marine who has been deployed five years out of their eleven-year marriage and is presently stationed in Okinawa, Japan. She talks about her incredible conversion as she traveled around the country in search of meaning, and then discusses how the gospel has balanced her life and supported her during difficult times while she is far from home and family while her husband is deployed for long periods of time.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Japan, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: aethists, conversion, convert, Japanese Mormons, LDS culture, LDS in the military, LDS woman

June 22nd, 2011 by admin

A Different Kind of Pioneer

A Different Kind of Pioneer

Bindu Sudhir Sabbavarapu

Bindu Sabbavarapu joined the church in her hometown of Visakhapatnam, India, in the face of cultural and familial barriers. She married another Indian Mormon and together they are striving to pursue lives that bear witness to their families of the goodness of the gospel. Soon after her marriage, Bindu immigrated to the United States, where she and her husband are pursuing advanced degrees and raising their 10-month-old baby girl. Although the gospel transcends culture, Bindu’s interview reflects the challenge of practicing a religion in a nation where Christians and Mormons in particular are a significant minority.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Featured, India, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: BYU, conversion, convert, education, graduate school, india, Indian Mormon, mission, Mormon women, motherhood

June 2nd, 2011 by admin

No Time To Stop

No Time To Stop

Tatyana Marchenko

As an early member of the Church in Moscow, Tatiana was an essential contributor to the establishment of the gospel in Russia. For seven years, she led a choir of church members that sang hymns and folk songs, toured with their performances and recorded albums. Tatiana speaks astutely about the impact of Russian culture on spirituality in her country and about the tremendous work she’s put into building the Church in her homeland.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Married with children, Russia, Russian, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, convert, hymns, LDS culture, LDS woman, missionaries, music, Russia

May 18th, 2011 by admin

To Smile and Talk Again

To Smile and Talk Again

Agnes Twagiramariya

Agnes is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Although a witness to devastating horrors, Agnes has embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ taught by the first missionaries in Rwanda, Brother and Sister Andrus, and is working to forgive those who killed her family. Agnes recently graduated from university and works as an accountant in a hotel in Kigali.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Rwanda, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: Africa, atonement, conversion, convert, depression, faith, forgiveness, LDS woman, mission, single

May 4th, 2011 by admin

A Savior To Her Family

A Savior To Her Family

Susan Anneveldt

Susan Anneveldt knows that, even though she is the only member of her family to join the Church in this life, her passion for family history work has led her deceased extended family members to the gospel through temple work. As a single woman caring for aging parents and living far away from her local branch in the Netherlands, Susan combats the plague of loneliness with her understanding of the gospel’s worldwide community and the assurance of eternal families.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Holland, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: Africa, conversion, convert, disease, education, Europe, family, family history, LDS woman, mission, Mormon women, service, single

April 20th, 2011 by admin

Embracing A Culture of Faith

Embracing A Culture of Faith

Julia Klebingat

Julia Klebingat grew up in Riga, Latvia, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Introduced to the Church when Brigham Young University’s Legacy Dixieland Band performed in her hometown, she married at 19 and attended Ricks College. Julia recounts the culture shock she experienced getting married, joining the Church and moving to the United States in such a short time, and the blessings that have come into her life since that time. She is preparing to move from Frankfurt, Germany, to Kiev, Ukraine, to serve alongside her husband, who will preside in the Ukraine, Kiev mission.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Married with children, Russian, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Ukraine, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, convert, education, Europe, faith, graduate school, LDS culture, LDS woman, Mormon women, Ricks College, Russia, Ukraine

April 6th, 2011 by admin

A Pillar of Faith in New Delhi

A Pillar of Faith in New Delhi

Swarupa Katuka

Swarupa Katuka was born and raised in India, joined the Church in 1988, and currently lives in New Delhi. In 1995, as the mother of two children, Swarupa decided to give her third child to family friends who couldn’t have any children of her own. In this interview, she shares an intimate look into her daily life, the state of the Church in India, and the relationship she has with her adopted daughter.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, English, India, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: adoption, conversion, convert, family, Indian Mormon, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, prayer

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