1377. From an unstable childhood to a confident missionary: Why 1 young man is determined to share the joy he’s found with others By Danielle Christensen January 18, 2022, from Latter Day Saint Life
From an unstable childhood to a confident missionary: Why 1 young man is determined to share the joy he’s found with others By Danielle Christensen January 18, 2022 02:08 PM MST Twitter Pinterest Email Print Elder Gutierrez was baptized in June 2019 and is serving as a full-time missionary in the Texas San Antonio Mission. Courtesy of Elder Gutierrez Dominic Gutierrez remembers the first time he felt God’s love like it was yesterday. As a teenager in Safford, Arizona, childhood memories of abuse and homelessness had caught up with him, and his feelings of loneliness seemed inescapable. He didn’t think he had a purpose and didn’t believe that God existed. But then one day, he remembered something that would change his life forever. Previously, his friend had given him a copy of the Book of Mormon, which Dominic stored away in his room. But on this occasion, he decided to crack open the cover and turned to the introduction. Seven words in, he felt something he never had before. “It