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  President Kimball once had a powerful dream about his deceased father. Here’s how it shaped his testimony by Dennis B. Horne, Contributor  | Jul. 14, 2021 Editor’s note: The following excerpt comes from a book about special witnesses of Jesus Christ. You can  read this chapter in its entirety  at  truthwillprevail.xyz  as well as other chapters as they are posted. This excerpt is republished here with permission. In a quarterly meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles held in 1957, while speaking to his beloved apostolic associates, Elder Spencer W. Kimball “recounted to them a dream of a visit from [his] deceased father.” 1   The dream came while he dealt with deeply concerning health problems, while he pondered his life and possible death. “I tried to piece together my bits of knowledge to anticipate what the life beyond the grave was like,” he said. “There came back to me vividly a hallowed experience when about a year ago my own father, Andre...

Just a note to you dear friends!  I will be leaving tomorrow morning, July 13, 2019, to go on a 16 day tour.  We will visit Ireland, Scotland, and England mostly.  But we will go on for 2 days in France, and then 2 days down to Rome, where we will be doing a Temple session on Saturday July 27th, in the Rome Temple!  I am so excited!  I'll write about it after July 29th. I had my DNA done, and I'm 79% British, and 13% Irish and Scottish.  The other 6% is from Germany, and 2% from Norway.  So I'm going to the land of my fore-fathers!  My husband Wayne's mother also had many British ancestors, so I'll be watching for places they lived in the past!  I'm excited! Recently I was sitting in a Stake Priesthood Leadership meeting while my Stake President called us to repentance over how we approached callings. President Dallin is relatively new and told us that he would like to share a story that he was told when he was called to be a Sta...

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016 766. Today is the Prophet Joseph Smith's birthday! 212 years ago today he was born! I also reaffirm my testimony this year, 2017! This year, 2016, I reconfirm my testimony which has been shared 4 times now -- 2013, 2014, 2015, and now 2016. I have loved the Prophet Joseph Smith, and learning about him as long as I can consciously remember!   I was born of goodly parents who also loved him and taught me of him.  I love to read of his life and teachings.  I know that he is a true prophet!  This same entry was posted on his birthday since I started this post in 2013 (with alterations each year).  I hope you enjoy reading it!  (in 2014) I hope whoever reads this has a few minutes to ponder these testimonies about the Prophet Joseph Smith, whose birthday is today.  Part of these words were written last year on this day, and probably will again ne...

I really enjoy receiving these every day in my e mails! September 2, 2016 Family SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY   Mosiah 4:14-15 " And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness.  But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. " QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball "We are a Church founded upon families; a Church that takes care of its own, stressing the economic, intellectual, and spiritual development of its families and individual members in preparation for salvation in the kingdom of heaven "  ("The T...