Wow. I just have this say that this is my favorite story of somebody coming back to the savior and to the church of all time. I’ve never related to somebody so much in their journey away and their journey back. At times (and there were many) it was as though she were reading out of the book of my life lol. Amazing testimony and amazing story. Very well said. Many things were said that I have known and felt but never knew how to express till now. Thank you for sharing.
What a sincere, heartfelt, testimony!!! Brooke thanks for coming back, thanks for being the wonderful person you are, thanks for serving in Chile, my birth country. You are so awesome. I admire you so much.
This was my experience in the church regarding repentance both before and after my mission. Cynical church members and the culture that they create would have had me believe I was in no need to repent or that I was unworthy of it or a mission also. The key, was and is wanting to repent on my own, and truly feeling remorse for my own actions. I wanted to please God, I wanted to feel light again. I wanted to be forgiven for stepping off the path. My bishops were the most kind and loving men, they helped me get to a place where I could forgive myself, and move on KNOWING that my Heavenly Father forgives me and wants me to move on. Happiness comes through a contrite heart and a broken spirit seeking light. I love this podcast, another great one. This is one of my favorite comeback episodes. Thank you! “There is no distance too far from the Savior and his loving and forgiving arms.”
Brooke, as a former YW president, hearing about your experience with your leader just broke my heart. I’m so glad you are now a leader yourself! What a blessing you must be to the young women in your ward. Thank you so much for sharing your story. God bless you!
From a presiding Bishop H David Burton: “Live in such a way that people who know you but don’t know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you”. Brooke really learned and knew that. ❤
Brooke you are absolutely amazing. I’m serving as a Bishop right now and your Bishop is such a great example of someone who understands his role as a representative of the Savior. It’s so humbling to help people through the process of healing and repentance. We are untrained flawed individuals that try our best and sometimes we fail. Your YW leader story is great conversation for ward council. I hope we can show grace to leaders that say dumb stuff. Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing your story.
Ok, agree we just have a little more charity and grace for our local leaders. No one is being paid to do this. They are sacrificing a large part of their disposable time. And to then have the added pressure of: "you have to be perfect and say the perfect things all the time and never mess up or the youth will leave the church" is an insane amount of pressure to put on these people. If we can give a bit of allowance for them to make mistakes, then it actually frees us up as well to forgive ourselves and relieve the pressure off of ourselves when we inevitably mess up as well.
What a great testimony. Just this Sunday gone, I was leading our Sunday school class discussion. “It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks” Saul like us has been kicking against the Lord for a long time. Saul didn’t know God was pursuing him, because he will be the chosen vessel to bear God’s name before the Gentiles. His story is ours too.❤❤❤❤❤
Brooke you are and will be such a force for good in many lives! Your testimony is hard won and you've climbed a steep, strenuous course! THANKYOU for sharing your miracle story. Your testimony is tough, true grit and will stand the test of time! There are many, many lessons here.
I am so sorry you had that experience with your leader.. my daughter had similar experiences at our ward.. I know and can promise you that the Savior cried and was so saddened with you.. Im so glad that came back .. and that leader will have to answer to him one day ….
Thank you so much Ashley for doing this podcast! And thank you Brooke for sharing your story! What amazing stories you both have, and how valuable they are to share with everyone, so that people can know that we are all human, and that we are never past the reach of our Savior! ❤️❤️❤️Thank you 1 million times!
Really needed this tonight. I’ve really been upset by people attacking the church because of these two women who abused the children (the woman Ruby’s children). I’ve been arguing with several TH-cam creators who know nothing about the church. And of course ex members who run anti church channels are being invited on to those channels to bash the church. Finally tonight i challenged the one woman to start watching church channels and positive church members who have channels. This is one I recommended. I stopped watching her video right in the middle and came over here because I needed something positive and needed to stop the ugly contentious feelings I was having. I haven’t watched this channel for awhile but I knew it would uplift me and it did. We are all so mortal and make mistake but the Lord is always there for us. I felt just awful when you talked about not being given a flyer. I hope that leader has learned from that incident. We all need to learn from our mistakes and do our best to be kind to each other. I guess I’m telling myself this. Anyway thank you for such a wonderful story and for such an awesome channel.
Three was so much I identified to in this, Brooke. Thank you so much for coming on and sharing your story. I'm so grateful for your spirit, and happy for you and your husband to be where you are in your journey together.
Missionairies like her make the BEST missionaries because she understands pain and tribulations and can relate to other people out there who also feel pain. Inside and outside of the church there is a ton of pain. On a side note, I went inactive in my teenage years because of my own loneliness and struggles in the young womens. I came back. And I was a young womens leader too 😉 was the best calling ever! Now I’m a Temple and Family History Consultant. Ok one more side note! Or comment. Thank you for NOT being so cookie cutter!
I have a hard time with saying that only a person who’s lost it all can relate to others who also have or who are nearly at that point. My wife is what many in the church hurtfully and mockingly call “cookie cutter” or “molly mormon”. She has days where those labels frustrate her because she feels almost bad for having not wavered and instead used her struggles to draw nearer to god while staying firmly planted on a foundation of faith and obedience, repentance and forgiveness. I love this podcast but for those men and women (I myself had a few years of inactivity and hopelessness so I’m opposite my beautiful wife in this area) who haven’t fallen off the deep end, get made fun of a lot or told to sit down BECAUSE they never had a major falling away. I wish it wasn’t like this, it is a type of hurt being given to those who were obedient and or didn’t need to hit bottom to see what they lost. Sorry. I know you didn’t mean it most likely. I just see my wife (and others like her who do not judge others at all regardless their church standing) who struggle now for being steadfast, and the judgement she faces gets unbearable sometimes.
@@dcarts5616 I’m sorry if my comment came across that way. If so, that was not my intent. I have several friends in the church like your wife who I admire and love dearly and even look up too. My comment was more for those who judge those who have fallen off the deep end. An example is this, that I went to a Ward once a long time ago that people gossiped. I died my hair black and wore a black dress and people gossiped for my appearance. It hurt me. And that was wrong. One time cops showed up on my porch and my neighbors (I lived in a small neighborhood with most everyone members of the church) gathered on the corner to see what was happening and one parent sent their kid over to ask why the cops were there. I was also the “not popular enough one” at girls camp and got teased. But I see what you are saying, there is judgement from both sides probably and if your wife is being judged for being obedient then that is also not right. Again, not my intent. And this is why we can’t judge people at all. We just need to love each other and help each other.
Thank you for sharing Brooke. These youth will not remember usually what was said they will ALWAYS remember how YOU made them feel. Love them where they are at. They are crying out to be loved. 💕
Thank you for sharing you journey. I hope that one day loved ones of mine will return to active church membership and have stronger testimonies as you and others have.
Wow. I just have this say that this is my favorite story of somebody coming back to the savior and to the church of all time. I’ve never related to somebody so much in their journey away and their journey back. At times (and there were many) it was as though she were reading out of the book of my life lol. Amazing testimony and amazing story. Very well said. Many things were said that I have known and felt but never knew how to express till now. Thank you for sharing.
What a sincere, heartfelt, testimony!!! Brooke thanks for coming back, thanks for being the wonderful person you are, thanks for serving in Chile, my birth country. You are so awesome. I admire you so much.
I LOVE that she brought up her patriarchal blessing. ✨️ ✨️ ✨️
Excellent bishop too ... great strength
There are lots of haters out there
Best lds podcast right here!!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your story
Thanks for sharing your story!!
“My most important convert was myself” ❤ I love that so much!
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So true for most missionaries.
I'm not crying! You're crying! Darn it all!!!
You are a modern day Alma the younger, Ammon. What a blessing you are. Thanks so much for sharing.
This was my experience in the church regarding repentance both before and after my mission. Cynical church members and the culture that they create would have had me believe I was in no need to repent or that I was unworthy of it or a mission also. The key, was and is wanting to repent on my own, and truly feeling remorse for my own actions. I wanted to please God, I wanted to feel light again. I wanted to be forgiven for stepping off the path. My bishops were the most kind and loving men, they helped me get to a place where I could forgive myself, and move on KNOWING that my Heavenly Father forgives me and wants me to move on. Happiness comes through a contrite heart and a broken spirit seeking light. I love this podcast, another great one.
This is one of my favorite comeback episodes. Thank you!
“There is no distance too far from the Savior and his loving and forgiving arms.”
So glad you liked it! Its so easy to walk away but rewarding to stay in his church 🤗
Brooke, as a former YW president, hearing about your experience with your leader just broke my heart. I’m so glad you are now a leader yourself! What a blessing you must be to the young women in your ward. Thank you so much for sharing your story. God bless you!
From a presiding Bishop
H David Burton:
“Live in such a way that people who know you but don’t know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you”. Brooke really learned and knew that. ❤
Thank you so much. You. Gave a old lady hope
This was one of the best! I think my favorite part was where she said "I never left the church, but I needed to come back to Christ."
Loved that part too!
Brooke you are absolutely amazing. I’m serving as a Bishop right now and your Bishop is such a great example of someone who understands his role as a representative of the Savior. It’s so humbling to help people through the process of healing and repentance. We are untrained flawed individuals that try our best and sometimes we fail. Your YW leader story is great conversation for ward council. I hope we can show grace to leaders that say dumb stuff. Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing your story.
Ok, agree we just have a little more charity and grace for our local leaders. No one is being paid to do this. They are sacrificing a large part of their disposable time. And to then have the added pressure of: "you have to be perfect and say the perfect things all the time and never mess up or the youth will leave the church" is an insane amount of pressure to put on these people. If we can give a bit of allowance for them to make mistakes, then it actually frees us up as well to forgive ourselves and relieve the pressure off of ourselves when we inevitably mess up as well.
What a great testimony.
Just this Sunday gone, I was leading our Sunday school class discussion.
“It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks”
Saul like us has been kicking against the Lord for a long time. Saul didn’t know God was pursuing him, because he will be the chosen vessel to bear God’s name before the Gentiles.
His story is ours too.❤❤❤❤❤
Brooke you are and will be such a force for good in many lives! Your testimony is hard won and you've climbed a steep, strenuous course! THANKYOU for sharing your miracle story. Your testimony is tough, true grit and will stand the test of time! There are many, many lessons here.
I'm so impressed that she was humble enough to be guided back to the Lord, serve an honorable mission, and be sealed in the Temple. ❤
I am so sorry you had that experience with your leader..
my daughter had similar experiences at our ward.. I know and can promise you that the Savior cried and was so saddened with you.. Im so glad that came back .. and that leader will have to answer to him one day ….
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story.
She is amazing in so many ways! Thank you so very much for sharing your experience. It is incredible! ❤❤❤
Muy bonito su testimonio e historia hermana. Siga adelante, que Dios triunfará!
Thank you so much Ashley for doing this podcast! And thank you Brooke for sharing your story! What amazing stories you both have, and how valuable they are to share with everyone, so that people can know that we are all human, and that we are never past the reach of our Savior! ❤️❤️❤️Thank you 1 million times!
Really needed this tonight. I’ve really been upset by people attacking the church because of these two women who abused the children (the woman Ruby’s children). I’ve been arguing with several TH-cam creators who know nothing about the church. And of course ex members who run anti church channels are being invited on to those channels to bash the church. Finally tonight i challenged the one woman to start watching church channels and positive church members who have channels. This is one I recommended. I stopped watching her video right in the middle and came over here because I needed something positive and needed to stop the ugly contentious feelings I was having. I haven’t watched this channel for awhile but I knew it would uplift me and it did. We are all so mortal and make mistake but the Lord is always there for us. I felt just awful when you talked about not being given a flyer. I hope that leader has learned from that incident. We all need to learn from our mistakes and do our best to be kind to each other. I guess I’m telling myself this. Anyway thank you for such a wonderful story and for such an awesome channel.
I just sent this podcast to my oldest daughter. She is going through the same experiences you had. Thank you Brooke for sharing.
Three was so much I identified to in this, Brooke. Thank you so much for coming on and sharing your story. I'm so grateful for your spirit, and happy for you and your husband to be where you are in your journey together.
Missionairies like her make the BEST missionaries because she understands pain and tribulations and can relate to other people out there who also feel pain. Inside and outside of the church there is a ton of pain.
On a side note, I went inactive in my teenage years because of my own loneliness and struggles in the young womens. I came back. And I was a young womens leader too 😉 was the best calling ever! Now I’m a Temple and Family History Consultant.
Ok one more side note! Or comment. Thank you for NOT being so cookie cutter!
This means so much to me, thank you! I’ll forever be a missionary sharing my message of being more like him.
I have a hard time with saying that only a person who’s lost it all can relate to others who also have or who are nearly at that point. My wife is what many in the church hurtfully and mockingly call “cookie cutter” or “molly mormon”. She has days where those labels frustrate her because she feels almost bad for having not wavered and instead used her struggles to draw nearer to god while staying firmly planted on a foundation of faith and obedience, repentance and forgiveness. I love this podcast but for those men and women (I myself had a few years of inactivity and hopelessness so I’m opposite my beautiful wife in this area) who haven’t fallen off the deep end, get made fun of a lot or told to sit down BECAUSE they never had a major falling away. I wish it wasn’t like this, it is a type of hurt being given to those who were obedient and or didn’t need to hit bottom to see what they lost.
Sorry. I know you didn’t mean it most likely. I just see my wife (and others like her who do not judge others at all regardless their church standing) who struggle now for being steadfast, and the judgement she faces gets unbearable sometimes.
@@dcarts5616 I’m sorry if my comment came across that way. If so, that was not my intent. I have several friends in the church like your wife who I admire and love dearly and even look up too.
My comment was more for those who judge those who have fallen off the deep end. An example is this, that I went to a Ward once a long time ago that people gossiped. I died my hair black and wore a black dress and people gossiped for my appearance. It hurt me. And that was wrong. One time cops showed up on my porch and my neighbors (I lived in a small neighborhood with most everyone members of the church) gathered on the corner to see what was happening and one parent sent their kid over to ask why the cops were there. I was also the “not popular enough one” at girls camp and got teased. But I see what you are saying, there is judgement from both sides probably and if your wife is being judged for being obedient then that is also not right. Again, not my intent. And this is why we can’t judge people at all. We just need to love each other and help each other.
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Thank you for sharing Brooke. These youth will not remember usually what was said they will ALWAYS remember how YOU made them feel. Love them where they are at. They are crying out to be loved. 💕
Thank you for sharing you journey. I hope that one day loved ones of mine will return to active church membership and have stronger testimonies as you and others have.
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