When I was a young resident physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, I worked long hours and traveled between the hospital and our home in Watertown, Massachusetts, mostly by bicycle since my wife and young family needed our car. One evening I was riding home after a long period in the hospital, feeling tired and hungry and at least a bit discouraged. I knew I needed to give my wife and four small children not only my time and energy when I got home but also a cheery attitude. I was, frankly, finding it hard to just keep pedaling. My route…

After missing a bus in Nairobi, Kenya, my companion and I decided to share the gospel with everyone we saw while waiting for another bus to our area.  We talked to over 400 people. One of them was Benard, who worked construction nearby.  We gave him a Book of Mormon and challenged him to read it daily and ask God if it was true. Four months later, I was transferred to Nairobi.  At my first sacrament meeting there, I saw Benard.  He had since been baptized and ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. Benard excitedly invited us to visit his home…

I had the coolest experience today. I was thinking about this house we are planning to build. It’s really been a strain. We’ve gone back-and-forth, over and over about if we should do it or not. Today, which is Sunday, I thought, “Well, let me really go pray about this.” I went to my bedside and knelt down. (My husband was not home.) I then began to pray about the house and I did so for maybe 3 or 4 minutes, when my son’s name came to mind. Suddenly I was filled with a great desire to pray for him.…

Our family was headed to spend the weekend with my parents who were living in Providence Utah with us living in West Jordan at the time.  Before we would leave to go on a trip we would make it a point of praying and asking for safety and protection while doing so. This has proved to be a blessing many times over and I’m very thankful that we have always made a point to do so.  On this occasion we had made it to Brigham City and stopped at the stop light before starting up the hill that would take…