Mar 07 2025 50 mins 1
In this episode of the Can You Feel So Now podcast, host Justin Barton sits down with Rachel Stumm, who shares her experiences from her recent mission. Rachel discusses her insights into family history work, the challenges and spiritual growth she encountered during her service, and her transition from a proselyting missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Michigan Lansing Mission to serving as a service missionary in Spokane, Washington. Rachel provides a heartfelt testimony on the importance of courage, humility, and faith in Jesus Christ, emphasizing the joy found in trusting God's plan and using one's agency. Her story offers profound lessons on consecration, the beauty of consistent grace, and finding deep, lasting joy despite life's uncertainties.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:14 Rachel's Background and Hobbies
02:00 Mission Call and Initial Expectations
05:09 Challenges and Personal Growth
10:19 Transition to Service Mission
14:23 Lessons Learned and Trust in God
22:08 Redefining Missionary Work
30:51 Grace, Agency, and Consecration
38:54 Final Reflections and Testimony
If you or someone you know and love has very recently returned from their mission and would like to record a similar conversation, please send an email to [email protected] and we will line it up.
If you have felt a desire to make a change in your life due to anything said in this conversation, I invite you to get out and do something about it now, so that when the questions is asked, "Can You Feel So Now?", you can answer with a resounding YES!
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