Today's episode features Rob Dean, who is currently serving on our State High Council and is a lifelong disciple of Deep Roots in Germany and a powerful testimony shaped by prayer, obedience, and miracles. Rob grew up in a family that found the gospel when missionaries knocked the wrong door and that providential mistakes set a course for generations. Rob shares a former childhood story, a family prayer and a quiet prompting that led them to leave a sunny fishing spot, only to learn the next day that a flash flood had claimed over hundred lives there.

It's a witness of how prayer and heeding the spirit protect and Called to the Frankfurt, Germany mission, was late later among the first missionaries welcomed into East Germany after decades without proselyting. He recounts checkpoints, sacred meetings with church leaders and the faith of saints who had waited 50 years. You'll hear about cottage meetings, member led invitations and the midnight baptism of a local communist youth leader who found the courage to pray and followed Christ despite real personal risk. Rob's message is simple and actionable: love, share, invite.

From university friends in Freiburg to colleagues in corporate America, he shows how small acts of kindness open hearts to Jesus Christ. Stay tuned to hear how obedience brought miracles, how a hand-written copy of President Monson's Dressed in Prayer was fulfilled before Rob's eyes, and how the fall of the Berlin Wall reshaped missionary work overnight. This conversation will strengthen your faith and give you practical ways to be a peacemaker and a national missionary wherever you are.

Today I'm thrilled to introduce our guest, Monica Shumway. Monica grew up in Sholoway, Arizona as the fourth of 12 children, learning courage and service from her parents. And together her husband, Kurt, raised six amazing daughters and now cheers on 13 grandkids. She served across the church from primary to young women's to the Relief Society, and today supports interfaith and community outreach as our state communications director. She also has a deep love for the temple and for her pioneer ancestors whose faith fuels her own.

In our conversation, Monica shares how seeing herself as a steward of God's children reshaped her motherhood in ministry. A pivotal moment when the Spirit asked, who are you trying to make look good and how that changed how she serves. Beautiful experiences in the temple baptistries such as White Fridays packed with youth that fill her with hope. What she calls holy envy of other Christians who pray on the spot and who are more open with their faith and how we also can be more open, welcoming and bold in our discipleship.

She also shares simple ways to gather, love, and invite, like sitting with someone new, hosting on low-key chips and salsa FHE, or posting activities so neighbors can find them. It's a light, faith-filled, and practical conversation about choosing faith over fear, trusting the Lord of outcomes, and seeing other people through the Savior's eyes. Stick around. Monica's stories will inspire you to act on those small promptings and help you bring a little more light to your corner of the world.

Today I'm speaking with Hannah Hale, who recently returned home from serving in the Texas Houston East Mission. Now, Hannah's mission story isn't your typical 18-month experience - she served for about four months before receiving a clear spiritual prompting to return home early due to mental health challenges, specifically OCD.

But here's what makes Hannah's story so remarkable: in each of her three transfers, she was able to help someone find and accept the gospel, culminating in baptisms that changed lives forever. From Laura, a woman in her 70s who had been taught on and off for eight years, to Howard and Kathy - a couple whose story spans 49 years from first contact with missionaries to finally being sealed as an eternal family.

Hannah's experience teaches us that the Lord's plan doesn't always match our expectations, but it's always perfect. Her mission may have been shorter than anticipated, but the impact was profound - both on those she taught and on her own understanding of faith, the Atonement, and what it truly means to serve the Lord.

Today, Hannah shares these powerful conversion stories and opens up about the difficult but inspired decision to come home early, reminding us that sometimes the most important lessons come through our greatest challenges. Let's dive into her remarkable mission experience.