02/01/2026 S6E52, Episode #213⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Elder Michael Cziesla, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 General Conference⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Simplicity in Christ."⁠⁠

Clay and Mitch were joined by special guest, Tricia Loveday, a talented author (formerly published as Patricia Reece Roper) who with her mother, Karola Hilbert Reece, jointly created the miraculous book, We Were Not Alone: How an LDS Family Survived World War II Berlin. We discuss the incredible mothers and grandmothers both Elder Cziesla and Tricia were blessed with and their amazing, faithful efforts to help their families survive physically AND spiritually through starvation and danger in a war zone. This episode is packed full of miracle stories!

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