Belle Boxshall was born in Northern England just before the outbreak of World War II. With her father serving in the military, her mother raised the family through those early years of hardship. As a young woman, Belle married John — a Catholic — while she was a devoted Methodist.In 1965, they made the life-changing decision to emigrate to Australia, seeking a better climate for health reasons and a brighter future for their children.Then, one day in rural South Australia, a simple knock at the door from two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would change the course of their lives forever. This is Belle’s incredible journey of love, sacrifice, resilience, and spiritual discovery.👉 Subscribe for more inspirational true stories.🙏 Like if you believe in second chances and divine timing.💬 Comment to share your own story of faith or migration!

Sister Marriam has served in the Australia Melbourne Mission for the last 18 months. She is a convert, having joined the Church in 1981. Her native language is Urdu. She didn't speak a word of English before she started her mission! She has been a wonderful missionary and we will miss her very much when she goes home tomorrow (Saturday 22 Feb 2025).

Stephanie has terminal cancer, but we've managed to do this interview before life gets too uncomfortable for her. She reminisces about growing up post WWII in rural Victoria, Australia, and studying to be a nurse in Melbourne, and there meeting missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Within weeks she would become a member of the Church and within months met her future husband Neville and go onto raise her family, mainly in the Western District of Victoria. She is now staring death in the face and looks forward to reuniting with Neville, who passed away, from cancer, during the Covid epidemic of 2020.

Simon tells his story of leaving the Anglican Church in his teenage years, joining the Open Brethren, and then, invited by a friend and experiencing "holy envy", becoming a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Simon, his wife Yvonne and some of their family live in Sydney, Australia. He has served 3 missions (one in a very surprising location), two with Yvonne.

Born in 1933 in rural Australia, Helena Mauldon (Helena Farr to many of you) has a remarkable ability to recall details from her childhood, like riding a horse four miles to school as a five year old, with her six year old brother. Her conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and attending the Footscray Ward in Melbourne happened in the mid 1950s. I'm sure you'll love Helena, like we all do.

Solange Edith Valdez Watts was born in Chile in 1964. By the time she was 8 years old, there was political turmoil in Chile and her family migrated to Australia.
Her father had joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile, but on settling in to Melbourne, had drifted away from the Church and Solange was raised as a Catholic. Missionaries came to visit and reignited the desire to be with the Church, and at 18 years of age, Solange was baptized and confirmed. As a young lady, Solange was introduced to Richard Watts, a recently returned missionary. They married after a short courtship of about 8 months (well, that's sort of average for LDS). They had 4 children and a few grand-kids, when Solange was diagnosed with a terminal illness, while her youngest son Nathan, was serving as a missionary in London. Solange miraculously survived long enough to see Nathan come home, which was all she prayed for.
In this episode I interview, her husband Richard and their children - Dionne, Chantelle, Michael and Nathan. This is a truly uplifting episode! We hope you enjoy it!

(Had some sound issues with the first version of this that I uploaded. Hopefully this one is better.) Bob Grant has an amazing story to tell. He's been a member of more churches than most people have had hot dinners. Anglican, pentecostal, SDA and JW almost, and even his Dad's own church! He was introduced to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by an old hunting friend, which was appropriate as Bob had been hunting around for the true Church of Jesus Christ for years. Bob's wife Wendy joins in the conversation briefly towards the end, and will soon be interviewed to tell her story of conversion from Catholicism to also become a Latter-day Saint.

When Craig Sandford was 11 years old, growing up in my home town of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, his family became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was not all smooth sailing though, and his parents later left the Church and even had their names removed from the Church records. Craig was committed though, and had an unshakeable testimony and went on to serve as a missionary. Many years later, just before being called to serve as Bishop, Craig had the privilege of re-baptizing his Mum. This is a great story and I'm sure that you'll learn something from it.