Jodie Herpel - Pine Valley Branch

I have a health issue that does not allow me to go to Church every week. About four years ago I started reading my Scriptures every single day. I even read the Bible for the first time in my life and I am 55 years old. I have had many struggles in my life and I have never felt such peace through it all. I am extremely prayerful, I always have been- even when I wasn’t exactly doing what was right in my youth. I feel like I have a very personal relationship with my Savior and I know that when he comes I will recognize him without a doubt.

Recently I have added The Seminary Manuel to my Scripture Reading. I read the Book of  Mormon, just one chapter, then I read the same scripture reference in The Seminary Manuel. I am not a person who can relate to you what I have just read, but I know the things that I am reading are true and are for our use today, with the trials  that we have now. I feel so much comfort and peace daily it is hard to explain in words.

President Ivie was at my house once visiting and he said not to worry if I cannot make it to Church every week because the Spirit in my home is so evident. He also told me to bare my Testimony when I can.

I have been blessed with happiness and love for everyone. I can say now that I also love the Word of God.

I pray for the Holy Ghost to be with me daily and now that I have added Scripture Study to my routine, I can honestly say that the Holy Ghost is my constant companion. I feel like I have been born again and I now have that light that many have been searching for forever.

I cannot say that I Never have temptations, but...I do not have the same temptations I have always had in the past. I feel so close to my Heavenly Father. I love Him and I want to become more like him.

I say these things, Humbly, in the Name of My Savior, Jesus Christ