my testimony to you

Hello. My name is Anna Marie Martin. I’m 18 years old. And I believe in Christ. I believe that He can heal my broken dreams and restore hope at times when I can’t even fake a smile. I know He loves me with a love I won’t ever completely understand. I know He really did heal the lepers, blind, lame, deaf, and forgive the sinner. He was moved with so much compassion towards people that he sacrificed His time, His strength, and His life to them, and He will to us, to me. There is a scripture, Alma 39:17, “… is not a soul at this time as precious to God as a soul will be at the time of his coming?” I think of all the people He healed and I know, I know, that if He could raise a man from the dead, He can help me do something new and as alien-like as family history work. The Savior is your Savior. He is my Savior! We have a Heavenly Father, our God, who will listen to heartfelt prayers. And He really does answer them. And if you can’t find the answer either you haven’t looked hard enough or you need to be patient and try your hardest and trust Him because He will eventually answer you. I know that The Book of Mormon is a true book of God. The people and stories contained therein are real. I have learned in my day to day life that reading The Book of Mormon in the morning gives me added strength through the challenges of the day. It gives me added strength because I know my Father in Heaven, my God, will bless me because of it and that because I am trying to keep His commandments He is obligated to help me all He can. And finally, I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true church of God. I know it from the feelings I get from living its teachings. And I know you can feel it too if you’ll only let yourself.

And I say all these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.