“When I visit converts in their homes, one of the questions
I like to ask is how they and their families learned about the church and how
they came to be baptized. It doesn’t matter if the person in that moment is an
active member or hasn’t attended church for many years. The answer is always
the same: with a smile and their countenance glowing, they begin to tell the
story of how they were found. In fact, it seems that the story of conversion is
always the story of how we are found. Jesus Christ Himself is the Lord of lost
things. He cares for lost things. That is surely why He taught the three
parables that we find in the 15th chapter of Luke: the parable of the lost
sheep, the lost coin, and, finally, the prodigal son. There reigns supreme a
feeling of joy that exclaims, ‘Rejoice with me; for I have found that which was
lost.’” – Elder Rubén V. Alliaud
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