1 00:00:04,610 --> 00:00:08,180 FEMALE SPEAKER 1: Life just didn't start at birth. 2 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:12,200 We live spiritually with our Heavenly Father. 3 00:00:12,570 --> 00:00:17,160 FEMALE SPEAKER 2: We knew that there was more, and He told us about His plan, 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,200 that He did have more prepared for us, 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,400 but it would mean that we had to choose to 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,680 come to this Earth and have some hard experiences. 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:31,515 Jesus Christ volunteered to help make the plan of salvation possible. 8 00:00:31,515 --> 00:00:34,180 He knew that we would need someone to help us 9 00:00:34,180 --> 00:00:37,800 get back to Heavenly Father that we couldn't do on our own. 10 00:00:38,990 --> 00:00:42,420 MALE SPEAKER 1: We chose that we would accept it and come down to Earth 11 00:00:42,420 --> 00:00:46,910 and be part of this earthly existence. 12 00:00:48,290 --> 00:00:53,160 FEMALE SPEAKER 3: Why does life have to be so hard? We're here to learn. 13 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:55,590 How will we understand the difference if 14 00:00:55,590 --> 00:00:58,090 we don't experience the difficult and the hardness? 15 00:00:58,090 --> 00:01:01,980 How will we know happiness if we don't experience pain and sadness? 16 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:07,030 Heavenly Father has very carefully put those opposites together to grow us 17 00:01:07,030 --> 00:01:12,770 and to teach us and to expand us and evolve us as spiritual beings. 18 00:01:12,770 --> 00:01:15,270 MALE SPEAKER 2: I think for those that are struggling, 19 00:01:15,270 --> 00:01:19,090 there is always hope and there always will be hope. 20 00:01:19,090 --> 00:01:24,230 But through those struggles that we have in life, through those challenges, 21 00:01:24,230 --> 00:01:28,230 we are able to draw nearer to our Heavenly Father if we choose to, 22 00:01:28,230 --> 00:01:31,130 if we want to do that, and we're able to find 23 00:01:31,130 --> 00:01:34,675 peace with our Savior, if we want to find peace. 24 00:01:34,675 --> 00:01:38,765 I was 8 years old when Mum died, 25 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:41,730 and probably not realizing it at the time, 26 00:01:41,730 --> 00:01:44,230 but I think that started for me, 27 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:49,490 a lifelong pursuit of finding out about her and where she is, 28 00:01:49,490 --> 00:01:52,415 and where I need to be with her. 29 00:01:52,415 --> 00:01:56,880 I found out that she's still alive. 30 00:01:57,590 --> 00:02:00,760 Mum right now lives in the spirit world. 31 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,460 I found that out for myself. 32 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:08,905 But I found out, too, that I could qualify to see her again. 33 00:02:08,905 --> 00:02:13,415 That's been a driving force in my life, my entire life. 34 00:02:13,415 --> 00:02:16,870 FEMALE SPEAKER 4: There is absolutely life after death. 35 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:19,000 MALE SPEAKER 3: It's not something you can see, 36 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,710 but it's something that you can feel. 37 00:02:21,710 --> 00:02:27,500 That also comes with knowledge and through study of the scriptures. 38 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:30,840 I lost my wife four years ago, 39 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,720 and so that motivates me to keep on 40 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:41,970 the straight and narrow path so that I can be with my wife again in this life hereafter. 41 00:02:41,970 --> 00:02:47,360 FEMALE SPEAKER 5: After death, I do believe that we will be perfected. 42 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,605 I told my husband many years ago 43 00:02:50,605 --> 00:02:55,340 that he'll be able to sing and chew after. 44 00:02:55,340 --> 00:03:00,790 For myself, because I have the pancreatic cancer, 45 00:03:00,790 --> 00:03:04,190 the breast cancer, I have damaged discs in my lower spine, 46 00:03:04,190 --> 00:03:06,230 each day that I live here on 47 00:03:06,230 --> 00:03:10,430 the Earth with faith and hope in Heavenly Father's blessings, 48 00:03:10,430 --> 00:03:16,530 I am actually working toward the fact that I know after this life, 49 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:18,750 I'll be able to throw this crutch away, 50 00:03:18,750 --> 00:03:23,570 and I'll be running marathons, and I will be perfected as we all will be. 51 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:26,380 FEMALE SPEAKER 2: Because I know that there is more and that there is 52 00:03:26,380 --> 00:03:30,460 a Heavenly Father that has a plan and who knew that these things would happen, 53 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:33,400 but loved us enough to send us here. 54 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,180 I think it makes anything you go through bearable. 55 00:03:39,420 --> 00:03:43,560 I think having that knowledge also makes you more 56 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,860 loving of people around you and wanting to help them to get through their hard times, 57 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:49,960 too, so that they know that there's more than what's happening right now, 58 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,900 but that there's eternal happiness ahead. 59 00:03:53,590 --> 00:03:59,860 DALLIN H. OAKES: Essential to the plan of salvation is our Savior Jesus Christ. 60 00:03:59,860 --> 00:04:02,620 Without His atoning sacrifice, 61 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:04,760 all would be lost. 62 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,040 It is not enough, however, 63 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,220 merely to believe in Him and His mission. 64 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:12,600 We need to work and learn, 65 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,320 search, and pray, repent and improve. 66 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,560 We need to know God's laws and live them. 67 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,180 We need to receive His saving ordinances. 68 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:30,580 Only by doing so will we obtain true eternal happiness.