WEBVTT 00:00:04.610 --> 00:00:08.180 FEMALE SPEAKER 1: Life just didn't start at birth. 00:00:08.180 --> 00:00:12.200 We live spiritually with our Heavenly Father. 00:00:12.570 --> 00:00:17.160 FEMALE SPEAKER 2: We knew that there was more, and He told us about His plan, 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:19.200 that He did have more prepared for us, 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:21.400 but it would mean that we had to choose to 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:24.680 come to this Earth and have some hard experiences. 00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:31.515 Jesus Christ volunteered to help make the plan of salvation possible. 00:00:31.515 --> 00:00:34.180 He knew that we would need someone to help us 00:00:34.180 --> 00:00:37.800 get back to Heavenly Father that we couldn't do on our own. 00:00:38.990 --> 00:00:42.420 MALE SPEAKER 1: We chose that we would accept it and come down to Earth 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:46.910 and be part of this earthly existence. 00:00:48.290 --> 00:00:53.160 FEMALE SPEAKER 3: Why does life have to be so hard? We're here to learn. 00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:55.590 How will we understand the difference if 00:00:55.590 --> 00:00:58.090 we don't experience the difficult and the hardness? 00:00:58.090 --> 00:01:01.980 How will we know happiness if we don't experience pain and sadness? 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:07.030 Heavenly Father has very carefully put those opposites together to grow us 00:01:07.030 --> 00:01:12.770 and to teach us and to expand us and evolve us as spiritual beings. 00:01:12.770 --> 00:01:15.270 MALE SPEAKER 2: I think for those that are struggling, 00:01:15.270 --> 00:01:19.090 there is always hope and there always will be hope. 00:01:19.090 --> 00:01:24.230 But through those struggles that we have in life, through those challenges, 00:01:24.230 --> 00:01:28.230 we are able to draw nearer to our Heavenly Father if we choose to, 00:01:28.230 --> 00:01:31.130 if we want to do that, and we're able to find 00:01:31.130 --> 00:01:34.675 peace with our Savior, if we want to find peace. 00:01:34.675 --> 00:01:38.765 I was 8 years old when Mum died, 00:01:38.765 --> 00:01:41.730 and probably not realizing it at the time, 00:01:41.730 --> 00:01:44.230 but I think that started for me, 00:01:44.230 --> 00:01:49.490 a lifelong pursuit of finding out about her and where she is, 00:01:49.490 --> 00:01:52.415 and where I need to be with her. 00:01:52.415 --> 00:01:56.880 I found out that she's still alive. 00:01:57.590 --> 00:02:00.760 Mum right now lives in the spirit world. 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:03.460 I found that out for myself. 00:02:03.460 --> 00:02:08.905 But I found out, too, that I could qualify to see her again. 00:02:08.905 --> 00:02:13.415 That's been a driving force in my life, my entire life. 00:02:13.415 --> 00:02:16.870 FEMALE SPEAKER 4: There is absolutely life after death. 00:02:16.870 --> 00:02:19.000 MALE SPEAKER 3: It's not something you can see, 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.710 but it's something that you can feel. 00:02:21.710 --> 00:02:27.500 That also comes with knowledge and through study of the scriptures. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.840 I lost my wife four years ago, 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:35.720 and so that motivates me to keep on 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. 00:02:41.970 --> 00:02:47.360 FEMALE SPEAKER 5: After death, I do believe that we will be perfected. 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:50.605 I told my husband many years ago 00:02:50.605 --> 00:02:55.340 that he'll be able to sing and chew after. 00:02:55.340 --> 00:03:00.790 For myself, because I have the pancreatic cancer, 00:03:00.790 --> 00:03:04.190 the breast cancer, I have damaged discs in my lower spine, 00:03:04.190 --> 00:03:06.230 each day that I live here on 00:03:06.230 --> 00:03:10.430 the Earth with faith and hope in Heavenly Father's blessings, 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:16.530 I am actually working toward the fact that I know after this life, 00:03:16.530 --> 00:03:18.750 I'll be able to throw this crutch away, 00:03:18.750 --> 00:03:23.570 and I'll be running marathons, and I will be perfected as we all will be. 00:03:23.570 --> 00:03:26.380 FEMALE SPEAKER 2: Because I know that there is more and that there is 00:03:26.380 --> 00:03:30.460 a Heavenly Father that has a plan and who knew that these things would happen, 00:03:30.460 --> 00:03:33.400 but loved us enough to send us here. 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:38.180 I think it makes anything you go through bearable. 00:03:39.420 --> 00:03:43.560 I think having that knowledge also makes you more 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.860 loving of people around you and wanting to help them to get through their hard times, 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:49.960 too, so that they know that there's more than what's happening right now, 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.900 but that there's eternal happiness ahead. 00:03:53.590 --> 00:03:59.860 DALLIN H. OAKES: Essential to the plan of salvation is our Savior Jesus Christ. 00:03:59.860 --> 00:04:02.620 Without His atoning sacrifice, 00:04:02.620 --> 00:04:04.760 all would be lost. 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:07.040 It is not enough, however, 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:10.220 merely to believe in Him and His mission. 00:04:10.220 --> 00:04:12.600 We need to work and learn, 00:04:12.600 --> 00:04:16.320 search, and pray, repent and improve. 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:20.560 We need to know God's laws and live them. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.180 We need to receive His saving ordinances. 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:30.580 Only by doing so will we obtain true eternal happiness.