The Ward Family

We sit down with Iain, one of our High Council members, and learn more about his life, including traveling the world and being converted to the gospel, serving a mission, and building a family along with the challenges that come along with it.

As we approach Christmas, we hear from ward members about their favorite Christmas memories and traditions at this special time of year.

We sit down with Jim and Heidi, our newest members of the ward, and learn more about their lives, including experiencing new cultures, getting married last year, and now exploring and enjoying everything the Bay Area has to offer.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we reflect on the power of gratitude and ward members share what they're thankful for.

I started doing this podcast since I saw a need for greater connectedness within our ward family and an opportunity to do something to help address it. In that same spirit, I thought it would benefit our ward family to do this special episode to create greater understanding and empathy for the experience of our sisters within the Church. There is far more discussion and understanding needed over t...

We sit down with Lance and learn more about his life, including being a Bishop's son, spending precious time with his wife, and now being in a new chapter as a widower and empty-nester.

We sit down with Natalie and learn more about her life, including being a farm girl growing up, serving a mission in Nova Scotia, and recently revisiting that mission three decades later.

We sit down with Ken and learn more about his life, including sparking an early interest in electrical engineering, serving a mission in Germany, and being comfortable about what he does and doesn't know in the gospel.

We sit down with Lori and learn more about her life, including an impactful move to the east coast as a youth, a challenging mission experience, and discovering she enjoys being a parent much more than she would have expected.

We sit down with AJ and learn about his life, including rollerblading down steep hills as a kid, having a transformational experience on his mission, and being the dad of two energetic kids.

We sit down with Amy and learn more about her life, including hearing "no" from the Lord at critical points in her life, discovering yoga in difficult circumstances, and being a reluctant leader within the church.

We sit down with Lily to learn more about her life, including an early passion for soccer, meeting her husband on the first day of her mission, and now having young kids.

It's General Conference weekend. This is a short message and testimony based on a talk in October 2019 by Elder Hans T. Boom of the Seventy entitled "Knowing, Loving, and Growing".

We sit down with Daryn and Anna and learn more about their lives, including growing up in very different places, getting engaged in a very magical way, and now becoming parents and building a family together.

We sit down with Karen, our Stake Relief Society President, and learn more about her life including growing up all over the world, making the transition to being a school teacher, and serving in a number of callings within the Church.

We sit down with Diane and learn more about her life, including growing up in Santa Clara County before it was Silicon Valley, becoming a teacher, and serving a mission later in life. (Note: this episode was recorded before Steve left for his trip to Wyoming)

We sit down with Steve and learn more about his life, including attending the University of Utah as both a child and a young adult, serving two missions, and building a family over 25 years of marriage. [Note: there is a fair amount of background noise from a fan but hopefully you'll still hear everything said ok]

We sit down with Soren and learn more about his life, including being a student-athlete rather than an athlete-student, serving a mission and drawing closer to Jesus Christ in the process, and now heading off to BYU to study industrial design.

We sit down with Miles and learn about his life, including hearing stories about his father's mission growing up, serving a mission of his own, and now returning to BYU.

We sit down with Cameron and learn about his life, including taking an early interest in science and math, becoming a doctor, and serving in various callings in the church.

We sit down with Garrison to learn more about his life, including growing up in a small town, gaining greater perspective as a missionary, and learning what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

We sit down with Matt and learn more about his life including growing up overseas, discovering that his wife was "the one" during long car trips, and ultimately learning that you don't have to do it all yourself.

We sit down with Pete and learn about his life including serving a mission in Korea, working on the Chicago temple, and raising a family in the Bay Area.

We sit down with Deniece and learn more about her life including growing up in the Philippines, moving to Oklahoma, and then making her way to the Bay Area.

We sit down with Brian and Stephanie and learn about serving missions in Brazil and Japan, spending a lot of time in the Provo area, and now enjoying walks with dog lovers and hoping to move to walks with other dogs.