mini.mighty.messages

Send us Fan Mail What does it feel like to grow up in a community where you don’t share the dominant faith—and how can we build meaningful relationships across those differences? In this episode of mini.mighty.me ssages , Kim, a therapist and active member of the LDS Church, sits down with her cousin Carolyn Jenkins for an honest, heartfelt conversation about growing up in Salt Lake City and navig...

Send us Fan Mail How do you spend your retirement? Bob Thurston's answer is simple: serve, return, and repeat. In this episode, host Kim Smaellie interviews her former Bishop — a retired Air Force veteran, avid cyclist, and temple sealer who has filled three (about to go on their 4th) senior missions with his wife Lori. From navigating police stops on a bike in Ghana to discovering a family i...

Send us Fan Mail Since February 2022, Andre Zinkovsky has been living through the war in Ukraine while continuing to work, care for others, and practice his faith. In this episode, Andre shares what life is like in a country at war, the miracles he has experienced, how trials have helpe him grow, and the lessons he has learned about trusting God during difficult times. His story is a powerful remi...

Send us Fan Mail Lori Thurston and her husband, Bob, each served a mission when they were in their 20's, and they have also been on three missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a senior couple: Cambodia as Humanitarian Country Directors, Ghana Kumasi as Member Leader Support, and Hong Kong as Asia Area Welfare Specialists. At this moment they are awaiting their 4th mi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Tyler Gordon shares his 17-year recovery journey from heroin addiction and explains how his LDS faith, his relationships, and also accountability play a powerful role in substance use recovery. 

Send us Fan Mail Drug and alcohol addiction can wreak havoc in a person's life, tearing apart relationships, health, and hope. In this episode, Tyler Gordon CMHC (who is a faithful member of the LDS Church) shares his journey from heroin addiction to becoming a healer, and how God's grace and mercy transformed his life. 

Send us Fan Mail Heidi, is a faithful member of the LDS Church, a wife, a mother, and grandmother, tells about her life, her family, her faith, and her battle with metastatic breast cancer. 

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I share some information about myself, and also a spiritual experience my Grandma Bates had- a sacred moment when her grandmother, who had already passed away, appeared to her. It's a beautiful reminder that this life isn't the end, and that our loved ones aren't very far away. (LDS, Family History work, geneology, disability, life after dea...

Send us Fan Mail "If life revolves around surfing, and the surfs no good, where am I?" Murray Ceff, a lifelong surfer from Australia, shares his journey of joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints! (LDS, missionaries, faith)