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🗓️ 5 November 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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"Remember all those miracles and the steps you had to take that you made it through to get where you are now? The same God who called me to Spain, called me home. My Heavenly Father knows me so much and so personally, He knew I wanted to go to Spain. He knew I needed to meet the people that I met. He has shown again and again throughout my life the truth that I am His daughter and that He knows me personally and that He loves me. That was this thought I held onto the most."
Come Back Team:
Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone
Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose
Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson
Editor: Michelle Berger
Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
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0:00.0 | This is Ashley Stone and you're listening to the Comeback Podcast. |
0:07.0 | If you listen to the comeback podcast frequently you know that we usually don't have |
0:20.0 | episodes that are not come back stories. |
0:23.6 | Typically the episodes that we have are stories of people who have gone through addiction |
0:28.0 | or faith crisis, some similar life challenge that has eventually brought them back to the church. |
0:33.6 | Alina's story, it's not a comeback story, but I found it so inspiring how she was so passionate |
0:41.4 | about her mission and how going home early from her mission was such a trial for her and how she found healing from that trial. |
0:49.0 | I just wanted to preface this episode by saying this is not a comeback story however every once in a while we just feel |
0:55.4 | inspired to share stories that are not come back stories I hope you enjoy Elena's story |
1:01.9 | she's such a special person and we're super excited to have her on the |
1:06.3 | podcast. Well it's so good to have you on the podcast. I know that you've kind of shared your story on a couple |
1:12.1 | other places like on Saints and |
1:14.2 | scripted and I'm excited to hear the the firsthand version of your story. |
1:20.1 | I am excited to be here. I am shaking. |
1:23.0 | So why don't we go ahead and just jump in? |
1:27.0 | Let's talk about kind of where it all started. |
1:29.0 | So my story kind of starts in 2017, really, but before that I grew up in the church. |
1:34.8 | I'm the second oldest to my family. |
1:37.1 | We did a lot of foster care and a lot of exchange students, so our home was always open to other people and we adopted my younger sister |
1:44.8 | Josie and we got sealed in the temple and ever since all of that experience and being |
1:50.4 | young I have always wanted to serve a mission. My dad served a mission in Canada, |
1:56.2 | and he always shared stories of his experiences, and I loved watching the best two years on repeat. I just always wanted to be a missionary. |
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