Many of us go through life experiencing trauma that creates painful voids. How we choose to repair the damage and fill the voids will in large part shape our happiness. So by the grace of God, I fell in with the Mormons and, without doubt, it saved my life.

I joined the church on my eighteenth birthday and decided to go on a mission when I was nineteen. I was under no mandate to serve, but felt a desire to share a faith that was giving my life meaning and purpose with others who might be searching.