[MUSIC]
[ITALIAN:]
It's not easy to express my feelings
regarding the Book of Mormon.
One thing is sure, that it brings great joy, great peace
to my heart.
Often, when I find myself alone reading it, I feel
comforted, safe.
I feel the Father is close to me.
[DUTCH:]
Because it is so difficult in this world, it is hard to
remain steadfast.
And if we didn't have the Book of Mormon, it would be easy to
go down the wrong path, and we would do a lot of bad things.
[DUTCH:]
It has definitely changed my life.
If I didn't know the Book of Mormon, I would have a
different relationship with God and Jesus, and I wouldn't
know them as well.
[JAPANESE:]
Alma is a wonderful example to me.
There are many parts of Alma that I can always learn from,
and I want to be like him.
When he made mistakes, he took a look at
his life and repented.
Also he chose to turn to Heavenly Father and committed
to live His teachings.
I think it took a lot of courage.
[SPANISH:]
I like the one that says, "I Nephi, having been born of
goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the
learning of my father." I like that because I have the
testimony that I was born of goodly parents.
[FRENCH:]
My favorite part of the Book of Mormon is in 3 Nephi 11,
when Christ appears to the Nephites in the Americas.
I love that chapter for all the teachings Christ gives to
the people.
And especially when He teaches the children, takes them one
by one and blesses them.
[SPANISH:]
Even though Nephi was one of the youngest, he could guide
his brothers through his example.
[DUTCH:]
My favorite story in the Book of Mormon is Enos, because he
endured and persevered in everything
that he went through.
And that he kept praying the whole day and night, and God
answered him.
I think that is very beautiful.
If you endure to the end, God will always answer you.
[SPANISH:]
It makes me feel very happy to know all those authorities and
everything that happened in the Book of Mormon happened
right here on this land.
It helps me to come closer to the Book of Mormon.
Also the simple fact that our Lord, Jesus Christ, visited
this land, all of this is very important to me.
[MUSIC: "FOR OUR DAY"]
(SINGING) The words of a book, like heavenly sounds, have
spoken to us from out of the ground.
This voice from the past, now heard in our day, is a work
and a wonder today.
A voice we can trust, that cries from the dust, and is
speaking to us.
In our day when people hunger, for our time when good men
wander, a book is designed to give help divine for our day.
It's amazing what the Book of Mormon's done for me.
I've just been home from my mission for a few months.
And it was a fantastic experience.
You know, looking back on it now, it's hard for me to
believe that I almost didn't go.
I guess for a while there I got a little bit sidetracked.
I was a freshman in college, and I guess this is really the
first time I'd been away from home and my parents weren't
around to tell me what to do.
It was kind of a new freedom for me.
One Saturday afternoon, I remember, a friend
of mine came over.
She brought with her a friend who had just bought a new
motorcycle.
[ENGINE REVVING]
So, what do you think?
Well, whose is this?
Is this yours?
Yeah.
It's incredible.
She knew I loved motorcycles.
It's the most beautiful bike I've ever seen.
Dude.
I couldn't believe it when he asked me if I wanted to take
it for a ride.
I mean, not just around the block, but for a real ride.
The acceleration was unbelievable.
This was power, real power.
I felt like--
like I could do anything.
Like I was on top of the world and nobody could touch me.
I loved that bike.
I wanted that bike,
and immediately I began to plan how I was
going to own one.
I'd saved quite a bit of money for my mission.
Enough to almost pay cash.
For a while there, I--
I let my imagination run wild.
I realized that I could own the bike of my dreams.
I'd always planned on a mission, but--
but now I really wasn't sure.
I imagined how I'd feel trying to teach the truthfulness of
the Book of Mormon when I wasn't even sure myself.
How do you know if it's true?
I mean, do you know it's true?
At that moment, I came face to face with the reality that I
didn't have a testimony.
I believed the Book of Mormon is true, but I didn't know.
You've got it for one hour.
I continued to pursue the motorcycle anyway.
But test ride after test ride only made it worse.
What if the Book of Mormon was true?
What if the Lord expects me to go on a mission?
I realized that if the book was true, then the Lord wanted
me on a mission, and the motorcycle
really didn't matter.
I had to know.
If someone had offered me a motorcycle or the answer, I
would have taken the answer.
And this was not the first time I'd prayed about it.
I must have asked a hundred times to know if the Book of
Mormon was true.
But this was the first time that I'd asked the way Moroni
tells us, with real intent, and with a sincere heart.
And what I felt, it was a powerful feeling that I knew
that I needed to go on a mission, because I knew the
Book of Mormon was true.
[FRENCH:]
I feel that I am only a young girl--not able to do much.
But by reading the Book of Mormon, I understand that I am
someone important and that I can become perfect, like God,
and have eternal life.
[SPANISH:]
I feel very happy to know somewhere, in another
continent, there are people reading the Book of Mormon,
like I am reading it.
I know they probably have similar problems as I do, the
same doubts and challenges.
[ENGLISH:]
If everyone in the world could read the Book of Mormon, and
apply its principles, then the world would be a great place.
I mean, that book is just perfection.
And if everyone could to do that, we'd
have a heaven on earth.
[FRENCH:]
It is the most precious book I have in my life.
And by reading it, I really feel the Spirit of the Lord.
I really--
I really feel His love, and that He gave me this
book to help me.
[ENGLISH:]
You can feel the Spirit of Christ when
you read the words.
You don't need a vision to know that the Church is true.
You just have to read the words that God has put there
for you to read.
[MUSIC: "FOR OUR DAY"]
(SINGING) The words of a book that shine as a light have
opened our eyes and restore our sight.
This light of the Lord that shows us the way is a
marvelous work and a wonder.
A light for our time, to brighten our minds.
It gives sight to the blind.
In our day when people hunger, for our time when good men
wander, a book is designed to give help divine for our day.