David's Mormon Conversion Story

David Snell, creator of the Sunday Pews and brilliant writer, talks about his constant conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ. David has been a member of the Church for 18 years to date. He first expresses that everyone has to be converted to the gospel, regardless if they come from a Mormon family.

On David's LDS mission, he came in contact a very well-studied man who seemed to know signicantly more than David and his mission companion. The man tried to convince the two missionaries of the faults in the Mormon Church which caused David to ponder on his testimony of the gospel.

David concludes that conversion is ongoing and while it's important that we have questions, our daily effort will make all the difference in our relationship with the LDS Church.

What did you learn from David's testimony? Let us know in the comments below :)

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[galaxyunderwater]

I was born in the church. I was 16 years old when I was converted. My testimony of the restored church of Jesus Christ grew bigger when I served a mission. Thank you for this video. I felt the spirit :)

[marcusaurelius]

I have been a life long Muslim, however I left Islam in 2013 and became Christian in 2019. That said, I am interested in Mormonism, because it seems like they practice what they preach. I actually was raised in a Mormon town for 22 years, but never converted, however now I am thinking about it again.

[stephaniegardner]

I was baptised this past Saturday 😊 happiest day ever !!

[outof_obscurity]

I found it interesting as a missionary that I came across so many people from catholic and Protestant up bringings that told people "don't look into that" and "stop studying just accept it on faith". Where as my experience was uchdorf told us to KEEP asking questions and stay open to the spirit and he promised we would find answers. That was a huge moment I knew it was the true church. Especially when I did ask questions and I eventually came across answers. I recently had a question I waited 13 years to find an answer to. But it came as I stayed faithful.

[angelathom]

Thank you for this. I always say, even though I was raised LDS (although I was inactive for over a decade), I have been converted and it always bothers me when church members identify people as "converts" as I truly believe at one point or another, we have all become converted or we wouldn't continue to be members of our church. It may not be a miraculous event (mine kind of was, to me, at least) but like you said, the conversion continues with daily actions and faith building experiences. I appreciate this video and hope that more "life time" members talk about their conversation and the experiences that confirmed their beliefs when they share their testimonies. Thank you.

[zacc.]

I haven’t actually converted yet but I did go to church for the first time just this past Sunday which was pretty exiting for me.

[GrassrootsLibertyBillFoster]

Kwaku and David, I set foot into The Church today because of you two, and Truman G. Madsen.
I was not invited by anyone including Missionaries.
The Church was ebulliently overflowing with the Holy Spirit.
What a beautiful church and set of people's

[KevlarX]

I remember a fireside talk from Hyrum Wayne Smith, and yes he is a direct descendant of Hyrum Smith the Brother of Joseph Smith. He talked about gaining a testimony and how he gained his. (He was an awesome speaker by the way.) Anyway, he said : "If you haven't doubted, you haven't thought. There is nothing wrong with doubting. There is something wrong with not doing anything about the doubts." It is important to remember while building our testimony that we must do as James and Moroni said - We must {ponder}, that is to question and think about, and study it out in our minds. Then we must pray with real intent, and believe that God will answer prayer. That takes faith, and a desire to know. Once we do that, God promises to answer our prayers with the Holy Ghost. Many have done this and received the promised answer, and so have I. This is the Lord's gospel. This is his church. It is led by him through prophets as it was of old. The Book of Mormon is a true work brought forth to testify along with the Bible that Jesus is the Christ and still directs the affairs of his people today. if we do this, we can have our own testimony of it's truthfulness for ourselves.

[BlueJayBirdSaint]

Mormonism cannot answer all questions, but, BUT, can lead in the right direction to answer all those questions. And that direction is the path of the Holy Ghost. And the HG can, CAN, answer all, ALL, questions. Nailed it.

[karlamarrialonzo]

This is amazing! These last few days I've been struggling with my faith bc of unanswered questions! I've been praying to God to help me stick more on what the Holy Ghost says, to strengthen my faith. This is very wonderful! Thank u so muchhh

[wandaowens]

I was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but I wasn't converted until I was 20; that was when the realities of life hit me square in the face. Follow David's council and you will make it through with the Lord, and His Spirit as your guide.

[IJN-]

Thank you David for this video. As someone who has had many good experiences in the church, but in all honesty struggles with whether or not it's true, your statement of having faith in the truthfulness of the church is really helpful for me. There are things I know, but many more I don't.

[jeffwilson]

Thanks David. Just wanted say that all of life is faith. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, but I have faith that is will be good and that whatever may come, I will persevere. Everything we do is preceded by faith, going to bed, getting up, going to work, doing stuff around the house, cooking, all of it comes by faith and hope and hopefully love. Anyway, peace to all this Easter.

[cloneofethan]

I relate so much to this, I was born in the church and I had to go through my own conversion story. Being apart of the church or having the gospel definitely doesn't give me the answers to everything but helps find the answers I need to important things, and it has helped me become a better person than I ever would've been if I'd walked away and never came back. Love your testimony David and I'm glad you decided to stick around you've been a powerful example to many going through their own struggles of faith

[annabethchase]

Love the P-day picture when you started talking about your mission.

[sophiaturville]

Can you guys do a video about how to take notes for general conference or in sacrament meeting?

[stanislavlushenka]

This is one of my favorite SU videos I've seen in a very long time. Thanks for the great words David.

[treyeshuachairliftjesus]

Another great video that I'm glad I stayed up to binge watch. I too served in the Juarez area as a young man, though I was completely unaware at the time that was actually what I was doing. I thought I was building a fast food empire. It turns out that God was working in me, even then, to feed the hungry and introduce Christ like business practices. Your encounter with the Catholic theologian (twice) was surely a great work of God in you, bearing fruit even now in your more recent theology broken down videos. It is likely that the greatest challenger of your mission is somehow now among your greatest inspirations to excel in that area.

[heiditanaka]

Thank you for sharing your testimony and sweet spirit . Keep it up ❤️

[antyrak]

As a former catholic, I would love to chat with this catholic theologian and ask him a few questions about catholic church.