Elder Kitchen grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but spent years running from it. Parties, sneaking out, trespassing, chasing approval from everyone around him. He was numb. Not sad. Not happy. Just empty.

Then one Saturday morning his mom walked into his room and asked what was wrong. He told her everything. And watching her heart break was the moment that woke him up.

In this episode of the Choosing Jesus Christ Podcast, Elder Kitchen sits down with Elder Avalos to walk through the five years of gradual decline that led him to his knees at 1:00 in the morning, asking God to forgive him for the first time in his life. What happened next was not what he expected.

His story is for anyone who has been looking for joy in all the wrong places and keeps coming up empty.

Elder Kitchen's answer: Wickedness never was happiness. The joy that comes from Jesus Christ has nothing to do with your circumstances and everything to do with your focus.

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Jeff Young grew up being told The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a cult. His mother made sure of it... but something kept pulling at him anyway.

Then he met Katie. She never pressured him. She just shared small pieces of her testimony and let him decide.

In this episode of the Choosing Jesus Christ Podcast, Jeff shares what happened after he got baptized in secret, walked into a burning building and heard a voice, and spent 30 years asking one question before every police call: Would the Savior be pleased with what I am about to do?

His story is for anyone who was raised to fear God instead of trust Him.

Jeff's answer: He is not there to punish you. He is there to reach for you every time you fall.

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Don Reed spent years asking questions that nobody would answer. The Catholic seminary told him some questions weren't appropriate. So he walked away and kept searching.

Then he met a woman who had walked away from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He encouraged her to go back, and as he watched her change, he knew he needed what she had found.

In this episode of the Choosing Jesus Christ Podcast, Don shares what happened when he walked through a temple open house in Casper, Wyoming and felt something he had never felt before. A quiet, firm insistence. This is where you belong.

His story is for anyone who has been asking questions and keeps getting told to stop asking.

Don's answer: The right church welcomes every question, and the Holy Ghost gets clearer the closer you get to the truth.

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