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I think every family should be sealed because we should be together forever.

A family is not a family if someone is missing. I felt a void every Sunday.

Something was missing from our pew. With Olavo, you notice the way he speaks and interacts with his family, and that is the way he shows the light that's inside him.

It's difficult when something unexpected happens, like when his mother got sick. I began to feel pain, and when they ran some tests, they found a tumor. I asked, "Why me? If I am a part of the Church, doing everything right--why me?" Due to her health problems, she became angry. After I got sick, I thought God had left me, but it was really I who was leaving Him. His mother became less active, but he stayed firm with the rest of his family. They kept going every Sunday, and he had the desire to bring his mother back.

I became very sad because I thought, "My family is going inactive little by little." I started to pray a lot, asking the Lord that she would come back to church. One day my son was going to speak in church, and I said, "Oh, I'm not going to go. I'm not well." I said, "Mom, you can't go inactive. You have to raise us there because it's the right place. It won't make any difference if you say, 'You have to do this, you have to read your scriptures,' and you're not being an example for us." And that day, I got ready and I went.

I began to feel the Spirit; it was so powerful.

I am very happy because although she was inactive, my family and I were able to bring her back to church.

And there's nothing better than a family reunited at church. My testimony is that the Lord lives and that one day He will return.

And I also believe that Jesus wants all families to be united.

Reunited by Faith

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A young man exercises faith, and is instrumental in bringing his mother back into full Church activity.
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