Firm Foundations

I Will See Her Again

Illustration by Emily Davis

When my grandma passed away, I felt really sad about not being with her anymore. It was hard to not have her here.

I was attending a church at the time, but I felt that I was missing something. I wanted to know more about where my grandma would go after this life. One day I decided to pray and ask God for help.

I received an answer a couple of days later when I met two missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In our first meeting, they taught me that Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, have a plan of happiness for each of us and that death is not permanent. I decided to keep meeting with the missionaries, and a few weeks later I made the decision to be baptized. A month later my mom and my brother were baptized too.

Now I’m almost 17 years old, and I am so excited to serve a mission one day and work to bring people closer to Christ—just as the missionaries did for me.

Being apart from my grandma is hard. But knowing that families can be together forever because of Jesus Christ and the work done in temples brings me peace and joy!

Lucas R., São Paulo, Brazil

“The world sees birth and death as the beginning and the end. But because of God’s holy plan, we know that birth and death are actually just milestones on our journey to eternal life with our Heavenly Father.”

Elder Weatherford T. Clayton of the Seventy, Apr. 2017 general conference (Ensign or Liahona, May 2017, 26).

What Do the Scriptures Say?

As you read each scripture below, ponder what you learn about Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness. You might even write down what you learn in a journal.

1. Mosiah 16:7-11

2. Alma 12:24-25

3. Doctrine and Covenants 138:11-24

4. 1 Corinthians 15:20-22