Let’s Not Be Afraid

By Luis Robledo, Tamaulipas, Mexico

I know we will be happy as we share the gospel with as many people as we can.

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Photograph courtesy of the author

A lot of my friends and classmates who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would often ask me about the Church. After a while, I got tired of answering the same questions over and over, so I came up with a solution.

I love to make internet videos to entertain people. I do music videos, informational videos, and parodies. One day when I was thinking about what I would do for my next video, I decided to make a video that answered questions about the Church.

I grabbed my camera. Then, without writing down what I was going to say but remembering important scriptures I wanted to mention, I made the video. I had no idea what would happen. I just felt prompted to make the video. “And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do” (1 Nephi 4:6).

Without worrying how my friends, classmates, and relatives—members of the Church or not—might respond, I uploaded it.

A few weeks after uploading the video, I started receiving feedback on my social media accounts. People I didn’t even know began commenting and thanking me for my video. Because of my video, one person even began taking the missionary discussions. Later, that person decided to get baptized.

Since I made the video, people I know who are not members of the Church seem to like me just the same—maybe even more. Several of them have even quit criticizing the Church. Others have stopped asking the same questions about the Church because now they have answers.

Let’s not be afraid to do what the Lord has commanded us. He said, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

I promise that we will not be sorry that we obeyed Him.