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Saturday, July 26, 2014

From Sickness to Health and Beyond

While recovering from neck cancer surgery, chemo and radiation therapies in Honolulu, HI, I was cared for nearly 24/7 by my friend Tara who was a nurse and Church member. She arranged for my first ever blessing for the sick and afflicted, invited me to church, and arranged for me to take the discussions. She drove me to and from my medical appointments and essentially loved me unconditionally into becoming a church member. 

Eight months after my surgery I was baptized on June 6, 2006. I had already been visiting the Laie Temple Visitor Center every Saturday for six months because I enjoyed feeling the spirit there, especially after watching the movie Joseph Smith--The Prophet of the Restoration, on a weekly basis. A year after my baptism I received my endowment and was sealed to my wife Lori in the Mesa Arizona Temple. 

Eight months later we moved to Chula Vista, CA to accept church employment and the blessings of serving as San Diego Temple ordinance workers, on the high council, and now in the YSA Bishopric. The windows of heaven remain wide open to me and my wife because of our willingness to put first His kingdom. We are blessed beyond measure by His tender mercies and willingness to help us grow spiritually. We look forward to serving a mission together within the next two years wherever the Lord needs us.

Andy Carillo
Chula Vista YSA Ward

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