THINNING OF THE VEIL

 In 1847, a mighty miracle occurred where a newspaper from England arrived in Logan, Utah, 3 days later. The result was that many Ballard ancestors were able to receive their temple ordinances. While this miracle is well known, there were other miracles experienced by the saints in England during this same timeframe. In this episode, we review the initial miracle, and then speak with Colin Williams who researched the experiences of the saints who decided to stay in Thatcham, England while their friends and families left to be with the Saints in Nauvoo and beyond. In studying the lives of the f...

In this episode Dr. Bradley R. Wilcox discusses how we can make our temple worship more meaningful through understanding the temple endowment more fully. The Gathering of Israel is the most important work taking place on Earth today, and Brother Wilcox describes how it is meant to be preparatory for the Second Coming of the Savior Jesus Christ. Through our efforts in the gathering we can experience mighty miracles, even thinning of the veil experiences that help us to gather our family on both sides of the veil. Brother Wilcox shares a sacred experience where his wife Debi feels...

On March 6th, the first ever Gathering of the Gatherers occurred in Bountiful, Utah. Fellow gatherers came from near and far to meet with each other, draw strength from one another's testimony, and celebrate the work of the Gathering of Israel. In this episode Tia will recap the events of that night, and her impressions of why the Lord wanted this particular Gathering to take place. She will also read a miraculous Thinning of the Veil story about a women who survived being shot because of the role she is playing of savior with a little s, for her...

Sometimes when doing genealogical research, we get spiritual promptings to take a certain class, look in a certain place, or focus on one family in particular. Colette in this episode describes her revelatory process that began with a simple thought that lead her to attending a class at Roots Tech. That class lead her to other sources including a New Zealand Newspaper site called Papers Past. She uses Papers Past, Family Search, and Ancestry to show the process of taking one step at a time in navigating  finding lost families. It is always helping when searching out one's ancestor's, t...

Rosalie found the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Australia when she was 18. As she learned the doctrines of the gospel, her love for her ancestors grew exponentially and her desire to gather her family to the temple become a life long pursuit. Rosalie was gifted with many revelatory gifts that helped in gathering her family on both sides of the veil. As the matriarch of her family, Rosalie set the example for her daughters to seek for and obtain revelation in many different ways...helping save fathers, mothers, and children who had been lost for...

Mandy Crane was raised in a small town in Australia, in a family where spiritual gifts were the norm not the exception. Her mother, Rosalie, talked extensively at the dinner table about dreams, miracles and visits from the other side of the veil while she Gathered Israel. This encouragement helped Mandy to understand her own spiritual gifts and gave her the desire to help her ancestors in her own way. Through the years, Mandy has experienced the same help from beyond the veil in many ways including dreams, promptings, and other revelatory gifts. Using these gifts have resulted in...

The Book of Revelation contains several visions of the Savior, Jesus Christ. It's chapters are full of symbolic meanings and prophesies of the latter days. John sees 144,000 high priests clothed in white robes laboring in the Lord's vineyard for the final time. Richard Draper describes in detail who the Lord is referring to and what work that they have yet to preform. This article, "The Exalted Lord" was part of a book called,  "Shedding Light on the New Testament", originally published in 2009. Richard takes the reader through the meanings and symbolism behind all four of John's visions of the S...

Have you ever wondered where your ancestors walked or the surroundings of their day to day life? In this episode Colette teaches how to use FamilySearch Maps to understand your ancestors even more than you did before. Maps is a great tool in understanding what shaped the everyday decisions that your ancestors faced based on location. FamilySearch Maps is an under utilized tool that can actually help you in your genealogical research to find your missing loved ones. Maps should be in the tool box of every genealogist from beginner to advanced skill levels and is a fun way...

In 1834, Jonathan Hale and his wife Olive, were baptized as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. That began a journey of soul stretching, discipleship for both. They were determined to serve the Lord at all costs and to do whatever was asked of them as they followed the prophet Joseph Smith and began to serve in God's Kingdom on Earth. Unfortunately, during their journey west, both were taken home to the other side of the veil, leaving small children to cross the plains by themselves. With the aid of Heber C. Kimball, those children...

In the book of Revelation and in various other scriptures, there is reference to a group of High Priests who will be called and elected to bring others of the house of Israel to the Church of the Firstborn in the last days. Who is this group? Is it some elite club with very few members or are there many humble servants of the Lord called to the 144,000? Are there righteous women who will be invited to take upon themselves this Holy calling? This group of servants will be called upon to do a mighty work through priesthood power...

In a BYU Hawaii speech given on November 23, 2010, then Brother Clark G. Gilbert gave a talk about private and institutional frontiers. He related some advice that Brother Kim B. Clark gave to him, "If you want to know the Savior, go to the frontier because that is where you will see him in action.  It is at the frontier where he does  His work." When we look at the work of the Gathering of Israel through that lens, we understand that there is a largely untapped frontier, the Spirit World, where so many have passed on and need our he...

Doing genealogical work will most assuredly require miracles in some form or another. Thankfully,  with the continuing addition of new technologies these miracles are becoming more regular for anyone seeking to know who their ancestors are. In this episode Colette demonstrates one of her own miracles as she implemented the use of AI, FamilySearch, and My Heritage. Technology is truly changing the face of how we find our families on both sides of the veil.

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Because of the Gathering, many saints around the world are experiencing mighty manifestations. Through these revelatory experiences, more and more generations are being added to their family's family tree, and untold numbers are being saved through temple work. In this episode, 5 different revelatory stories are shared from individual listeners of the podcast. The law of witnesses, is evident in the many stories shared. Our Heavenly Father truly opens the heavens so that all of His children may have the opportunity to come to Him through covenantal relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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In Isaiah 58:12 we read a prophesy and a description of a distinct group of saints living in the latter days. "And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in." Since the days of Adam, many have chosen to walk away from the covenant path or have not been given the opportunity to make sacred covenants with the Savior. The generations, you might say, are in need of much healing...

The late prophet, Russell M. Nelson, consistently and emphatically declared that the most important work taking place on earth today, is the the gathering of Israel. To an audience of youth around the world, he taught that our focus should be to gather God's children on both sides of the veil, in preparation for the Second Coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Sister Wendy Nelson, also proclaimed that the gathering is happening now in all of the tribes scattered across the Earth. Since the day of that broadcast, June 3, 2018, the work of the gathering has moved forward at an...

Some of the major platforms in genealogical research and data, My Heritage, Ancestry and FamilySearch, haven't necessarily connected very well together in the past. In today's Gathering Academy Episode, Colette shows how to connect and navigate within the different platforms, making research a little easier, less time consuming and way less frustrating.

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After the prophet, Joseph Smith was murdered, the church faced uncertainty as to it's future. The members were left shaken and confused on what the path looked like moving forward. Who was to take the prophetic mantle. During this time of great upheaval a few men stepped forward to profess their right to step into the prophetic line of succession. On August 8, 1844 the saints met to resolve this matter near the temple in Nauvoo. To aide the saints at the time in helping them know who the right man to sustain as the next prophet, the Lord opened the...

Many prophecies about the latter days are being fulfilled in our days. The signals that the return of the ten tribes had begun were the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and Moses restoring the priesthood keys necessary so that Israel could again be gathered and the Ten Tribes restored again into the covenant fold of God. What does the restoring of the Ten Tribes actually entail? Does this mighty gathering happen through missionary work or through a massive group migration? In this episode we discuss these possibilities with doctrinal sources and citations. More importantly, we study our...

In the house of the Lord, those who enter, choose to make sacred covenants, yoking themselves to the Savior, Jesus Christ. Taking part in these sacred ordinances endows you with power from on high. But what does that power look and feel like in our regular, everyday lives? What are some of those inherent spiritual gifts that can aid each of us to help prepare the world for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? In this episode Barbara Morgan Gardner helps to answer some of these very common questions. This talk was originally given at a BYU Devotional on...

So we went and did a thing!!! Wouldn't it be great to meet with other Gatherer's? You could say "Gather the Gatherers". We've decided that March 6, 2026 @6pm is going to be the date and time. The same weekend as RootsTech. It will be in the general vicinity of Salt Lake. We do not have a place yet or much other details because that will depend on the interest that is generated. So please use the link below to let us know if you are interested in coming so we can start to fill in all the other details... and...

FamilySearch and My Heritage are both integral tools for anyone looking to fill out their own family trees. Both apps work in conjunction with one another to help the user fill in the gaps of information that may be contributing to missing family members in their tree. Colette teaches how to navigate between the two apps and how to use My Heritage in an efficient way when seeking for more details and information. My Heritage is a valuable resource for all genealogists of all skill levels.


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Our Heavenly Father is in relentless pursuit of all of His sons and daughters on both sides of the veil. There is no place that is found on earth that He does not go in order to pursue the one, including in prison. In this episode, a story is related by J. Richard Clarke, in a BYUI Speech given on February of 1993, about the loving, mercy of the Savior Jesus Christ. A prisoner in the Utah State Prison, experienced healing as he helped in his own way, to free souls through family history work. Truly a remarkable story of...

Jessica Hardiman, grew up in difficult circumstances. One huge part of finding peace during those tumultuous years was having the influence of her grandmother who constantly reminded Jessica that she was a daughter of God. Later in life, Jessica believes it was the influence of her grandmother as well as other family members on the other side of the veil, that lead her back to the gospel of Jesus Christ. She calls them her "Team of Light". Now a year into her coming back to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,  she is experiencing the gospel i...

Angels can communicate with Heavenly Father's mortal children in a variety of ways. Elder David W. Parry covers some of these spiritually communicative ways in an article written in LDS Living on Sept. 21, 2020. Through his doctrinal research he noted 5 specific ways that one can experience these revelatory manifestations. The Lord can, for His own purposes, allow spirit to spirit communication to bring about His great purposes.

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My Heritage is an online genealogy company with web, app, and other online services. With access to over 19.9 billion accessible records it is one of the top tools for genealogists. You can also access many users trees and upload photos. In this episode Colette shows how to begin to navigate My Heritage more efficiently, getting better results in finding long lost ancestors.

YouTube: Introduction to My Heritage Video: https://youtu.be/fjFBEGl55ks

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The Gathering of Israel occurs on both sides of the veil. The Lord promised in the early beginnings of this last dispensation to His co laborers in the vineyard, "And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up" (D&C 84:88). That promise is being fulfilled in the lives of missionaries serving all over the world. Angels continuously watch over and protect this mighty...

Boyd K. Packer said, "“Should an angel converse with you, neither you nor he would be confined to corporeal sight or sound in order to communicate. For there is that spiritual process described by the Prophet Joseph by which pure intelligence can flow into our minds and by which we can know what we need to know without either the effort of study or the passage of time, because that is revelation.” In this episode we study the doctrines and principles surrounding spirit to spirit communications from the other side of the veil. Angels speak by the power of the...

Revelation and visions "are around us all the time...but we do not hear or see or experience (them) because we have not tuned our souls to the wave band on which the Holy Ghost is broadcasting," Bruce R. McConkie. The visions and experiences of great men and women in the gospel of Jesus Christ are available to all who seek and who also understand the laws by which they are communicated. If we will turn our studies to the language in which the Holy Spirit communicates we will find many answers we seek and revelatory experiences will unfold...

The advancements in technology, including Google's Gemini AI Platform, has made genealogy a less time consuming and frustrating process. In today's Gathering Academy episode, Colette shows how to transcribe written documents, edit old photos, and create research help outlines. With the use of this and other technologies our ancestral past becomes a rich narrative of people and experiences instead of just detailed dates and names. Using Gemini can help your genealogy become alive and broaden it's scope of meaning and purpose.

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Like a lot of latter day saints, Wendy Nelson, did not enjoy family history. In fact the operative word that she described when even thinking about doing genealogy was "guilt". That changed one day as she decided to pray about and for those who needed help on the other side of the veil. What followed that and many other prayers were many miracles and thinning of the veil experiences. In an article written for LDS Living magazine, on November 11, 2019, she describes in detail the angelic interventions that are inherent in the Gathering of Israel. Sister Nelson testifies and encourages...

In the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the opening of the heavens constitutes in part, revelation being sent from the other side of the veil. These revelatory experiences are received through various means and ways and very often received from heavenly messengers. How does heaven and earth communicate with each other? Our spirits are more refined and inherently recognize these communications as being familiar. Through the Holy Ghost, who is a Spirit, we can receive instruction, reproof, and directions on how to Gather Israel more effectively. Brent Top, describes what he learned over...

The House of Israel has ever been an important part in the Lord's kingdom here upon the earth. His covenant's and promises have extended through this familial ancestral line from the beginning. In the this talk, originally given on November 22, 1988, at BYU, then Elder Russell M. Nelson, explains the origins of how this family came to be. What was so important about the promises made to those who entered into this eternal family unit and what does that have to do with us in these latter days? Promises from the Lord matter. Covenants with Jesus Christ matter. And we...

Are there old letters, hard to read documents, or family history records that you don't understand because they are in foreign languages? In this episode Colette details how Gemini helped her in deciphering various family documents. This new technology facilitates the adding of lost memories, allows for more effective research, and ultimately helps to add more family members to your family tree. The Lord said that He would hasten His work in His time. Truly AI has been a technological miracle in helping reunite families on both sides of the veil.

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To bring about the purposes of our Heavenly Father and Savior, angels have been sent from the very beginning to His children here upon the earth. In the early stages of the last dispensation, Joseph Smith was called upon to be the prophet of the restoration. Many doctrines, priesthood power, and other related instruction related to the restoring of the promises made to the ancient fathers were restored through angelic ministrations. Not just any set of angels, the ancient fathers themselves helped to restore this knowledge in the latter days. Adam, Peter, Paul, Moroni, and others were among the...

Through out the generations of time, beginning with Adam and Eve, the Lord has always extended promised blessings to those children on the earth who make and keep sacred covenants with Him. Our scriptures are replete with promises of land, posterity, and other cherished gifts.  While some of these blessings are well known, there are many blessings that are clearly not understood within the Abrahamic Covenant. What are some of these lesser known promised blessings? How do we as His children in the last days attain to these incomprehensible blessings?  It is left to us to offer these sacred op...

Originally given at BYU Education Week on August 4, 2024, Brother Satterfield covers some aspects of the expansive doctrine of the Spirit World. He teaches several principles that relate to the Spirit World and our continuing journey following mortality. In his instructions, he is careful to use citations from the scriptures and prophets that verify what he is teaching as true doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. There is much to learn about the Spirit World and what happens after we die, and Brother Satterfield adds to our learning about this sacred subject.

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"BillionGraves is the world's largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data". From anywhere in the world, people can locate a cemetery, take a picture, and upload that information into world wide data base. When seeking to find ancestors, it is a helpful tool, as sometimes cemetery headstones are the only recorded evidences that someone lived. However, the work must be done, cemeteries must be visited, in order for these long lost relatives to be found. Colette, goes over this very valuable app, that she uses every time she goes on vacation. It has led to many miracles for her...

President Joseph F. Smith said,  "I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings... I claim that we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more than ever. For now they see the dangers that beset us; they can comprehend better than ever before, the weaknesses that are liable to mislead us into dark and forbidden paths. They see the temptations and evils that beset us in life and the proneness of mortal beings to yield to temptation and wrong d...

President Brigham Young taught that the Spirit World is on this earth, around us. Many individuals through the generations have seen into the spirit world, most notably, President Joseph F. Smith, who helped further our understanding of the work that those on the other side of the veil are involved in. Every day members can also get glimpses from time to time about the what is to follow our mortal experience.  Michael Solesbee was blessed to see a glimpse into the sacred beyond. He was taught things about the gathering of Israel and given a forewarning into what is n...

Eternal Life according to God's definition is to live as He lives. One of the main attributes about God's life is that He lives in a Family Unit. He, along with our Heavenly Mother, live in the Patriarchal order within the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage. Within this eternal union, Father and Mother continue the family unit for eternity, offering their own offspring the chance to become as They are. Bruce R. McConkie, testifies of this beautiful doctrine and teaches that for us to become as They are, we must enter in to the same covenants that we...