Angels Protected These Missionaries | Ancestors Guarding Their Own (LDS Stories)

Send us Fan MailDo angels protect missionaries — and are those angels often our own ancestors? In this LDS (Latter-day Saint) episode, Tia Smith shares two tender, viewer-submitted stories of missionaries watched over by unseen protectors, tied to a truth she loves: as we do temple and family history work for our kindred dead, they are sent to help and protect our living loved ones, especially those serving in the gathering of Israel.Grounded in Doctrine and Covenants 84 — the Lord's promise that He will go before our face, on our right hand and our left, with His angels round about us to bear us up — the episode centers on two accounts. In the first, a mother whose son was struggling on his mission in Argentina gathered her family to fast, and during a temple sealing session for their ancestors heard a clear voice say, "You have done this for us; we will take care of him." Her son later described feeling a constant presence beside him — and a family they were teaching asked where "the other one," the man dressed in white, had gone. In the second, a missionary in Sweden was warned by the Spirit not to open her door as men tried to force their way in; that same week, her mother dreamed of her beloved grandfather, who said he had held the door shut and would keep her granddaughter safe for the rest of her mission — describing a door her mother had never seen.Tia frames both as evidence of spirit-to-spirit communication and the ministering of angels: that Heavenly Father sends messengers — most often ancestors — for protection, comfort, and the work of the gathering. It's one of the deepest reasons she keeps doing temple work for her own family: because our children need help we cannot always give, and those beyond the veil can.Q: Do angels really protect missionaries?A: This episode shares two Latter-day Saint accounts suggesting they do — a missionary in Argentina who felt a constant unseen presence (noticed even by a family they taught), and a missionary in Sweden protected as men tried to break into her home. Both families connected the protection to ancestors and to the temple work being done for their kindred dead, consistent with the promise in Doctrine and Covenants 84 that God's angels are "round about" His servants to bear them up.Q: Can our ancestors be the ones protecting our living family?A: In both stories, yes — one mother heard during a temple sealing, "You have done this for us; we will take care of him," and another was told in a dream by her deceased grandfather that he had "held the door" to keep her missionary granddaughter safe. Tia Smith teaches this is a central reason to do temple work: those we save on the other side of the veil are sent to help and protect our loved ones here.Q: What is the connection between temple work and the protection of our families?A: Tia frames it as a two-way blessing of the gathering of Israel: as we do the ordinances our ancestors cannot do for themselves, they can be present in ways we cannot — comforting, guiding, and protecting our living family, including missionaries serving in the Lord's vineyard.▶️ WATCH & LISTEN🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thinningoftheveil🌐 Website: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinning-of-the-veil/id1753511394🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jWCfMHkZXwnSwy2b98J4M🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a0a45561-d4c2-46d3-af8d-a1e967a21a25📖 BOOKPatterns of Revelation — Spiritual Foundations for Hearing God's Voice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW36MG9B📱 CONNECTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veilFacebook Group (Gathering of the Gatherers): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1429562078443774Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thinningoftheveil💛 SUPPORT THE SHOWVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil✉️ Have you had a thinning of the veil experience? Email [email protected] — your testimony may be exactly what someone needs to hear.#ThinningOfTheVeil #SpiritWorld #TempleWork #FamilyHistory #LDS #LatterDaySaints #GatheringOfIsrael #MinisteringAngels #FamilySearch #PersonalRevelationSupport the show