Gathering of the Gatherers | When the Gatherers Gathered — Testimonies, Ancestors' Plea & Beverly's Miracle (LDS)

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when the people doing the gathering... gather? This episode is Tia's testimony of the first Gathering of the Gatherers — a meetup of listeners from across the country who came to testify in person of the thinning of the veil experiences they've had through temple and family history work. Most of the room was related to each other through FamilySearch's "Relatives Around Me." Most had received an ancestor's name through revelation. And when Rob and Jill Ferguson stood and played the original, full-length recording of "The Ancestors' Plea" — with all its verses, including ones never published online — the room wept. This episode includes the complete lyrics of the song, a link to the free sheet music at ancestorsplea.com, and Tia's reflections on what the gathering revealed: that these revelatory experiences aren't rare or unusual — they are happening worldwide, to ordinary Saints, at an accelerating pace. The episode closes with a letter that arrived the night before the gathering from Beverly Stringfellow — a woman who had been out of the church for nine years, who survived a smashed vertebrae, her mother's death, and being accidentally shot through the chest with a 9mm hollow point bullet. The doctors said she should have died. In recovery, she began walking and listening to the Thinning of the Veil podcast. One morning on her walk she prayed, "What do you want me to do?" The answer came in all caps: GO BACK TO CHURCH. She returned after nine years, received a calling, got her temple recommend, and began doing ancestors' temple work — guided by revelatory names, feeling their presence at every ordinance. In three months: 90 ordinances, a non-member husband doing family history on his own, a murdered stepdaughter's work completed, and a family sealed across the veil. Beverly writes: "Thank you, Tia, for helping me find my purpose in life. I'm now a savior with a little s.""Your family chain extends beyond these walls. Find me. Find me. Find me." — The Ancestors' PleaQ: What is the Gathering of the Gatherers?A: The first in-person meetup of Thinning of the Veil listeners and family history workers, held in connection with RootsTech. Attendees came from multiple states to testify of their thinning of the veil experiences through temple and family history work. Unlike RootsTech, which focuses on the how-to of genealogy, the Gathering of the Gatherers focuses on the doctrine and the spiritual manifestations: revelatory names, ancestral visitations, and the witness that God is hastening His work on both sides of the veil.Q: How many people have received an ancestor's name through revelation?A: When the question was asked at the Gathering of the Gatherers, nearly everyone in the room raised their hand. Tia testifies that based on the hundreds of experiences sent to her from around the world, receiving names through dreams, promptings, and revelatory experiences is happening far more widely than most people realize — and accelerating.Q: What is the full Ancestors' Plea song?A: A song Rob Ferguson received in a single night from an ancestor on the other side of the veil, with more verses than the version circulating online. The full lyrics — included in this episode — tell the story of an ancestor who witnessed the Restoration, was taught the gospel in the spirit world, and now pleads: "Find me, find me, find me... your family chain extends beyond these walls." The sheet music is free at ancestorsplea.com, and the song is now being played in temples, family search centers, and wards around the world.Q: How did Beverly Stringfellow return to the Church after nine years?A: After surviving a smashed vertebrae, her mother's death from the same disease, and being shot through the chest at close range with a 9mm hollow point bullet — the doctors said she should have died — Beverly began walking daily for recovery, listening to the Thinning of the Veil podcast. One morning she prayed, "What do you want me to do?" and heard: "GO BACK TO CHURCH." She returned after nine years, got her temple recommend, and in three months completed 90 temple ordinances for her ancestors, guided by revelatory names and feeling their presence at every step.📚 SOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE2 Corinthians 13:1 ("In the mouth of two or three witnesses")Doctrine and Covenants 6:32 ("Where two or three are gathered")The Ancestors' Plea — full lyrics and free sheet music: ancestorsplea.com▶️ 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? 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