My Ancestors Led Me Back to Christ | A Convert's Thinning of the Veil Story (LDS)

Send us Fan MailCan our ancestors on the other side of the veil help bring us back to Jesus Christ? In this LDS (Latter-day Saint) episode, Tia Smith sits down with her friend Jessica, who returned to the Church a year ago after two decades away — and shares how her grandmother, her sister, and other ancestors seemed to guide her home, and how temple and family history work opened the floodgates of personal revelation in her life.Raised in an unstable home and away from the Church for about 20 years, Jessica did humanitarian work around the world and explored faith in many forms — but held onto the scriptures her late grandmother had given her. A quiet prompting led her to pick them up again, and the peace she felt drew her back to church, to baptism's covenants renewed, to the temple, and to being endowed. She describes tender signs she associates with loved ones who have passed — a grandmother in hummingbirds and ladybugs, a sister in Beatles songs that play right when she needs them — and nighttime promptings that woke her with the names of relatives who, she later found on FamilySearch, needed their temple ordinances. As she attends the temple often, she testifies her spiritual gifts have grown: clearer discernment, vivid dreams, and a sense of a "team" of ancestors working alongside her.Jessica and Tia also talk candidly about something many Latter-day Saints face: how to love family members who believe differently — leading with Christlike love and healthy boundaries, praying over hard conversations, and letting the temple soften and steady the heart. The through-line is one Tia returns to often: the gathering of Israel is happening on this side of the veil too, the Savior meets each of us exactly where we are, and we should never judge a person by their background — because that's often where the Lord is doing His most tender work.Q: Can our ancestors help bring us back to the gospel of Jesus Christ?A: In this episode Jessica testifies that they can and did — she felt her deceased grandmother, sister, and other ancestors guiding her back to the Church after 20 years away, through promptings, tender signs, and peace. Tia Smith frames it as evidence that the gathering of Israel happens on both sides of the veil, with those beyond the veil helping gather the living.Q: How do you navigate relationships with family who believe differently?A: Jessica shares that the temple helped her keep her focus on Christ, soften her heart, and lead with love and boundaries rather than judgment — praying with and over her family, and trusting the Savior to heal relationships in His own time. Her patriarchal blessing calls her a peacemaker, a role she's learning to live even amid disagreement.Q: Can a new convert receive revelation and spiritual gifts quickly?A: Yes — within a year of returning, Jessica describes receiving names of ancestors in the night, discerning the source of her promptings, and growing spiritual gifts. She and Tia attribute this to frequent temple attendance and family history work, and Tia emphasizes it isn't a matter of how long you've been a member, but of feasting on the words of Christ and acting on what you receive.▶️ 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