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Carla’s live podcast: How Jesus Christ ran into darkness to rescue a lost mother and save a family

“I was like, I’m doing this. And then I remembered, this is my mom’s church. I was like, oh no. Anything but that, she can’t be right! And then I looked at myself and I just thought how am I gonna sit in Relief Society looking like this? You can’t ask me to do that. That’s too much, they ask a lot of you in that church, and I don’t think I could do this. But if it meant saving my children then I was all aboard. I didn’t care. Nobody could push me away. Nobody could take away the fact that I was just heard and I was just saved and I didn’t deserve any of it. I was an awful, awful person all the things that I did. And there was my Savior there, running into the flames to rescue me. And not only just me, but he was there to help me save my family. And so from that day on, I just vowed. I was like, that’s it. This is what I’m doing. I’m doing it all and I’m gonna do it full force.”

 

00:00 A Desperate Prayer

04:49 Carla’s Rebellious Youth

09:28 Struggles with Addiction

13:42 Family Turmoil and Separation

20:12 A Mother’s Desperation

21:13 A Prayer for Help

23:50 A New Beginning

25:24 First Steps in Faith

30:12 A Son’s Redemption

38:19 Gratitude and Reflection

 

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Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone

Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

“I was like, I’m doing this. And then I remembered, this is my mom’s church. I was like, oh no. Anything but that, she can’t be right! And then I looked at myself and I just thought how am I gonna sit in Relief Society looking like this? You can’t ask me to do that. That’s too much, they ask a lot of you in that church, and I don’t think I could do this. But if it meant saving my children then I was all aboard. I didn’t care. Nobody could push me away. Nobody could take away the fact that I was just heard and I was just saved and I didn’t deserve any of it. I was an awful, awful person all the things that I did. And there was my Savior there, running into the flames to rescue me. And not only just me, but he was there to help me save my family. And so from that day on, I just vowed. I was like, that’s it. This is what I’m doing. I’m doing it all and I’m gonna do it full force.”
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