Growing up Hayden's family was in and out of the gospel. As he began experiencing difficulties in his new marriage he learned the importance of making and keeping covenants.

Growing up Hayden’s family was in and out of the gospel. As he began experiencing difficulties in his new marriage he learned the importance of making and keeping covenants.

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“Once I got to the celestial room I was just sitting and thought ‘I am ready, 100% if you tell me to do something I will do it.’ I sat there for 20-30 minutes and nothing was coming to me. At this point I was beginning to remember what the Spirit felt like and what promptings felt like because I had experienced a lot of that on my mission. After sitting there for 45 minutes all of a sudden it was like a bus and boom—I heard ‘You need to be in the church, I have a lot of plans for you, you need to be here.’ It was like a light switch after that, I had conviction not just in school but in every part of my life. Things I had never been able to accomplish before I was now able to do.”

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“Once I got to the celestial room I was just sitting and thought ‘I am ready, 100% if you tell me to do something I will do it.’ I sat there for 20-30 minutes and nothing was coming to me. At this point I was beginning to remember what the Spirit felt like and what promptings felt like because I had experienced a lot of that on my mission. After sitting there for 45 minutes all of a sudden it was like a bus and boom I heard ‘You need to be in the church, I have a lot of plans for you, you need to be here.’ It was like a light switch after that, I had conviction not just in school but in every part of my life. Things I had never been able to accomplish before I was now able to do.”

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Growing up Hayden’s family was in and out of the gospel. As he began experiencing difficulties in his new marriage he learned the importance of making and keeping covenants.

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