The missionaries were at Food City inviting people to come to church. Noah came up to them and was curious about what they were doing and why they were inviting people to worship Jesus Christ with them at church.. He talked to the missionaries for a second, but they were holding up traffic so their conversation ended.

The elders then saw some kids playing football in the parking lot and decided to stop and join them. A couple minutes later, Noah walked up and also joined in! As they were talking more about what the missionaries do, a guy walked up and started antagonizing the missionaries and being rude to them. Noah defended the elders, told the man to leave the missionaries alone, and pointed out the good they are trying to do. After the man left, Noah expressed he was interested in their message and wanted to learn more.

Noah was very curious about our church, especially as he learned it wasn’t like others because it was the restored church of Jesus Christ. He shared he didn’t like the ways some other churches did things.

In one of these first lessons, the missionaries taught Noah the doctrine of baptism and confirmation and invited him to be baptized. Just after that lesson, his son Gabe joined and the missionaries invited him to be baptized too.

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Every time the missionaries went back to the Maturin home, they met more of Noah’s family. Their family consists of Noah, his wife Shannon, and their kids Isabelle, Isaiah, Gabe, Gabby and Elijah. The kids absolutely loved Wednesday night youth activities and getting to know more kids in the church. The family had a great experience the first time they attended sacrament meeting and felt welcomed in the Bristol Ward.

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Noah along with Elijah, Gabe, Gabby, and Isaiah were baptized into the Bristol Ward on December 7, 2025. A week later, Noah went to the temple with Gabe and Isaiah. His wife Shannon and daughter Isabelle followed soon after and were baptized by Noah on January 4, 2025.

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Rose was found through a couple who had gotten married and then baptized into the church. Throughout Rose’s conversion, she struggled meeting with the missionaries regularly. She would have times she frequently met with missionaries and then stop meeting when life got so busy.

Throughout her time meeting with the missionaries. Rose had been put on date for baptism four times but never made it to her baptism date.

One day, Sister ‘Iongi and Sister Hansen were reviewing friends who had been taught in the past and had the impression to call Rose. When they first met with her, Rose welcomed the missionaries into her home and they began to teach her again. Rose knew that the things she was taught was true and that it could change her life if she continued to be faithful in the gospel of Jesus Christ, so she set a date to be baptized.. She relied on the power of prayer to make it to her baptismal day.

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Rose was also trying to look for a job during the time she was meeting with the missionaries. When she interviewed for jobs, she often had a hard time organizing her thoughts to give good answers to the interview questions. Rose turned to God by asking for help through prayer. She was kept her commitments by reading the scriptures and coming to church. Heavenly Father answered her prayers and blessed her with the ability to give good answers in her job interview.

Rose also wanted her sons to come to church and know that they need God in their life. Her greatest desire is that her boys will join her and Rose is committed to be an example to her family. Rose has a big heart and is full of charity. When members would come to join the lessons with the missionaries, Rose would give them a Pohnpeian skirt or a lei to show gratitude for coming and helping her with her spiritual journey.

Rose was baptized on May 8, 2026 and became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bearden Ward. When Rose was baptized she was ready to jump right in and wanted a calling in the church!

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The missionaries who taught Rose: Elder Kaumavae, Elder Greenhalgh, Elder Porter, Sister Rabinovitch, Sister Harris, Sister Lund, Sister Fisher,  Sister Fee, Sister Fear, Sister Dever, Sister Brown, Sister Avei, Sister Bundy, Sister Ericksen, Sister Hansen, and Sister ‘Iongi.