In One Fold's last episode, I (your host, Kyrie Papenfuss) share my story.
I chat with my cousin Dillon about trials I've faced, blessings I have been the recipient of, and my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Happy listening! Thank you for all the support this past year!

Lauren Howell was 6 years old when she decided that she wanted to lose weight.

This mentality stuck with her ever since, lending to disordered eating and exercise, anxiety, and depression. 

After experiencing serious panic attacks, Lauren found help through professional resources, friends and family, curated media, and an increased understanding of her Heavenly Parents. She can now confidently say she loves her body. 

As the oldest of 8, Tavin Clarke is the only Hispanic member of his family. Growing up, he always wanted to be white like the rest of his family. When people would ask him what his race was, he would tell them he was white and that he was just super tan. Hence, his name on his high school basketball team was "Super Tan" and that's how he was known to all of his teammates.

In this episode, Tavin shares how he came to accept, love, and embrace his Mexican heritage.

On a cold February night in 2007, a devoted father of four and a 17 year old drunk driver both faced life sentences. In one violent, devastating instant, both faced a drastically different future.

But as Chris Williams sat in his demolished vehicle, staring at the car that had just caused the death of his wife, unborn baby, 11 year-old son and 9 year-old daughter, he committed to do something extraordinary: he would forgive.

In this episode, Chris shares how choosing to forgive brought him closer to His Savior, Jesus Christ. 

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Levi Martial’s mother passed away, and he was adopted by a family in Utah. During this time, receiving personal revelation was key.

In this episode, Levi discusses the miracles he witnessed before, during, and after the earthquake, and how personal revelation and God’s hand as a whole has completely altered his life for the better.

While serving her mission in Boston, April Morris had several experiences that urged her to come out of the closet to her friends and family as bisexual. After much thought, April later left the church. 

While listening to her experience, I was so impressed by April’s humility and kindness. Not once did she say anything negative about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—she had nothing but loving, kind words to say about members and how they have treated her. 

Although April’s experience is not the same as every LGBTQ+ member, this is a great opportunity to listen full-heartedly to her experience and try to understand. Big thank you to April for being so willing to share her story.

While on her mission, Miranda Larsen experienced constant feelings of unworthiness, leading her to believe that she needed to repent over and over again for everything she could think of. She questioned her decision to serve a mission and go through the temple, convinced she wasn't good enough and God was angry at her.

It was at this time that she received an email from her mom, who suggested she may have a manifestation of OCD called scrupulosity, or religious/moral OCD.

Over the course of the next year, Miranda began seeing a therapist and taking medication. This completely changed her understanding of herself and God, and enabled her to begin her path to recovery.

Learn more about OCD here:

https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/

When Kate Nelson was 8 years old, her dress caught on fire from a candle, and she suffered from third degree burns on 40% of her body.

Doctors took skin from her thighs, back, and head to put onto her stomach, and Kate endured significant pain from countless surgeries, skin grafts, and blood transfusions.

She now looks back at her experience with gratitude; however, there are still hard days. In this episode, Kate shares her experience learning to appreciate her body and embrace her scars.

From a young age, learning about the dramatic and rapid changes of the polar regions of earth was inspiring and a little worrisome to Ryan McFadyen. It is what has driven him to be a good steward of the earth. Living in California, Guatemala, Fiji, Minnesota, New Mexico and Utah has shaped how he sees the importance of nature in his life, and the lives of others around him. 

Growing up thinking like an environmentalist, in college, Ryan then learned how to view the world also as an economist. Now, he remains curious and open to contributing to a slightly better world however he can. 

See what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says about being environmental stewards here:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/environmental-stewardship-and-conservation?lang=eng

5 weeks into her time in Mexico, Kate Giles was evacuated and sent home to quarantine for 2 weeks (which turned into 2.5 months) before she could return to the mission field. 

Upon returning to her original assignment, one Monday about two months in, Kate was playing spikeball and landed funny on her left foot, heard a pop, and blacked out. 

4 weeks later, Kate returned home. She adds her perspective on what it’s like to come home early from a mission, and how physical injuries can affect us both emotionally and spiritually.