Can You Feel So Now, Lauryn Zobell?

Justin Barton interviews recently returned missionary Lauren Zobell of Mesa, Arizona, who served an English-speaking mission in the Texas Houston Mission from September 23, 2024 to March 10, 2026. Lauren shares how struggles with self-image, anxiety, loneliness, and a painful breakup led her to take “simple” spiritual habits seriously, gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon (especially Alma the Younger), and accept repeated promptings to serve after encouragement from her bishop. She describes lessons from President and Sister McMullen about relying on the Savior’s Atonement, learning to love others through rejection, and strengthening ward members when teaching was slow. Lauren recounts trusting God’s timing in transfers, the challenge of maintaining missionary habits after returning home, the power of temple service, deepened testimony of Joseph Smith and the Restoration, and a conversion story of Don and Joe culminating in their sealing shortly before Don’s death. 00:00 Podcast Welcome 00:30 Meet Lauren Zobell 01:48 Mission Call Details 02:26 Choosing To Serve 04:44 Book Of Mormon Spark 06:26 Breakup To Belief 09:12 Prompting To Go 10:42 Leaders Who Lifted 12:40 Mission President Theme 15:03 Hanging By A Thread 17:24 Power Of Prayer 19:50 Gods Better Solutions 21:54 God’s Timing Revealed 23:29 Coming Home Is Hard 25:32 Building New Routines 26:32 Temple Work Power 28:03 Restoration Testimony Grows 30:11 Messy Resume and Anxiety 32:50 Grace Through Rejection 36:57 Don and Joe Conversion 41:38 Who God Made Me 43:13 Can You Feel Now 46:35 Gospel Testimony Closing