While in India, April 2006, I was introduced to a marvelous people. Remember the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “I love your Christ, I do not love your Christians, They are so unlike your Christ.” Be the Christian you are meant to be. As a priesthood holder you will have many opportunities to bless the people of South Central Asia. Allow the spirit to guide you always. May the Father always bless you. May the Master’s grace and mercy always be upon you. Your brother in Christ.

@sherigraham3873

5 ай бұрын

Excellent comment.

I have a photo of me, Archie, the elders and my nieces at the DC Temple! He did baptisms for some of my family members and we all had such a lovely experience. My friend Ramatu can’t swim and she was terrified that Archie will not support her back properly and she will drown. It took a lot of convincing to get her to trust Archie for her first ever temple baptism! 😅😂 Thanks for sharing your testimony Archie!

Tons of LDS in India. I went on a business trip in Bangalore and there was a huge ward across the street from the building I was visiting. It felt just like back home, but everyone but us were Indian and they played church cricket, not church basketball.

@BlueJayBirdSaint

5 ай бұрын

"Church cricket" 🤣

It's interesting how sacred and reverent and serious he treats the Gospel of Jesus Christ.. he's amazing.. All i can say is , "thank you for being a good example".

I can feel your Spirit so strong - I had that from day 1 when I prayed to know which church to join so I would know what to teach my babies and then the missionaries came to my door in answer to my prayer - and after I was prepared by studying on my own to the point that I could go no further. Almost 34 years later I still have that spirit. I know the gospel is true. I know this church is true. I know that we have a living prophet at the head of this church. I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior.

"the spirit was so repulsed by it". Love the way you put that when talking about exposure to certain anti- mateiral. I've felt that same thing at times. The spirit testifies in many ways.

@LordOfThePancakes

4 ай бұрын

There’s no such thing as spirits or ghosts

@harshitgarg419

3 ай бұрын

@@LordOfThePancakes there definitely is minus the ghosts part

@LordOfThePancakes

3 ай бұрын

@@harshitgarg419 There definitely isn’t. Plz don’t undermine me by saying no to me especially when my statements have already been proven factual. Ty. Have a nice day.

@harshitgarg419

3 ай бұрын

@@LordOfThePancakes satan and fallen angels are spirits. You have a nice day. Also don’t forget about the Holy Spirit

Archie, thank you for sharing your testimony. It sure strengthens mine. 💕

Think of the difference Archie can make for his amazing people! He was so receptive to truth! A golden convert and he's right. When you seek perfection for yourself you won't get it. Seek a relationship with God first! So beautiful! Thankyou Archie for your testimony. Your an inspiration to us all!

Your spirit is so bright! Thank you for sharing your testimony. I have a friend who joined the church in Hong Kong. You remind me of him. He is from India. Stay strong!

Great interview and testimony! Thanks for sharing your faith promoting conversion story!

Thank you for this video. It brightened my day ☀️ I loved hearing your testimony and faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. 🤍

I love seeing how the Lord is seeking out the righteous in heart. The gathering of Israel is happening. Thank you for sharing your experience and your experience! The church needs people like you. God bless you in your covenant path. I am strengthened by your story.

What a beautiful conversion story, I love Archie's sweet spirit and his sincerity in the sharing of his experiences of coming into the Lord's fold. God bless you Archie, you are a wonderful example of Christ's teachings.

Yo Archie is in my branch. What a nice surprise

I love what he said about moving slow to react to things.

Thanks Archie. I loved hearing your experiences and testimony. I have been trying to convey these ideas to our youth and I love how you put things. ❤

I have so much admiration and respect for this young man

What an intelligent, well-spoken young man. He is a wonderful witness and an asset to the Lord's church! I love his idea of studying church history. We need people who study church history from all cultures and who will study the stalwart pioneers of all cultures.

Archie way to be wiser than all the blasphemers. You are a Hero brother

Archie, In what way do we interact with Hindus that would create bridges between us? What similarities are there between us? What questions do Hindus have that we may have the answers to? What can we learn from Hindus? I don't know if there's answers to these questions because you mentioned you weren't really religious when you were younger. But I've been fascinated with India for quite some time. I'm excited to see the gospel spreading there.

22:59 so true, when I'm in the spirit and living my life clean, the anti-mormon videos also repulse me. It's so difficult for me to even try and watch it.

Thanks for your testimony! ❤

Thank you very much and thank you for your faith. I Know the honest in heart like you will find the TRUTH. and help many many people like you and your example will shine. I feel like you are one of those valient spirits who promised God in the pre-existence to join and help many that you and only you with your wonderrful spirit and disposition can do.

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful testimony

Your sincerity moved me. Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful conversion, thanks for sharing!

Thank you! Your spirit is beautiful, stay strong. The Gospel is amazing.

When it comes to tough pieces of church history, we can't forget this is also human history. God directs but humans act and humans are also imperfect. I doubt we'll find human history in any organization or civilization without mistakes and corruption. Its going to happen every place humans touch in one form or another.

@TheSandyStone

5 ай бұрын

If we use that logic. The prophets were teaching doctrine that was contrary to gods law (treatment of blacks/slavery) What is being taught now that is contrary to gods law? We've established it's possible. So what can we pray and get an answer from god that the prophet is doing wrong today? Really easy to sit comfortably in 2024 and say that most of the church history was incredibly racist. More time of Nelson's life has been in a segregated church than not.

@TreatsOnTheStreets

5 ай бұрын

@@TheSandyStone thanks for solidifying my point.

@45s262

5 ай бұрын

​​@@TheSandyStone perhaps this rationale is the intent behind an omnipotent God.. knowing that a catalyst for an apostasy can not be achieved in a a system without supposed faults and blame.. how can someone apostasy without first finding fault.. let them apostasy. Conversely, in this offense, which is what man deems offensive, let God gather and show forth his power.. in other words, He knowing that you would say in your unbelief, this is not the work of God!! therefore it is wisdom that the offense should come first then the gathering, then God shall say, it was I who did gather..!! that you can not say , there is no offense therefore what hath God gathered?

@45s262

5 ай бұрын

And the prophets never taught slavery as a true principle, but a temporary ban on receiving the priesthood.. which they were free to go elsewhere. There were more popular and fitting black churches in that day no doubt.. second, we're talking about a handful of blacks that we're affected.. it's not as if they were flooding in as a people group..

"The spirit was so repulsed by it". I remember coming home from baptism, putting Teen Spirit by Nirvana on and feeling physically sick.

Archie, I would be very interested to know how your family reacted to your conversion.

@harshitgarg419

5 ай бұрын

Hi RedHotsNow14, thank you for your question. Unfortunately, they did NOT take to it kindly and got very mad. They have been anti-Christian for their entire lives and I try to open them to the truth by being the embodiment of what Christ would've wanted.

@redhotsnow14

5 ай бұрын

I am sorry to hear that. It is a true disciple that is willing to suffer rejection from their family for love of Christ. Their hearts will soften as they see the fruits of the gospel ripen in your life.@@harshitgarg419

Wow! I admire you so much, Archie! Happy 2nd anniversary of your baptism!

Welcome to the true church of Jesus Christ of latterday saints

Let’s go Archie!!

I think you get it, Archie! Stay strong!

Its amazing just how much Hinduism has influenced the new testiment apostles, especially Paul. Yo Archie, when you discover the theological history of Joseph, then much moresoe witj Brigham, you will see many similarities. You will also discover how our theology is heavily borrowed from Hermes Trismegistus and other Hellenist beliefs. Dont turn your back on the Hindu. We owe A LOT to them!! I love being an LDS, welcome aboard, but dont throw your history away!! 😊

Super cool

😊🤘🤘

What was missing from your life that you found in the gospel?

@harshitgarg419

5 ай бұрын

Hi p1ll0wt0p, thank you for your question. The gospel was the only thing that I knew that was so true that it could never be wrong no matter how you read it. So I found truth (in all forms and fashion) in the Gospel.

Have you been able to submit some of your ancestors for baptism and the other covenants in the temple? ( you don’t have to answer if it’s too personal) since learning about temples was so significant for you, I was curious if our doctrine on saving our families had extra meaning for you?

I have this question for Archie what tenets of God's truth is shared between Hinduism and the Church share? I found it uncanny that the Hindu concept of "Brahman" as cloud like figure that we strive to be one with. This cloud seems to correlate well with the book of Ether and Israel's wandering with cloud in the wilderness.

Now u sold for what price from Hindu to what ever you sold for😊😅😅😅