[MUSIC PLAYING]
 
We are group leaders of
the Addiction Recovery
Program in our stake.
 
I'm Christine Fisher.
I'm Dean Fisher, and
I'm with Chris Fisher.
And we are the Addiction
Recovery Program coordinators.
 
Doug and I have done a lot
of things in the Church.
Doug's been a bishop,
and I've taught seminary
and worked in stake Young Women.
But this calling has
changed our lives.
The first time after
when we were called,
I walked into the room about
10 or 15 minutes early.
And I leaned over to my
wife, and I asked her
if she could feel what I felt.
The Spirit was so
strong, and we realized
that the Lord loved those
people so much that He showed
up ahead of time to make
sure that He was there
to greet them.
We realized then the
power of the Atonement
in our own personal lives,
and we were surprised by that.
And then, as we
would get with people
who might be labeled as
outsiders because of habits,
addictions, the
biggest experience
has been to see how each
individual can see themselves
as a person that's loved
from Heavenly Father.
The door opened, and this
sister told this other sister,
"This is where you need to be."
And so she came in by herself.
We talked to her about
appropriate dress and language
and taught her the first lesson,
and she just started coming.
And then her husband
came to support her
and went from drinking
probably a gallon of wine a day
to not needing it,
not wanting it.
And she just couldn't
believe she just
didn't have the urge anymore.
 
But there's time and a season
for things in the Church,
and I believe that this
is a time and a season now
to move forward
with this process
and move forward with the
Addiction Recovery Program
that we're involved in
and anything else that
goes on in the Church.
It makes us excited to serve a
full-time mission to Him also,
and now we think we can do it.
We get along.
[LAUGHING]
 
