Hebrews 11: 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
I will now proceed to remind our family of how faith in Jesus Christ continues to be our strength and foundation in our lives. Obviously Moroni and Paul used prophets to remind them of faith. In all these cases there was much prayer and fasting before leaping towards faith. There are many more instances that I will add and you are welcome to add to this list.Ether 12: 5 And it came to pass that Ether did prophesy great and marvelous things unto the people, which they did not believe, because they saw them not.
6 And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.
7 For it was by faith that Christ showed himself unto our fathers, after he had risen from the dead; and he showed not himself unto them until after they had faith in him; wherefore, it must needs be that some had faith in him, for he showed himself not unto the world.
8 But because of the faith of men he has shown himself unto the world, and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope for those things which they have not seen.
9 Wherefore, ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith.
It is by faith that my mother and I were converted in Arequipa, Peru to The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. We were the pioneers in the Arequipa , Peru Branch.
It is by faith that our little family of my mom, dad, Guido and I moved to Queens, NY and had the great opportunity to be pioneers in the Pan American Branch.
It is by faith that I went to BYU not really knowing what the west was like and that it would be such a cultural change for me, and was rewarded by meeting and getting sealed to my eternal companion.
It is by faith that John graduated from BYU, he being the first in his family to graduate from college.
It is by faith that we proceeded to be blessed with seven children that we yearned for from the day we were engaged.
It is by faith that we survived our six years in NY, in a one bedroom apartment with five children.
It is by faith that we moved to Mission Viejo, CA, without a job, a car , a home. Our ward members succored us.
It is by faith that we homeschooled all of our children and got to know them in a way we never thought would benefit our family.
It is by faith that mom had surgery to take a tumor out without insurance in 2010.
It is by faith that Dad is working as a professor in music at Saddleback College with a BA degree in Acting.