June 2012 Liahona - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

LATTER-DAY SAINT VOICES
I WAS PLANTING SEEDS
In a business ethics class for my
master’s program at the Schiller
International University in Heidelberg,
Germany, each student was asked to
do a 20-minute oral presentation at
the end of the semester. The professor
asked me if I would talk about ethics
from a Latter-day Saint perspective.
I was baptized at age 18 and was
called to serve a mission in Brazil
a year later. Since then I continued
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to share the gospel with many.
I knew it would be a challenge to
discuss religious issues in the university
environment, but I accepted
the challenge. I decided to prepare
a presentation covering information
from Mormon.org.
My university has students from
all over the world. My ethics class
reflected that diversity, with 18 students
from various nations.
After my presentation I was bombarded
with all kinds of questions.
My 20-minute presentation turned
into an hour.
The ethics presentations began with
two students from India followed by a
student from Myanmar. I was the last to
present. I talked about “The Family: A
Proclamation to the World,” the Articles
of Faith, and other gospel topics. For
most of the students, it was the first
time they had heard about the Church.
I concluded with my testimony
of the gospel and the importance
of doing what is right despite the