Amy Wright | Not a Story About Cancer

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

“This isn’t a story about cancer, it’s a story about coming to know our Savior.” In this episode, Sister Amy Wright, the new second counselor in the Primary general presidency, teaches how we can rely on the sanctifying, healing and enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ to endure our own individual journeys. She shares her experience battling stage 4 ovarian cancer and how she found joy through service in a time of overwhelming pain and fear. “When I focused on myself, when my thoughts turned inward, the world became a very dark place. But when they turned outward, not only was there light, but even in the midst of the greatest suffering, I was able to experience joy.” Sister Wright also shares the lessons she learned serving on the Young Women Advisory Council, and how she has felt the Lord’s love for her and her family through her calling to the Primary. Resources: Amy Wright Bio: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/sister-amy-wright Latter-day Saint Women Podcast episode: Sister Susan Porter | Pressing Forward with Hope https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/latter-day-saints-channel/listen/series/latter-day-saint-women/susan-porter-pressing-forward-with-hope?lang=eng Church News: What the new Primary general presidency taught about perfection and worth at BYU Women’s Conference https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-29/byu-womens-conference-primary-general-presidency-perfection-211700 Transcript: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/latter-day-saints-channel/bc/mormon-channel/images/audio/lds-women/pdf/Amy-Wright.pdf

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.5	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.6	I'm Shailen Back.
0:17.6	And I'm Carly Gehman.
0:18.8	We're your co-hosts.
0:20.2	Today we feel very privileged to welcome to the studio, Sister Amy Wright, the new second
0:26.0	counselor in the new primary general presidency.
0:28.4	Sister Wright, welcome.
0:29.4	Thank you.
0:30.1	Thank you for having me.
0:31.3	What a glorious experience.
0:33.1	We're really excited.
0:34.0	You feel that way.
0:35.8	I feel so lucky to have you.
0:37.4	Yes. As a quick introduction,
0:39.0	and we'll be getting to know Sister Wright throughout the episode, but we wanted to share a little
0:43.0	bit about her for our listeners. She was just recently sustained in April of 2021 as the second
0:49.1	counselor in the primary general presidency with Sister Camille Johnson as president and
0:54.0	Sister Susan Porter as first counselor.
0:57.0	And some of you may recognize we actually interviewed Sister Porter just a few months ago on the episode in her role capacity as a Relief Society advisory council member.
1:06.0	So we'll link to that as well so you can go and get to know her.
1:09.0	Not many may know that Sister Wright also had
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