Andrea Veronica Munoz Spannaus | The Lord Multiplies Our Efforts

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Have you ever felt overwhelmed or stressed from a Church calling, assignment, or in your efforts to live the gospel of Jesus Christ? In this episode, Andrea Veronica Munoz Spannuas, Relief Society Advisory Council Member, offers wisdom and ideas for replacing feelings of anxiety surrounding service and gospel living with joy and peace. Sharing her personal experience serving and leading in the Church as a young convert in Argentina, Andrea asserts that youth are ready and able to lead, and that Jesus Christ multiplies our efforts in service to be more than enough. Witnessing of God’s love and sharing valuable lessons learned, Andrea also tells the story of her family’s experience with adoption. Resources: Andrea Veronica Munoz Spannaus bio: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society-organization/this-is-your-relief-society/general-leaders/andrea-veronica-munoz-spannaus?lang=eng Church News: Why Young Women class presidencies are needed now more than ever https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2020-10-08/young-women-general-presidency-class-presidencies-needed-pandemic-195072 Transcript: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/latter-day-saints-channel/bc/mormon-channel/images/audio/lds-women/pdf/Andrea-Spannuas.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.
0:11.9	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.9	I'm Shailen Back.
0:17.9	And I'm Carly Geiman.
0:19.5	We are your co-hosts.
0:20.6	And today we are so thrilled to welcome to the studio, Andrea, Veronica Munoz Spinaus, as our guest. Andrea, welcome. Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here. We're happy to have you. We're so happy to have you. As a quick introduction, Andrea was called to serve on the Relief Society Advisory Council just last year in 2020.
0:39.8	She was born in Argentina and joined the church when she was just nine years old with her
0:43.7	family.
0:44.7	She shared with us just the wealth of experiences and opportunities that she had at a pretty
0:49.6	young age to serve and to lead in the church.
0:52.7	And she is very passionate about how we can give those
0:55.4	same opportunities to the young people in our lives. Andrea also served as a young missionary
1:00.0	in Argentina and then as a mission leader with her husband in Mexico. And personally, I've just
1:04.7	loved getting to know Andrea. She's so wise and so loving. And we're just excited that our
1:10.0	listeners get to hear from her today. So again,
1:11.8	Andrea, thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here.
1:15.0	Andrea, you shared with us that you feel very strongly about discussing how as women,
1:20.4	we can help strengthen children and youth in the church, this rising generation. And we want to
1:25.9	begin by asking why this topic has specifically been on
1:29.7	your mind. Why is it important to you? Well, the other day I read something Elder Irings said in
1:35.0	2004. Speaking of the youth, I'm going to read it. He said many of them are remarkable in their
1:42.5	spiritual maturity and in their faith, but even the best of
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