It was shortly after Roots Tech last year that my wife and I suffered a miscarriage.

And that was a very gut-wrenching, difficult experience.

And the only thing that the two of us knew to do at that time, at that moment of grief,

was to go to the house of the Lord, to seek solace there.

And so we went and we performed ceilings

and had the most exquisite,

beautiful, spiritual experience

and confirmation of the reality of eternal families.

This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News.

Welcome to the Church News podcast.

Today we're taking you on a journey of connection

as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each year the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Each year the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts on the world's biggest family history event,

RootsTech. And this year, RootsTech 2026 is expected to be bigger than ever. And we are excited

today to welcome Jonathan Wing, who is the organizer of RootsTech

2026 to talk about what to expect this year at the event and how you can participate and feel

the spirit of Elijah increase in your lives. And Jonathan, we're excited to have you join us

again this year. It's so good to be back. Thank you. I feel like a broken record saying that RootsTech was bigger than it

had ever been last year, but it was another record-breaking year. How do you continue to build on the

momentum of Roots Tech year after year to help people be engaged in family history work?

You know, I think that the momentum is already there. It's the awareness.

And when more people know what's taking place, it just continues to grow. But we as organizers of

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