Episode 715: Meka Reed, Black LDS Convert, Suicide Survivor, New Book

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

My friend Meka Reed (baptized with her husband in October 2020, Lives in Ohio) joins us to talk about her conversation story and her new book called “My Dot Matters: Rediscovering Faith by Realizing Self-Worth”. Meka starts with her life being defined by suicidal ideation and being in the psych ward—and how they all changed when she read the Book of Mormon for the first time. That led to her attending church and getting baptized (and married) on the same day on October 10, 2020. Meka talks about how she still has mental health challenges—but suicide ideation has ended as the Gospel of Jesus Christ has provided healing, hope and purpose. Meka then talks about the spiritual impressions to write and book and the process to get it published. This is a powerful book about finding worth and meaning—and how that happened for Meka in her conversation to the Church. Thank you Meka for being on the podcast. I was so moved hearing your story. You are brave and strong—and helping many others find hope and purpose! Links: Meka’s New Book: https://mydotmatters.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.0	My guest on today's podcast, joining me from her home in Ohio is my new friend Mika Reid.
0:17.1	Welcome to the podcast, Mika.
0:19.3	Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:22.1	Mika is a new convert to the church and also an author with a book that's coming out in
0:29.3	November. It's available right now if you listen to the podcast, really close to release date
0:34.6	is a pre-order or you can use the same link we'll put in the show
0:38.5	notes and just be able to order it. She's going to share her story just having a really hard
0:45.8	life, even times feeling suicidal and ending up in a psych ward and how meeting the missionaries
0:52.9	and being willing to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ.
0:56.4	And she's going to share some of her story as an African American and how she navigated some of
1:01.7	those topics a little bit about the Book of Mormon and talking about, I think she'll talk about
1:08.8	Lamanites being cursed with a dark skin
1:10.8	and how she navigated that.
1:13.8	Anyway, she got baptized in October of 2022,
1:17.2	so recording this podcast
1:18.5	about a year after baptism.
1:21.4	2020.
1:23.1	So you've been baptized for three years.
1:26.6	Yes, just had the anniversary.
1:29.1	Well, we got that wrong.
1:30.1	We got the month ripe, but the length of time.
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