John and Jean Groberg: A Mission to “The Other Side of Heaven”
All In
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🗓️ 27 November 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hundreds of thousands have been touched by the mission experiences of John Groberg, but have they heard it straight from the source? Listen to John and his wife, Jean, open up about their real-life love story and lessons they learned in Tonga that inspired the beloved The Other Side of Heaven movies.
“I said, ’So you’re the lucky girl who gets to play the part of my wife' . . . and her first comment, she just looked for a while and said, ‘You really love her, don’t you?’ I said, ‘I sure do.’ And I think she felt that and tried to convey that.”
Show Notes:
1:25- Your Life in a Movie
2:14- Heeding a Prophet’s Voice
4:00- Memories in Living Color
5:45- Jean’s Life While John was Gone
7:40- Anne Hathaway and Christopher Gorham
11:44- Feki
14:33- Tonga Comes to Life for Jean
17:25- A Tongan Way of Life
29:19- The Fire of Polynesian Faith
33:35- A Light That Draws People to Jesus Christ
37:20- What Does It Mean To You To Be “All In”?
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| 0:00.0 | Of his mission Elder John H. Groberg said, |
| 0:03.5 | Let me state clearly that I do not fill my mission was any more special or purposeful than any other person's mission. |
| 0:11.5 | Everyone's mission and marriage is special to them because it is theirs. |
| 0:16.5 | And if they put their whole heart and soul into it, God will make it eternally meaningful." |
| 0:24.5 | However, John Groberg's mission has become meaningful to many people around the world. |
| 0:30.5 | Specifically, the Tongan people he came to love, his future wife, and not to mention the hundreds of thousands of people who have watched other side of heaven one and two. |
| 0:43.5 | Elder John H. Groberg is an emeritus general authority 70. |
| 0:49.5 | He and his wife, Gene Groberg, are the parents of 11 children. |
| 0:53.5 | Just 10 years after returning home from his young mission to Tonga, the Grobergs, along with their five young daughters, return to Tonga as mission president and wife. |
| 1:06.5 | This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, |
| 1:11.0 | what does it really mean to be All-In, the gospel of Jesus Christ? |
| 1:15.5 | I'm Morgan Jones and I'm honored to have John and Gene Groberg here with me today, Elder and Sister Groberg, welcome. |
| 1:22.5 | Thank you. |
| 1:23.5 | We are so excited to have you. |
| 1:25.5 | First of all, let's talk about these movies. |
| 1:29.5 | These movies, other side of heaven one and two, are based on your lives, which is pretty surreal. |
| 1:36.5 | Is it weird to have your life in a movie? |
| 1:39.5 | It is, definitely. |
| 1:41.0 | I can only imagine, but did you ever anticipate that so many people would respond to the movie in the way they did or that it would have the success that it's had? |
| 1:53.5 | Never, never even thought of it. |
| 1:57.0 | Never even thought we would have a movie in the first place. |
| 1:59.5 | So, you know, the answer is, it wasn't anything we planned or hoped for. |
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