When I was recently called to serve as primary president in my ward, I thought, how neat would it be if I was able to interview a member of the primary general presidency to get advice about how I can effectively serve in primary, an auxiliary where I have admittedly not spent a lot of time since I was a child.

I put in a long shot request and was so excited when I was told that I would

have the opportunity to interview President Susan H. Porter. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

President Susan H. Porter is originally from Oklahoma, but was raised in New York State. In 1977,

she married her husband, Bruce D. Porter, who later served as a general authority 70. Elder Porter passed away in 2016. They are the parents of four children. After a year of serving as first counselor in the primary general presidency, President Porter was sustained as primary general president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in April

2022.

This is All-In, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be

all in the gospel of Jesus Christ? I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to be here with

President Susan H. Porter. President Porter, welcome. Thank you so much, Morgan. I've loved

listening to this podcast. Oh, you're so sweet. Well, I told you as you walked in that I have wanted to interview you since you got called. And so this is a dream come true for me. I wanted to start. And actually, I should say, I asked Irene when I reached out to her, I said, I just got called as a primary president in my ward. And I haven't spent a lot of time in primary. So I feel

like I have so much to learn. And I'm excited to have the chance to learn from you. But you spoke

in general conference about how you grew up in a part member family. And I think that has to be such

an interesting experience that is very formative in terms of your gospel development.

So I wondered how did that shape who you are?

And how do you feel that it's allowed you to relate to families with varying circumstances all around the world?

Yeah.

Thank you for that question.

Yes, my mother is the youngest of 10 children,

grew up in Salt Lake City, convert, great grandparents from England, so she grew up in that

environment. My father is German, Jewish, and was actually a refugee from Germany just before World War II.

So they had very different life experiences growing up.

But when they married, they agreed that the children could be raised in the church.

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