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.

You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.

I'm Shailen Back.

And I'm Carly Geiman. We are your co-hosts.

And today we are so excited to welcome to the podcast, Sister Susan Porter, a member of the Relief Society General Board.

Sister Porter, welcome. And thank you for being here. Thank you so much. We're so glad to have you.

As a quick introduction, Sister Porter was born in Oklahoma, raised in rural New York. She and her husband,

Bruce Porter, raised their four children kind of all over the United States and the world,

Massachusetts, Virginia, Germany, and Utah. Elder Porter was called as a member of the 70 and

1995, and she served with him as he served in the Middle East and North Africa area and the Europe East area of the church.

Elder Porter passed away in December of 2016, and Sister Porter was called the next year to the General Relief Society Board in 2017.

And she plays such an important role on the board and I think brings so many important perspectives and life experiences.

And we're just excited to have her here in the studio today. So thanks again. Thank you.

And we're so fortunate to be able to have you in the studio. During this recording, we're in the

midst of the global pandemic COVID. And it's been really neat for us to be able to have a place

where we can safely record or socially distant.

And anyway, we're just really glad to have you.

So we wanted to begin the conversation today jumping in.

You shared that you were raised in rural New York.

And something a little bit unique about your upbringing is that you came from a part member family.

So your mom was a member of the church.

Your dad was not.

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