The Names That Find Us | Receiving Names for Family History Through Revelation (LDS)

How can you receive names for family history and temple work through personal revelation — and can a young single adult really do it? In this Latter-day Saint (LDS) episode of Thinning of the Veil, host Tia Smith sits down with Jordan, a young single adult and returned missionary who served in the Philippines, to talk about the revelatory experiences that began the moment he started praying to help gather Israel on the other side of the veil. Jordan shares how a dream of a scroll of names led him to Peter W. Hyde, how a second dream plus a friend's prompting led him to a name ending in "Johnston," and how names now come to him in the shower or mid-workout — the very same pattern of personal revelation we use to know who to minister to here. He and Tia connect this work to overcoming social anxiety and the numbing pull of constant scrolling, drawing on Elder David A. Bednar's April 2026 general conference teaching that as we serve the Savior we gradually turn outward and are changed to become more like Him, and Elder Gerrit W. Gong's 2026 Church video on hearing God's voice in an age of AI. It's a testimony that God knows every name — on both sides of the veil — and that the gathering of Israel is a mission you can begin at any age, receiving names through revelation just as the prophets did. Q: How can I receive names for family history and temple work through personal revelation? A: Latter-day Saints can receive names the same way they receive promptings about who to minister to — by asking in prayer and paying attention to what comes, whether through a dream, a name that surfaces during an ordinary moment, or a pull toward a particular record. In this episode, a young single adult named Jordan describes receiving names through a vivid dream and even while working out or in the shower, then finding real temple work waiting to be done for each one. Q: Can doing family history and temple work actually help with anxiety? A: In this episode Jordan shares that turning outward to serve others — including ancestors on the other side of the veil — helped him overcome years of social anxiety, because focusing on someone else's needs pulled him out of self-focus. He ties it to Elder David A. Bednar's April 2026 general conference message "All Who Have Endured Valiantly," where Bednar taught that as we serve the Savior we "focus less on our own desires and interests" and are gradually changed to become more like Him. Q: Do people on the other side of the veil need our help, and can they help us back? A: Yes — this episode teaches that those who have accepted the gospel in the spirit world are waiting on ordinances they cannot perform for themselves, and that as we do that vicarious work for them, they in turn pray for and minister to us in these last days. Tia Smith describes how doing temple work for an unknown ancestor grew real love for that person, which in turn revealed how the Savior feels about each of us. Q: Can young single adults receive revelation for the gathering of Israel, or is that only for the "very spiritual"? A: The episode's message is that revelation for this work is available to anyone who asks, regardless of age or self-perceived spiritual standing, because "God is not a respecter of persons." Jordan, a returned missionary and young single adult, describes pushing past his own doubt that he wasn't spiritual enough — and then receiving his first name the very week he began praying for it. ▶️ WATCH & LISTEN 🎬 YouTube:    / @thinningoftheveil   🌐 Website: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jWCfMH... 🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a0a... 📖 BOOK Patterns of Revelation — Spiritual Foundations for Hearing God's Voice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW36MG9B 📱 CONNECT Instagram:   / thinning.of.the.veil   Facebook Group (Gathering of the Gatherers):   / 1429562078443774   Facebook Page:   / thinningoftheveil   💛 SUPPORT THE SHOW Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningo... PayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil ✉️ Have you had a thinning of the veil experience? Email [email protected] — your testimony may be exactly what someone needs to hear. #ThinningOfTheVeil #SpiritWorld #TempleWork #FamilyHistory #LDS #LatterDaySaints #GatheringOfIsrael #MinisteringAngels #FamilySearch #PersonalRevelation