I'm
not sure how to even introduce this...Mark and I have co-written many
social media and blog posts over the years; however, he hasn't felt
prepared before to share his story by himself outside of service within
our stake. This morning, his first podcast interview has been released
on an amazing podcast called "Stories of Hope in Hard Times." Tamara K.
Anderson has a lovely mission to share how individuals have found God in
hard times.
In
his interview, Mark speaks of how he has allowed Jesus Christ to enter
his life through his struggles with anxiety, depression, suicidal
thoughts, mental health, job losses, and pornography and sex addiction.
Surely, many can relate with these challenges after a year like we've
been having!
Although
it has been far from a thorn-less journey, I count myself as a lucky,
lucky girl to have Mark at my side!!! He is an incredible man, and I
admire his courage to be willing to share from his stretching life
experiences. I am delighted that you have the chance to get a tiny peak
of what I see on a daily basis! 
From the interview, "I wasn't cured of anxiety and depression and I still have ups, downs,
peaks and valleys in life. So having a bad stretch of a couple of days
or a bad day, I can still find myself reminded of how desired I am by
the adversary, me personally, for the good that I want to do for the
good that I am doing, or even for just the influence that I want to
have. When the adversary backs me into that corner, it invites me to
give up the progress that I feel that I've made. Something that I can
see now is that I wasn't able to see in that moment. My fear, anxiety,
distress and hopelessness were going unchecked. At any time in my life,
when that's happening, those can be trigger points to send me back into
some mental health struggle. So I'm not immune to it. But I'm aware of
it now. I can do something a whole lot more than I could in that moment
without having a plan."
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