Holy Ghost / Guidance and Direction

Tryston O’Toole Receives Confirmation of Service Mission Call

Published October 15, 2026 at 7:27 AM

2020s · 2021
Corona, California

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LDS Living Research

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After learning that he would be assigned a service mission rather than a teaching mission due to his Tourette syndrome and depression diagnoses, Tryston O’Toole and his family felt a warm, reassuring spiritual confirmation that this was a call from the Lord.

Fuller account of this event (paraphrased from the cited modern source):

After applying for a mission, Tryston O’Toole learned from his stake president that his health challenges precluded him from serving as a teaching missionary. Instead, he was offered the opportunity to serve as a service missionary. Although initially surprised, he and his family felt a clear spiritual confirmation that this path was intended for him.

In Their Own Words

“But as the stake president explained the concept of a service mission, a warm, reassuring feeling confirmed to O’Toole and his family that it was a call from the Lord. — Church News, LDS Living”

Sources & References

LDS Living (ldsliving.com), "Young man calls his LDS service mission his greatest unexpected blessing" by Church News, May 26, 2026 10:50 AM MDT. https://www.ldsliving.com/why-this-young-man-calls-his-service-mission-his-greatest-unexpected-blessing/s/13282 (account extracted verbatim from the article text; research confidence: high) Fuller account (paraphrased): How a service mission changed this young Latter-day Saint’s life https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/how-a-service-mission-changed-this-young-latter-day-saint-s-life

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