Hollywood actress joins the LDS Church!! | with Dana and Kyle 

My mom and I were grateful to be interviewed by Saints Unscripted (their whole team is AWESOME!) allowing us to share our story (and my book, “Reaching For The Brightest Star” 🌟), as we strive to shine the celestial light of our savior Jesus Christ and share the incredible happiness He offers…to live your best life. ❤😊 Never give up. Keep reaching up. God bless you all 🙏 -Kyle Dane (Anderson) -Dana Kimmell (Anderson)

I'm impressed with the gratitude that the young man has for his mother. How proud and happy she must be to be his mom!

I’m so amazed by the quiet dedication of so many who choose faith over fame. Last night my wife and I went to a party hosted by a very wealthy member of the church and few know just how wealthy they are because of their humility and the way they live so far below their means. I’m so grateful for Christ and his earthly kingdom and the examples of those who have devoted their lives to it. It’s so inspiring.

As a child growing up i watched a bunch of horror movies. I remember her from Friday the 13th part 3. As much as I love horror, I totally understand her point of view and her belief. Im glad shes a strong member of the church.

This is an awesome video! I also felt the Spirit watching this😊 Fun fact: I also remember one of my missionaries who taught me when I was 16 say that “Either this gospel message is true or this is the biggest hoax there ever was”. I KNEW that what he said was a true statement and that I needed to find out for myself what that answer would be. Here I am 44 yrs later with a strong and vibrant testimony of the restored gospel on the earth 🌍 today. ☺️

Phenomenal testimonies about thinking celestial and standing for the truth, even when it’s not easy. Thank you for this episode!

You are so wonderful! Thank you for your testimonies and expamples and for being brave enough to do this. I love you so much!!!!!

I loved you're interview with you're special Dana and kyle. Beautiful mother and son love that was so heartfelt ♥️ and moving . Watching from ,Perth Australia ❤ and thank you for sharing. I too felt the spirit .

So cool to hear that on Dana turning down the terminator ( in multiple ways lol) and Also loved Kyle describing how he still loves Dan/Imagine Dragons & those who are LGBT & also stood by Christ to defend the Church & law of chastity. Power mother and son duo!

As usual on Saints Unscripted it was time very well spent! Thank you.

Thank you for shearing your conversation and specially for “Standard for the true in all places” and keeping your covenants Sacrificing your desire. And your son is “Thinking Celestial” ❤

What an amazing mother! More people like her means we will have more good kids like her's in this life. She's a blessing to her family and the world.

So nice! Thank you all for this interview!! (From a 65 year old woman.) When she described her “this is true” moment, I remembered again that feeling. ❤️

GB you all great to hear great members of the Church help us all with their testimonies tytyty 🎉🎉🎉

Such amazing examples! Never compromise your covenants. It may be difficult to see in the moment, but the rewards for following Jesus' example will be even greater than we can imagine. Thank you for sharing your stories and testimony's.

You can definitely articulate your faith Kyle. Enjoyed your stories and your testimony!

Thank you for sharing this and I loved listening to both their experiences and advice and beliefs and testimonies ! My heart got all warm ! ❤

This kinda made my day. Good night saints. Go sleep unto the lord and May He affect your dreams.

This is such a powerful interview

Beautiful. 💜💜💜

Wow, thank you for sharing your beautiful testimonies about eternal perspective and especially about the healing power of the Savior! ♥🙏

Great discussion and appreciate Dana and Kyle sharing their insight and stories. This hit me in the feels.

25:00 - "Just hold on a little longer, don't give up. Keep reaching for Jesus Christ, and He will reach for you, and He will help you get through whatever you're going through. And it will be worth it in the end." Thank you so much for saying this.

First episode that I’ve watched and it was amazing!

Loved this episode & hearing the testimonies and life stories of Dana and Kyle. Thank you :)

Blessings to all ❤

Fresno is 22 miles south of my home town. Cool

Hola Kyle, muchas gracias por compartir tus experiencias y tu fuerte testimonio, yo también pude sentir el Espíritu con sus testimonios. Y voy a comprar tu libro, me interesa mucho leerlo y compartirlo, ya que tengo hijas que necesitan mucha ayuda y fe, aunque ellas no lo sepan ahora Muchas gracias a ti y a tu mami

Great! Thank you.

Well done. I felt the Spirit during your experiences and testimonies. You're both great examples to all of us. CTR

Chris Higgins! She's my favorite Friday the 13th final girl!! So cool to see her in this

Thank you for standing firm!

11:36 One word: "integrity." It has always felt like Hollywood is the single most difficult industry for a member of the Church of Jesus Christ to work in without compromising one's values. We see LDS people excelling and even thriving in every other area of arts: music, dance, theater, fine art, animation, illustration, you name it. But in the film and TV industry, I really can't name a single actor or actress who routinely gets first billing starring roles and also professes to be a practicing member of the Church. (There are tons of faithful Latter-day Saints working in the industry behind the camera, yes, but above-the-line talent seems to be far rarer.) You always hear about all these big name stars and Oscar winners who describe themselves as "no longer practicing." I don't have to name names because you already know who they are, and there are surprisingly quite a few celebrities (including BYU grads) who describe themselves as formerly LDS but having had stepped away. (And to be clear, it is, of course, perfectly fine that they made their choices. I am happy for them and they seem super happy and content with their lives too, so go them!) Or you see a few Lds actors and actresses occasionally getting a big break but you can kind of tell that they are struggling to get other good roles afterwards (I assume largely because they choose to turn down a lot of good opportunities), and then eventually they choose to dial things down and be content to remain in the peripheries, so to speak. I also admire the heck out of these people. Jon Heder seems to be a prime example of this. I really respect that man. I remember his Hollywood career was in such an upward trajectory. He hosted SNL. He was a co-lead with Will Farrell. He was quite good. I don't know him personally so I don't know actually what happened, of course, but I could kind of see that he was most likely turning down a lot of roles. Most of the big ticket comedy at the time was very raunchy both in terms of language and sex. Judd Appatow, Parker & Stone, etc. There is no way he wasn't offered a role or at least an opportunity to audition for many of the hit movies of that time. From what I could gather from reports and interviews, at one point, it seems like Jon consciously made the personal decision to kind of step away from most of that (i.e., money and fame) in favor of not compromising his personal values and faith. I can't imagine how hard such a decision must have been, especially for someone who might have thought acting was their true passion and they had sacrificed everything to get into that position. Now, I did not know much about Dana until very recently, but it seems she's had a similar experience (maybe to a greater degree) and had chosen a similar path for herself and her family. She didn't have to make that choice but she did. I really really respect that. She literally could've been the next Linda Hamilton, but she chose something I think is far more valuable and longer lasting than that. Not everyone in the world will see it that way, but we as the members of the Church recognize that there are things that are more precious and lasting than money and fame. Thank you for your great example.

Thank you for sharing this DAna and Kyle. God bless you more guys..

BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE FROM A MOM AND A SON MAKING DIFFICULT CHOICES AGAINST THE WORLD! 😊

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I had a roommate, a tall, blonde good-looking country boy type, who had an opportunity to be in a movie. But then he got his mission call. So he turned down the movie and went on his mission. The movie? Paint Your Wagon. If you haven't seen it, it features a stuffy Mormon with two wives who come upon a mining camp in the mountains. The Mormon sells his "troublesome" rebellious wife to the miners (she's auctioned off), she becomes the wife of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood who hijack a wagonful of prostitutes, build a bawdy town, help a Christian boy have his first experience with drinking, cigars and women, etc.

Oooohhhh 🎥

I just bought the book on Kindle!

I've expressed before that I believe you to be an Alma. All I can do is share your message, but I hope to meet you someday. Christ rejected the lds in 1844, but said he would set his hand again a second time to gather israel. He never expressed who that hand would be. Your name is David, my name is Stephen. I believe you speak truth. I saw my Savior and he showed me I was rotten fruit with no seed fallen from the tree, laying on the ground mouldering. I ask him "then where is the hope?" He told me "with me, all things are possible" then he scooped me(a rotten plum) up in his hands and held me to his ear, and then he whispered something to me, then he reached up and placed this beautiful plum back on a tree, but the tree was a large water oak, and I didn't understand for a long time what that meant. But I did ask right then,"why a plum?" And he was gone. A month later I was excommunicated from the lds church and moved to a new home I had just purchased. It was early March. In the front yard was an old dead tree split in the middle fork. I got out my new chainsaw to cut it down but my new saw wouldn't run. A few days later half of the old dead tree began to bud. Then leaf out, then came the popcorn popping on the old plum tree. It took 3 tarps to catch all the plums that tree produced that season. They were a little tart, but they weren't wild. And it gave me hope. That is my truth to you. I know my Savior at least to that degree, and I believe you worship the same God. I have been searching for a messenger. To say the least, I like your message. I was baptized lds at 8, and again 12 years after the above described vision. But the lds was the large water oak. But the plum tree was Mother, and family. Your words ring true. God bless your efforts.

I lurch with “LDS church.”

Wow! You were love bombed. You took a job where you were surrounded by LDS members who actively encouraged you to convert. One of those people was your boss. That same boss hired a bunch of LDS to work for him. They brought you to a visitor center where they knew missionaries would visit you if you signed the book. These events sound like a choreographed movie.

For the love of all that the Lord has asked, it’s NOT the “LDS Church”. Please, please, please set the example of following what the Lord has asked through His prophet and stop replacing the name of Jesus Christ. Have more faith in Him to pour power down upon the things you’re attempting to do for His glory, rather than faith in the algorithm!