What Ella Jensen saw after death (and who called her back)

This is the story of Ella Jensen — a Latter-day Saint girl who died and came back again with quite the story to tell. As a short disclaimer: Stories like these can understandably be hard to believe. I myself was skeptical at first. But to be completely honest, the sources are a lot better and more abundant than I was expecting. All of this to say: The sources are linked in the description. You can come to your own conclusions — but I’m a believer.

On the night of March 2nd, 1891, Leah Rees played the harmonium as she watched over 19-year-old Ella Jenson, who had been bedridden with scarlet fever for some time at her home in Brigham City, Utah. Leah later reported that,

“About three or four o’clock in the morning, I was suddenly awakened by Ella calling me. I hurried to her bed. She was all excited and asked me to get the comb, brush, and scissors, explaining that she wanted to brush her hair and trim her fingernails and get all ready, ‘for,’ she said, ‘they are coming to get me at ten o’clock in the morning.’ I asked who was coming to get her. ‘Uncle Hans Jensen,’ she replied, ‘and the messengers. I am going to die, and they are coming at ten o’clock to get me and take me away.’”

The time came. Ella said goodbye to her loved ones. Her father, Jacob, said, “I was holding her hand and felt her pulse stop.”

Ella’s spirit left her body, and she witnessed her family mourning her death. She later said, “It was very hard for me to leave them, but as soon as I had a glimpse of the other world, I was anxious to go, and all care and worry left me.”

To read the rest of her story and to watch the video click here.