Behind the Yearning for Zion Gates

At dinnertime, Oprah joined Richard, Joy, Alice, Rosie and their nine children. When asked about having children with multiple women, Richard says it's a hard conversation to have. "It's a discussion that takes a lot of spiritual training and understanding to understand the principles in that way of life," he says. 

Watch a typical day for Richard and his family 

Maggie, another member of the YFZ Ranch, says living with other women is not difficult and the women regard one another as sisters. "If I didn't live with other women, I would never know about myself. I would never discover the weaknesses in my human flesh," she says. "The bottom line of our way of life is self-improvement, and what better way to improve yourself than live with other women and learn to overcome your bad feelings and jealousy and just live to bless? And that makes a better person of me if I do that."