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Okay, and so when I was on a mission in Guatemala, we showed up a little film strip and a little

film strip was, I think it was called Ancient America Speaks, I'm not sure, but I think

have you seen this film strip?

Ancient America, what?

Ancient America Speaks, I think it was called, but I'm not sure, but here was the basic premise.

It was that Jesus lived in the old world and he visited people there, but he also said

in the Bible, other sheep I have that are not of this fold, them too shall hear my word.

And then it said, did you know that Jesus after he died came and visited the Americas?

And he came to America, his big earthquake came to America, set down, called 12 apostles,

and the church, and this is what the Book of Mormon claims.

And the people prior to Jesus were already believing that Jesus was going to come.

They were baptizing in his name.

They were setting up temples or doing rituals that were kind of Jewish or pre-Christian

rituals, but the Jesus came, called 12 apostles, started his church.

And there's evidence of that in the New World, because there's this legend of a great

white god, maybe his name was Ketzel Quaddle, who came and visited.

There was a light, there are hieroglyphs about a light-skinned people and a dark-skinned

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