Hello and welcome to follow him favorites. If you've been following us this year you know that we've been

telling a single story for each week's lesson. John we are in 2nd Nephi 21-20 through 25 all Isaiah what story do you have for us in these

Isaiah chapters there's a verse 2nd Nephi 21. He shall set up an end sign for the nations.

And what that means is they would hold up a church magazine. No.

And then sign is like a flag or a banner, a gathering point, right? Hold up an ensign to the nation.

There's a place in Salt Lake City they called Ensign Peak, where their early brother

and when they came in kind of literally set up an ensign to say hey let's gather right

great story April 2004 I think elder Earl C. Tingy told a story about being asked by

President Hinckley to go open a certain nation in Africa to the opening missionary work.

You can imagine getting an assignment from President Hinkley. Yes, sir, absolutely. And so he went there, he said I got 20 minutes with a cabinet member, I think it was the minister of religion.

And he said, I met with him and told him this is what we'd like to do, this is what we have to offer, we'd love to have missionaries come to your country and after 20 minutes the man stood up and said I really don't see that you have anything to offer that we don't already have and he stood up and started to usher him to the door.

And the elder team was like, oh no.

Oh no.

I failed.

In a minute our meeting would be over, what do I do?

Said a quick prayer and he said, sir,

if you will just give me five more minutes

then I promise I'll leave and he said okay and he

pulled out of his wallet a mini and signed to the nations and many for the strength of youth.

It wasn't this edition, this is the newest, a couple years old, he said this is something

we give to all of our youth. I think he had the 1990 edition. And they just started reading some of the standards,

you know, treat your date with respect, listen to good music, I mean,

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