Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of Follow Him. My name's Hank Smith. I'm your host. I'm here with my

Instrument co-host John by the way. way welcome John the title of this week's lesson is I will

make an instrument of the Alma 17 through 22 so John when you think of Alma 17 through 22, what do you think of?

I have students, hey, is there a good book I could read before my mission and I'm like,

Alma?

Yeah, read Alma 17 through 22 and what I love about it is their stories but there's so many

principles that we can draw out and look at that could help and so many in our culture if they haven't been on a mission

they know people who haven't heard stories and they're great ones in here so

that's what I'm looking forward to. Absolutely missionary work is a major theme.

John we're with Dr. Brian Mead today.

Fantastic friend of mine.

We've been friends for over a decade.

One of the most brilliant people I know.

Brian, what are we looking forward to today? Where are you going to take us?

Do you know what, I love the story of almond.

I mean, 12-year-old me thought the story of salmon cutting off the arms of the people,

trying to protect the flocks of King Lam cutting off the arms of the people trying to protect the

flocks of King Lamoni is the greatest story ever and current me I still love the

story of Ammon and his brothers just go on this layman night mission however I've grown to love how the lives of so many people

are changed as they come to understand their identity as children of

heavenly parents. We live in a culture where identity has talked so much about and I love what President

Nelson taught to the young adults a few years ago when he said I believe that if the

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