This is Come Follow Me for us, a weekly podcast where we feast on the words of Christ and have fun doing it.

I'm your host, Melanie Straub.

Oh my gosh, I never look.

Why do I never look before I start talking?

Doctrine and Covenants, 81 through 83, where much is given, much is required.

We have had a lovely three-week break.

And by we, I mean me.

It was so great.

And I really did learn that I like my life much better when I'm not doing the podcast.

A lot less stress, a lot more freedom to watch a

movie on a plane or play a game with a random stranger next to me. It was lovely. I had many people

say that they were behind and they got caught up. So maybe every couple months I should take a few weeks off

so that y'all can get caught up and then we'll all be at the same place.

So you're welcome.

Okay.

When I got on iTunes this morning to figure out which podcast I was even on,

there was a new review this morning that made me laugh. It said,

too much fun, question mark. I enjoy this podcast because Melanie is such an authentic person.

Somehow, this is the part that made me laugh. Somehow, I ended up enjoying this podcast, even when

she stays off topic a lot of time, does goofy things like finding original audio tapes from Joseph Smith times and laughing and crying in the same sentence. Somehow it works. I don't know why that just cracked me up, but it was like, somehow I figured out how to like this girl.

Thank you, King, Mochi, a king. A king likes this podcast. That's also amazing. You guys, I'm a little

silly. Have you noticed? It's starting off a little silly.

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