Hello my friends welcome to follow him favorites this year we are telling a

single story last year we answered a single question from this week's lesson

this year we're gonna tell a single story from this week's lesson. This year we're going to tell a single story from this

week's lesson. John we are in first Nephi six through 10 the center of the

lesson being the tree of life Lehi's dream. What story comes to mind?

Oh, so many, Hank, but the one that stands out to me, Sister Elaine Dalton, in April conference of 2008,

she gave this talk called at all times in all things in

in all places and she talked about a young man named Jess who was a student body

president at a large university and he went back to Chicago to some sort of a student body president convention

council and thing like that and they had a get to know you game at the beginning and

we've done those at the FY and FSY and this get to know you game they're in an open area with grass they have four trees

with a sign in front of each one strongly agree somewhat agree somewhat disagree

strongly disagree and they start throwing out issues facing today's youth and

everybody's running to the tree and you get to know oh I like that too because you're

running the tree I was kind of surprised they would do this but they threw out premarital sexual relations are okay go and here's Jess

member of the church he runs to strongly disagree and he gets there and he turns around and guess.

He's the only one there. I'm guessing he's exactly what she said. He was the only one there and she said that other kids were laughing and

pointing like are you serious or did you hear the question? He must not have heard the

question right. He's like no no I'm serious this is how I feel and she said

there was stunned silence which I love because that's a chance for the conscience

to say something there was stunned silence then went on, but I'm laughing going, okay, so here's a kid standing alone, by a tree, while other people are laughing and pointing.

Does this remind you of anything?

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