Hello, my friends. Welcome to another episode of Follow Him. My name is Hank Smith, and I'm your host, and I'm here with my

Commandment Keeping Co-host, John, by the way. Welcome John, by the way.

And one of those commandments is repent. Yeah, I'm glad you keep that commandment daily.

Hey, John, we are going to be in the Gospel of John today. Does that ever get weird for you that we keep talking about the Gospel of John?

I'll take it. I like having that name. That's a good name. The Gospel of John.

In Jesus is going to say, he is the way, and you are the by the way. So, I mean, it's a perfect fit really.

John, we needed an expert to join us for these chapters in the Gospel of John. Who's joining us?

Yes. Today we have Brother Rob Eaton. We call him Dr. Eaton. He has a JD, so we can still think of him as a doctor Eaton.

And he's coming to us recently from Idaho. So, let me explain. He was the associate academic vice president for learning and teaching at BYU Idaho.

He and his wife, Diane, have four children, ten grandchildren, and two more on the way. Before presiding over the Washington Federal Way mission with his wife, Rob served as the associate academic vice president for online and pathway at BYU Idaho.

And also taught in religious education. He's a graduate of BYU and Stanford Law School. There's the JD and is the author or co-author of multiple books, including president irings biography called I will lead you along.

And also recently published improving learning and mental health in the college classroom. Did you say West Virginia was part of that?

West Virginia University press. They've got a teaching and learning series that we're proud to be part of.

Yes. And that caught my ear because my son is serving in his mission in West Virginia right now.

Wonderful. Almost heaven West Virginia. That's how I refer to it.

Brother Eaton was recently released as a stake president in Idaho and will be starting on in the religious education faculty at BYU on August 1.

So thank you for joining us today, Brother Eaton.

Thanks so much for having me. You know, John, I have been a fan since you won't recall this, but you read a manuscript of mine for Desiret book and unsolicited sent me a very kind email that I think later turned into a blurb for digging deeper for a first time author with Desiret book.

That made a huge difference to me. I'm like, John, by the way, just send me an email and he likes my book. I was thrilled. So that's great. Nice to hear Rob. Thank you for being here.

We are we're so happy to have you have been looking forward to this for a long time with sharing you with our audience.

We are going to be in the gospel of John primarily. I wanted to read this from the manual and then turn the reins over to you and see where you want to go with this.

It says today we call it the last supper, but we don't know if Jesus's disciples fully realized when they gathered for the annual Passover feast that this would be their last meal with their master before his death.

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