Hello everyone, welcome to follow him favorites. This is where John and I are sharing a single story to go with each week's lesson.

John, we're in Mormon, seven, eight, and nine this week.

There's this point where Maroni, who's now writing because Mormon, his father is passed away,

he's writing to us, and he says something that's a little harsh he says you love money you love

your substance your clothes more than you love the poor more than you love the needy

the sick and the afflicted and then he says you

adorn yourselves with that which hath no life yet you let the hungry the needy

the naked the sick and the afflicted to pass by you and you don't even notice. I have a story for you

John I want to hear what you think now I need to give a couple of disclaimers as we go so

watch out for those a couple of years ago I won't give the man's name he was a

bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ the Latter-day Saints and he decided to do something

really different for sacram meeting. Now I need to say John that since that time the

churches said please don't do things like this so I don't want anyone out there to go

oh I want to try that no no don't don't do that he wasn't breaking any rules on purpose. The Bishop decided to get up early, go to a makeup artist, and look like a real homeless person before church. Then he sat right outside the front doors of the

church as his ward was coming in. I don't want anyone out there to think oh I'm going to do this but he did learn quite a bit and I think the word learned quite a bit

He said as my word was coming in many went out of their way to purposely ignore me.

He said, sums gave me an apple, crackers, or a $20 bill.

He said I was most impressed with the children.

They definitely were eager to want to reach out and help in some way.

He was told by several members of his ward to leave the property.

I had one person who went out of his way to tell me this was not a place to ask for charity and

that I was not welcome.

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