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.

This is episode seven, Doctor on Covenants 12 and 13.

Joseph Smith History won 66 through 75 upon you, my fellow servants.

Let's go ahead and get started with the podcast.

I have a special guest today who I have not had on in over a year and we did two

podcasts together that were the best ever.

And it is my sister, Shelby Stroud.

And now we're sisters twice over, so that's extra fun.

She's my sister and my sister-in-law. So that's amazing.

Dun-da-da-da.

Hello. Did you hear that? That is what I have to work with. And although she's amazing, editing this was not the easiest job ever.

So I'm going to go ahead and just have her start by reading the opening pair up.

Most people around the world have probably never heard of a place called Harmony, Pennsylvania.

But the Lord often chooses obscure locations for the most significant events in his kingdom.

In a wooded area near Harmony on May 15, 1829, John the Baptist appeared as a resurrected

being to Joseph Smith and Oliver Coutary. He placed his hands on their heads and conferred the

ironic priest upon them, calling them my fellow servants. To be considered a fellow servant with

John the Baptist who baptized the Savior and prepared the way for his coming must have been humbling,

perhaps even overwhelming to these two young men in their 20s. At the time, Joseph and Oliver were

relatively unknown, much as Harmony was. But service and God's work always been about how we serve,

not about who notices. However small or unseen, your contribution may seem at times,

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