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John and I are sharing a single story to go with each week's lesson.

John, we have a bunch of sections of the Doctrine Covenants this week, 30 through 36.

They're all about missionary work.

And this phrase comes up over and over.

Open your mouth.

In all of these sections, open your mouth. You've told me that you

have a story for that phrase. Oh, Hank, you're just not going to believe this. Years ago, I did a tape.

Remember cassette tapes? I remember those. About meeting people from the Book of Mormon because they say,

I will meet you.

I mean, it's going to happen. Nephi says, one day you'll meet me.

This kid said, I was working at a car dealership, and I was listening to that tape on my

walkman on a bus, and I fell asleep. And that is usually the impact my tapes have on young people.

He said, I fell asleep.

I woke up and this man was looking at me and he said, who's Nephi?

And I was like, why?

And he said, in your sleep, I guess you are asleep, you said, hi, Nephi.

And he was like, oh, well, it's this person in the book of Mormon. It's this

book called the Book of Mormon. And he started telling this guy, and he gave him his seminary scriptures,

this kid, and told him all about who Nephi was. He sent me an email about this, and he was so

excited. He said, I met that man later and he had joined

the church. And I'm like, okay, if a kid can say two words in his sleep, imagine what we could do

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