Hello everyone welcome to another follow him favorites my name is Hank Smith I'm here with John by the way and we are sharing a single story to go with each week's lesson

John we're in third-nief 8 through 11. This is the big moment for the Book of

Mormon. I brought a story for you that is absolutely one of my favorites and it's

going to tie into basically the Savior's call in 3rd Nephi 8, 9, 10, 11 to repent.

He says specifically in 3rd Nephi 9, return unto me, repent of your sins, be converted that I may heal you. I really like this story because

so often we have things in our lives when we repent that we need to let go of and

sometimes we don't want to so I thought this story goes really well with this. This was told by President

Monson. He's quoting a different story from 1974. Someone wrote this story in 1974. It's the story of Benjamin Landart, 1888 in Utah, 15 years old, works on a farm. I know you love working on a farm, John. Oh wow, yeah. Also plays the violin. It said occasionally his mother

would lock up the violin until his farm chores were done. So great was his

temptation to play the violin.

They don't have a lot of money.

Benjamin's around 19 years old, 18 19 years old.

He's invited to try out for the Territorial Orchestra. Well, they're to play in Denver this is huge he's going to play for a guy that he is the most accomplished violinist he has ever heard west of Denver.

He said report for the orchestra in the fall.

You'll be earning enough for you and enough to send home to your family, quite a bit to send home to your family.

Unbelievable. Yes, this is so great. A week after Benjamin hears this news,

his bishop calls him into his office

asked him oh and asked him if he couldn't put off playing the orchestra for a couple of years

the bishop told Benjamin that before he started earning money he owed something to the Lord. He asked Benjamin to accept a mission call. He promised their bishop if there was any way they could raise the money for him to serve a mission since they don't mean money, he would accept the call. He goes home and he tells his mother about the mission call. She's overjoyed.

She told him that his father always wanted to serve a mission, but he had been

killed before that opportunity could come.

No, wow.

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