Heart Transplant from Grandson • followHIM Favorites • Apr. 6 - 12 • Come Follow Me

Hank Smith· Host0:00

[gentle music] Welcome to Follow Him Favorites. This is where John and I share a single story to go with each week's Come, Follow Me lesson. John, Exodus seven through 13, you've told me you have a story that fits. What is it?

John Bytheway· Host0:15

Yeah. You remember after all these plagues, boy, Moses says the coolest thing, Exodus 13:3, "Moses said unto the people, 'Remember this day in which you're come out of Egypt.'" That idea of remembering a day. Hank, when's your anniversary?

Hank Smith· Host0:30

That would be March 18th.

John Bytheway· Host0:32

You remember that day.

Hank Smith· Host0:34

Yeah, absolutely.

John Bytheway· Host0:34

Okay. Mine's November 28th. When's your birthday?

Hank Smith· Host0:37

That would be May 12th.

John Bytheway· Host0:38

[laughs] You know mine. October 8th. So you just, you remember those things.

Hank Smith· Host0:42

Yeah.

John Bytheway· Host0:42

They're important days. Elder Dale G. Renlund, in April of 2020, he gave a talk, and he told this amazing story. He said, "I became acquainted with Thomas Nielsen, a remarkable man who needed a heart transplant. He was 63 years old," [laughs] that hits home- [laughs] "... and lived in Logan, Utah, in the United States. Following military service during World War II, he married Donna Wilkes in the Logan Utah Temple, became an energetic and successful brick mason. In later years, he especially enjoyed working with his oldest grandchild, Jonathan, during school vacations. The two developed a special bond, in part because Tom saw so much of himself in Jonathan. Tom found waiting for a donor heart frustrating. He was not a particularly patient man. He'd always been able to set and achieve