Should've Listened to My Mum • followHIM Favorites • April 20-26 • 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 lesson. John, we're in the Ten Commandments this week. I read, "Honor thy father and thy mother," and I have a story for you.

John Bytheway· Co-host0:15

Hmm.

Hank Smith· Host0:15

This is Elder Patrick Kearon 16 years ago in general conference.

John Bytheway· Co-host0:20

Hmm.

Hank Smith· Host0:20

He said he was seven years old. He lives in the Arabian Peninsula. I don't know why he's seven and lives there, but he says- [laughs] ... "I was consistently told by my parents to always wear shoes." He has a way better accent than me.

John Bytheway· Co-host0:33

Yeah.

Hank Smith· Host0:34

He said, "I knew that the shoes would protect my feet against the many threats of the desert: snakes, scorpions, thorns." I like he put those in order. Snakes.

John Bytheway· Co-host0:42

Hmm.

Hank Smith· Host0:42

Scorpions. And even worse, thorns.

John Bytheway· Co-host0:44

Thorns. Yeah.

Hank Smith· Host0:45

Yeah. [laughs] "One morning after a night's camping in the desert, I wanted to go exploring, but I didn't want to bother putting on my shoes. I rationalized that I was only going for a little wander, and I would stay close by the camp. So instead of shoes, I wore my flip-flops. I told myself, 'Flip-flops are shoes, sort of. What could possibly happen?' As I walked along the cool sand in my flip-flops, I felt something like a thorn going into the arch of my foot. I looked down and saw not a thorn, a scorpion."

John Bytheway· Co-host1:16

Ooh.

Hank Smith· Host1:16

"As my mind registered the scorpion and I realized what had just happened, the pain of the sting began to rise from my foot and up my leg. I grabbed the top of my leg and tried to stop the pain from moving farther. I cried out for help,