Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - An Anti-Acne Angel • followHIM Favorites • April 22 - April 28 • Come Follow Me

Episode Date: April 19, 2024

John Bytheway shares a personal story of how a prayer over a deep concern was answered by the service of another.SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTSEnglish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM17ENFrench: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM17FRPortuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM17PTSpanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM17ESYOUTUBEhttps://youtu.be/W_d2RkSGpIkALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTESfollowHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.comFREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKSNew Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBookOld Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBookWEEKLY NEWSLETTERhttps://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletterSOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcastThanks to the followHIM team:Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, SponsorDavid & Verla Sorensen: SponsorsDr. Hank Smith: Co-hostJohn Bytheway: Co-hostDavid Perry: ProducerKyle Nelson: Marketing, SponsorLisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show NotesJamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic DesignWill Stoughton: Video EditorKrystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, WebsiteAriel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonaldhttps://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

Hello my friends, welcome to Follow Him Favorites, you know the drill. John and I are sharing a single lesson to go with each week's lesson. John we're in Mosiah 1-3 today, King Benjamin, you've told me you have a great story. Yeah, I do. We all love Mosiah 2-17. When you're in the service of your fellow beings, you're only in the service of your God. There's a President Spencer W. Kimball quotation that fits nicely with this and you know

it Hank, I know you do and we've heard it on the podcast. God does notice us and he watches over us but it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Right, so it's usually not through thunder and lightning or an angel or a visitation or something, it's usually another person. Here I was Hank, I served in Here I was, Hank. I was serving in my mission in the Philippines. I was excited because as a teenager, I had, shall we say, an active complexion. I had a lot of acne. I don't see it now as much. It was hard and it made me self-conscious. Hank, there were days I stayed home from school. I didn't want to go to school as a 16-year-old. Anyway, I was want to go to school as a 16 year old. Anyway,

I was excited to go to the Philippines because I thought, Oh, it'll probably be really sunny. And for some reason, having a bit of a tan seemed to help. I got there and it actually got worse. There's a condition I've heard of called tropical acne. I think maybe I had that. That'd be a terrible drink, tropical. Yeah, it sounds horrible. I never buy Shasta tropical acne flavor. So one day, I remember it was getting bad to the point that I could tell people weren't looking me in the eye. They were looking at my face and scanning. That looks kind of like a constellation right there. I was already kind of self-conscious. So that's just the truth. I remember one night, just heavenly father, maybe this isn't that important to you,

but this is bad. People aren't listening to me. We get done with the lesson and they want to talk about something for my face instead of the lesson. Literally happened. Take these leaves and smash them up and they're giving me home remedies. Thank you. Yeah these leaves and smash them up and you know, they're giving me home remedies. Thank you. Yeah, thanks so much. So what did you think about the Book of Mormon? It's affecting the work and I need this to clear up and it would help me everything. And it was amazing, Hank, because true story. Next Zone Conference. My memory is very soon after, got to go check my mission journal. Sister Strohmeyer walks up to me at zone conference. The first thing she said was, Elder, by the way, I want you to

take these pills, break up the powder and some rubbing alcohol, rub it on your skin the morning and the evening. Just do this, okay? Just do this. Okay. And so I did. And Hank, when you watch my movie in heaven, you will see this event. It cleared up my face in three days. To this day, I think of Sister Strohmeier as somebody that just had the courage to walk up and say, I want to help you with this. And she did. I love it. It is usually through another person. And one day I will rise up and call Sister Stromeyer blessed

because she helped me through that very self-conscious time on my mission. You got sent your own acne angel there. I mean, I don't think she'd ever been to medical school, but she just wanted to. That's awesome. When you're in the service of your fellow beings, think she'd ever been to medical school, but she just wanted to. That's awesome. When you're in the service of your fellow beings, you are in the service of God. We hope you'll join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts and then come back next week. We'll do another Follow Him favorites.