When Elder Edward Dube was a child, his mother told their family stories and valuable life lessons while they sat beneath a mango tree close to their home. It was also under those branches where his mother taught her son that one day, he would need to venture beyond the shade of that tree.
In a new video by Deseret Book, Elder Dube explained how his mother’s lesson came to fruition for him. As a young man, he stood alone in front of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. He had been reading the Book of Mormon, which he had received from his employer, and started feeling that he should go to church. But while he knew where the meetinghouse was located, he stayed a safe distance away for a few Sundays, watching those who went inside from across the street.