Never Divided

"We are always together," Wedner says. "There's a strong feeling that we're all brothers, and I love my brothers." Esperandieu echoes the same feeling: "I can count on them."

That's what Young Men leaders have noticed, too.

"They're friends everywhere they go," says Michael "Bo" Browne, newly sustained Immokalee Young Men president. "It's not a situation where if they're in school, they avoid eye contact. They're friends and brothers outside of the Church as well as inside, and I think that's the key."

"They have taught me a lot of things," says a previous Young Men president, Frank Fernandez. "But their love for each other is the best example I've received. That's the kind of love we should have toward everybody. Because of that love, they are fearless. They're not afraid to open their mouths and talk to their friends about the gospel."

"We're all counseled to bring our friends and relatives unto Christ," says recently released Immokalee Young Men president and Scoutmaster Clark Robinson, "and we feel like we should do it because we're hearing people tell us we should. But these young men do it because they found peace here, and they're eager to have those they care about feel what they feel and know what they know. It reminds me of Lehi's dream, when he partakes of the fruit of the tree and immediately wants to share his happiness.

"The Lord has asked everyone to take what we have and add to it. So do the math. A willing spirit plus the correct principles equals a happy, large quorum and a growing branch or ward in the Church," Brother Robinson says.