that's where I live.
We got such a treat this weekend when Elder Packer told us repeatedly in a South East Idaho Regional Satellite Stake Conference to be proud of where you are from. Don't take a backseat. Be grateful for your heritage and where you are from. Tell people : "My name is ......., and I'm from Ucon, Idaho.
Mind you he told EVERYONE in South East Idaho this, so we Uconites were really excited.....
This is roughly how his story went:
President Kimball was speaking to a young missionary. He asked, “Elder, where are you from?”
“Oh, I’m from Idaho?”
“Where in Idaho?”
“Eastern Idaho.”
“Well, where in Eastern Idaho?”
“Oh, near Idaho Falls.”
“Well, where near Idaho Falls?”
“I’m from a small town northeast of Idaho Falls.”
“Elder, are you from Ucon?”
This missionary was surprised President Kimball would know where Ucon is.
President Kimball said to him, “Elder, let me teach you something. Any time anyone asks you where you are from, say, ‘I’m from Ucon, Idaho!’ If they say, ‘Ucon? I’ve never heard of that,’ then say to them, ‘You’ve never heard of Ucon? It’s as big as Chicago!’”
Not as many people there, but it’s as big as Chicago.
We love you President Packer!!!! (especially here in Ucon....!!!!)
P.S. This is a true story about Brother Farnsworth from our very own ward. He told us about it in a talk once.