Alma Ch19

Okay, some of the verses in this chapter have been my favorite for a while now, and I can't wait to share them with you! You might be able to tell which ones they are....but I will do my normal routine and tell about the happenings of the chapter. Lamoni is woken up and tells of all the wonders he beheld while 'sleeping' then his whole household goes into the same trance he had fallen in. This sets off an example for the whole kingdom and a church is set up for the many that were baptized.
Lamoni stayed in the state he fell into last chapter for 2 days and 2 nights before the queen called for Ammon to know what she should do concerning the king because she had heard from the servants he was a holy prophet (v1-4). The queen requested Ammon to check him out, but he already knew what was going on with Lamoni, because he's awesome like that and went through the same experience when he was converted with his brothers and Alma (v5-6). Ammon told the queen (who we never get to learn the name of!!! grr) that Lamoni is not dead but is sleeping and learning of God, and will rise tomorrow (v7-8).
So Ammon asks if she believes him, and she says that even though there is no proof except the word of Ammon and the servants who vouched for him, she believed all he had said (v9). She is so blessed for this strong faith because not many people have that amazing faith, even among the Nephites (v10). This wonderfully faithful queen watched over her husband until he awoke and heard him say, "Blessed be the name of God, and blessed art thou" (v11-12). She listens as he tells her of Christ's coming and believed him and they were swept with joy into another coma state, closely followed by Ammon, and the servants who had the fear of the Lord in them (v13-15).
Not all of the servants fainted though, there was Abish who had already been converted that was there to witness that all these unconscious people were not dead, but being visited by the Holy Spirit of God (v16-17). She starts to tell people to come see how the whole royal house had fainted on the ground, and of course, they didn't see this as a good thing but as a great evil (v18-20). There was among them some of those bandits from the river, or at least the brother of one who had been killed by Ammon, who wanted to avenge his brother's death and went to attack the sleeping Ammon, but as he lifted his sword he fell dead (v21-22). Silly bandit...Ammon is being protected by the Lord who promised Mosiah that his sons would be fine on their mission (v23).
At first everyone was fearful of the marvelous things happening, and they wondered how this could be, so they came up with some wild ideas; some minds turned again to the Great Spirit possibility, but others thought it was evil monsters (v24-27). As everyone was arguing about what could have caused this craziness, Abish was troubled at the contention she caused and took the queen by the hand to rouse her (v28). It worked because the queen awoke and started declaring that she had been saved by Jesus through mercy from an awful hell (v29).
She then woke the king who quickly stopped the contention that was going on, and through his teachings of what he had learned, many believed and were converted to the Lord (v30-31). There were many testimonies about changing hearts, and experiences shared by Ammon, the servants, the queen, and the king, yet some still decided they would rather leave (v32-34). All the teachings caused many to be baptized, and the people in general became to be righteous and establish a church in the land which brought about blessings from heaven (v35-36). I'll mention this again, but this chapter is a good example of the ripple effect for example:
Ammon->Lamoni->Lamoni's wife->servants->subjects of Lamoni->more to come