 Two of the children, Jimmy and Julie, encounter personal struggles that help them rediscover and fulfill their foreordained missions in life.Although no explicit time frame is given in the dialogue, certain contextual clues (in particular, a song that references the Zero population growth movement) suggest that the story takes place in the then-current and then-recent period of the late 1960s or early '70s, similar to other religious musicals such as "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar".The musical explores the Latter-day Saint doctrines and views on the premortal life, foreordination, and eternal marriage.