Red Letter Day at the Fort (Mike)

Today was a great day for missionary work. I had a couple from Kentucky that stopped at the fort early this morning. They were a mother and son who had just been to California. He was probably in his forties and she in her seventies. They were country people at heart and really appreciated the artifacts in each of the rooms. They loved everything about the fort including what I told them about the church. They had some family who were members and a new LDS church had been built just down the street from the Mother. The spirit was strong and they wanted to know more about the church and have the missionaries come to their homes plus The Book of Mormon and Together Forever videos. As they left, they told me that the tour of the fort was better than anything they experienced in California.

My next tour was a father and son from Medicine Lodge Montana. They were headed for Flagstaff AZ. They were checking out a job contract there and decided to stop at the fort. They also had some members of the church in their family, but didn’t know much about it. The son played college football in Montana and was quite big guy, but soft spoken and humble. As we went on the tour, they were also touched by the spirit and they told me that the son had just been in a bad accident and come out without injury. They gave credit to God for that. As I told them all about the church, the restoration, temples, families, etc. The father said, “You know, The Lord sent us here” I have heard that so many times. It is neat when people recognize that prompting and where it comes from. I bore testimony of the truth of what they were feeling, and they both filled out a card for the missionaries to come and teach them. Both requested the Book of Mormon and Videos. It’s possible for me to put a trace on these referrals and find out what happens. I’m going to do it in both of these cases. It would be neat to know.