At every missionary conference I would seek him out before the meetings and ask, “Elder, hows Dad progressing?
His reply would invariably be, “No progress, President, but I know the Lord will fulfill the promise given to me through you as my mission president.” The days turned to weeks and the weeks to months, and finally, just two weeks before we ourselves left the mission field to return home, I received a letter from the father of this missionary. That father wrote: “Dear Brother Monson: “I wish to thank you so much for taking such good care of my son who recently completed a mission in Canada. He has been an inspiration to us. “My son was promised when he left on his mission that I would become a member of the Church before his return. This promise was, I believe, made to him by you, unknown to me. “I am happy to report that I was baptized into the Church one week before he completed his mission and am at present time athletic director of the MIA and have a teaching assignment. “My son is now attending BYU, and his younger brother was also recently baptized and confirmed a member of the Chu
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