One of our new elders, Elder Kearn, told us that after he had received his call, he ran into Elder Perry near the SLC temple at conference time. Elder Perry talked with him about his mission and told him to use The Book of Mormon with the words, "The Book of Mormon is still our best missionary". We are seeing that again and again! Tonight, the assistants came by to share some miracles that relate to The Book of Mormon.

They were stopping by a house to follow up on a conversation they had had with a family. They were very kind and respectful, but said they weren't interested. Elder Diaz thanked them and said a few more words and then turned to Elder Coffman. Elder Coffman had been feeling ill and hadn't been able to focus. When Elder Diaz turned to him, all he could think to do was to offer a Book of Mormon. That led to a few more questions and an opportunity to bear a testimony about the restoration and The Book of Mormon. The mother's heart softened and she asked the elders to come back on Tuesday after she had a chance to read more about it.
The elders left feeling good about the visit when they saw a family walking down the street pushing a little cart. It was getting dark and when they called out a hello to the family, the family started crossing the street. They were worried they had frightened the family, so they went a little closer and just said they wanted to share something with them and started talking about the pass along card. The group was a single mother with her 5 young children. The had moved from Chicago and she was doing her best. She had heard a little about the church and was interested in starting up again to learn more. Elder Diaz was able to testify to her about the importance of families and how they could be strengthened. He comes from a family of 5 raised by a single mother. They struck a cord and will be going back to talk to her later this week.
And the last one, they received a phone call from the Kimball zone leaders. While on exchanges, Elder Diaz was out working with the elders there. As Elder Young contacted one investigator outside his apartment building, Elder Harrison started talking with another family across the way. Elder Diaz turned and saw a man and went to go and talk to him. They had a nice conversation, but the man wasn't interested. Before they were finished, a woman approached them and listened for awhile. When they were done talking, she asked Elder Diaz if he was mormon. She then said she knew some things. Elder Diaz talked to her about the restoration and The Book of Mormon. He offered her a copy and she gratefully accepted. She said she would read it in the next week or two. Elder Diaz doubted she would be able to read it that quickly, but still gave her the book and the invitation to learn more. When the zone leaders went back to follow up a week and a half later, she had finished The Book of Mormon and wanted to be baptized, because she knew it was true. She still had some things to learn, so they taught her for a few more weeks and she was just baptized.