Bridget

On the second leg of my flight from Albuquerque to Phoenix 1-5-09, a mother and daughter (age 19) sat next to me with the daughter sitting in the middle seat. I tried to talk to the mother but she was too far away. I them decided to talk to the daughter. I had to wait until the peanuts and drinks were served because she was reading a magazine. She was from Parker, Alaska and was a freshman college. She and her mother were visiting relatives in Pagosa Springs. I got to know her a little bit and asked about her school, hobbies and activities. Finally I asked her about her church. She said she was Catholic. We talked a little bit about her church. I then said that I went to the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS or the Mormon Church. She said she had several Mormon friends and had attended the LDS church on occasion. I asked her if she knew why we were called Mormons. She did not know. I pulled out my B of M and said it was because we use this book. I asked her if she knew what the B of M was. She wasn’t sure. We then talked about the Bible / B of M picture. I explained that the B of M complimented the Bible. I asked her if she believed she lived before she was born. She did not. I asked her if she believed we would live after we died. She said that she believed we would go to heaven. We then discussed the picture about “God’s Plan of Happiness”. We then read about the spirit world pg 308 and the resurrection pg 236. I asked her how she would define faith. After her response I turned to pg 289 and let her read the verse on faith. Next we talked about the pictures at the front of the book and we then went through the introduction and talked about Joseph Smith and the 3 and 8 witnesses. We were getting close to the airport so I offered her the B of M which she willingly accepted. I asked if I could get her email address and she gave me her name and email address. My next step is to make contact with a bishop in Parker. Perhaps someone could continue where I left off.