Terry

I met Terry on a flight from Salt Lake City to Santa Barbara on 1/5/09. Terry is a National Park Ranger stationed in Jackson Hole WY with about 20 years of experience. We had a pleasant general visiting type conversation. She was going home as her mother is having cancer surgery in the morning. She apparently had a bout with the same type of cancer about 17 years previous and was cured. I made a comment about how the Lord had been sending so much knowledge to the earth and that my mother had died of cancer in ’41 and if we would have had the knowledge we now have she wouldn’t have died. I asked her what her religious background was and she is a not active Methodist. I told her I belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and we’re some times called Mormons. She said she had a few Mormon friends. I asked her if she knew why we were called Mormons and she didn’t have a clue. I asked her how she would describe what kind of book the Bible is if I weren’t a Christian and she had a little difficulty. I told her I think of it as a history book of the Children of Israel and the dealings of God with them through the prophets and it included the life of Christ. She felt comfortable with this explanation. I got out my Book of Mormon and showed her the map. We discussed the map and then the plan of salvation. She didn’t know if she existed before we came here or not and she was interested in the plan as I showed it to her. We talked about Joseph’s first vision and that the Father and Son are individual beings and not rolled up into one. We talked about Moroni’s visit and how we got the Book of Mormon. We went through many of the scriptures I had marked and answered her questions. I showed her the promise and asked her if she believed in prayer and she said she did. I asked her if she would like to have the book and she said yes. I told her I didn’t want to loose contact with the people I’ve met and she gave me her email address. I asked her if I could send some of our young missionaries to meet her and she said she would prefer not. I said OK and that I wouldn’t send them with out her permission.