Interesting Story

We are also going to a missionary conference talk in Sydney this Fri
to hear David A Bednar. It looks like Australia is getting close to
being translated to Zion! Yep, the rumour is Australia and New Milford
are going at the same time. Love Elder Mac

Part of a talk given by Sister Ann M Dibb the daughter of Thomas S. Monson
Given at BYU Idaho devotional on 19 Feb 2008. The Kellie is Kellie Neill
Brown the daughter of Anthony Neill our CES supervisor, who we directly report
to.

“I’d like to share a very recent example of encouragement. Our son, Mark, served his mission in Australia. One of his companions, Adam Brown, from Adelaide, Australia, came to Utah in order to attend general conference. He attended every session. In between two of the sessions, we introduced him to my father. This is an excerpt from the letter of thanks we received two weeks ago:
“As you were aware, when I returned home from Utah, I planned to propose to my beautiful girlfriend, Kellie. Her family is great, but I was still very, very nervous about asking her Dad for permission. I knew he would say, ‘Yes,’ but I was petrified. I think one of the things that got me over the line, because I chickened out the first two times, was President Monson’s comment when I showed him a photo of Kellie while visiting with him in his office. He said, ‘I approve.’ I gained courage from this. I figured if Kellie’s Dad were to say, ‘No, you can’t marry my daughter,’ I would be able to reply with, ‘Well, President Monson said that he approved.’ With this added courage on my side, I asked, and after the twenty-minute interrogation, he said, ‘Yes.’”
Adam Brown and Kellie were married on February 2nd in the Sydney Temple. My father was pleased to learn that his word of approval may have encouraged a temple marriage! “