Then there was the missionary (in Alabama) who, with his companion, was driving to a meeting. He saw a woman walking along the sidewalk and felt impressed to stop and speak to her.
But he didn't want to be late to the meeting, so he kept driving.
Another prompting to stop and speak to the woman. So he pulled in to a nearby gas station, got out of the car, and told his companion, "We're going to check the air pressure in our tires until she gets here."
When the woman got to where they were, the missionary said, "Hello, ma'am."
She said, "Don't talk to me. Get away from me." She was shouting, as you might have guessed.
He said, "Have a nice day."
She said, "I don't want to hear that from you. Get away from me."
Back in the car, the companion said something like, "That was useless. Why did you stop and talk to her?"
"I don't know why, except that I was prompted to."
"But it didn't do any good."
"I know, but when I came on my mission I promised the Lord that I would obey every prompting, no matter what, no matter how it turned out. I want the Lord to trust me."
Richard Holzapfel read this account to us from a letter the missionary sent to him, the mission president. Then Brother Holzapfel mentioned a statement by Brigham Young. I think these are the exact words. We need to be righteous, even in the dark.
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