Saturday, January 4, 2014

          Today I met a young sister missionary who came into the temple alone.  She is from South Jordan, Utah, so I could talk to her in English.  She is a registered nurse who takes care of the missionaries in her mission and also a full-time proselyting missionary.  She flew from San Pedro Sula with another sister missionary who was ill.  The missionary was from Tegucigalpa and her parents met them at the airport and took her home leaving Sister Bennett on her own until her return flight at 6:00 p.m.

          They were late getting to this city because their original flight was cancelled and they had to wait for other arrangements.  Sister Bennett had planned to be in the temple for a few hours and enjoy doing ordinance work.  However, she ended up with only about 2 ½ hours from the time she got to the temple until her return flight boarded.  We found something for her to do and then I started getting nervous about how she was going to get to the airport and her time was running out.  The distance to the airport from the temple is short, but can take 45 minutes or more because of traffic congestion.

          When I asked her about her travel plans, she said she was told to get a taxi back to the airport for her flight back to San Pedro.  Well, the “mother” in me jumped into protective mode and I knew she just couldn’t walk down and hail a taxi.  It was getting dark and she was a North American female alone.  I told her to change her clothes while I went down to the office to see if they could get her a safe taxi.  When I explained the situation to Elder Gallo, he said it could take up to 50 minutes for him to get a taxi.  Well, that just wasn’t enough time.  However, a kind gentleman, a temple patron, at the counter overheard the conversation and said he had a car and could drive her to the airport!   What a life saver!  It was another miracle and testimony that Heavenly Father is watching out for His youthful armies who are spreading the Gospel, who move forward with faith—not fear—and trust in His care.