This is a picture that tells about a VERY special afternoon! Today we had the opportunity to meet with Elder Jeffery Holland in his office at the Church Administration Building. Sister Jeri Avant is the editor of the Church News and is our Gospel Doctrine teacher...about 3 weeks ago Don was asked to give a sacrament meeting talk using a talk from General Conference as his topic...he chose a talk by Elder Holland and mentioned that we had "followed" Elder Holland (Seattle, Connecticut, Provo/Payson) for many years, but had never personally met him...Sister Avant decided to try to arrange a personal meeting as a surprise for Don...we spent about 30 minutes of this very busy man's time today, just remembering common friends and acquaintances and sharing bits of information about Don's conversion, family history and current circumstances. Elder Holland then went to his cabinet and presented us with a very beautiful, illustrated edition of his book "Christ and the New Covenant" in which he inscribed a personal message and signed it. We then presented him with a copy of Scott's "First Vision", for which he thanked us and Scott. Needless to say, Don was delighted and Elder Holland asked us to stay in touch with him...what a day!!
