By David A. Edwards Church Magazines
David A. Edwards, “He Wanted to Be a Missionary,” NewEra, Nov 2010, 28–32
Inspired by the example of one young man, youth in Alberta, Canada, have made missionary work a priority.
Chris Yokoyama was 17, and he wanted to be a missionary. Everyone knew it, and if you asked him, he told you so.
Some months earlier, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles had visited a stake conference in Chris's hometown, Taber, which lies in the vast farming plains of Alberta, Canada. Elder Nelson had blessed the stake, saying that, with fasting and prayer, the missionary work in the area would flourish. Chris had taken this message to heart, and so had his seminary teacher, Steven Scott.