Missionary moments: Act of kindness
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Brian Robinson wasn't a member of the Church as he was growing up in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, England, some 20 years ago. To get from home to school, Brian and a friend rode their bicycles along a stretch of road called Penn's Lane. The mission home and office were halfway along this road. Brian related that he and his friend didn't think highly of the missionaries, often teasing them and sometimes playing tricks on them.
One single event changed their minds and attitudes toward the young men who had come from America to England.
While riding their bikes to school one day, Brian's friend's bicycle had a flat tire. Not wanting to push their bikes all the way to school and back home again, the boys knocked on the door of the mission office and asked permission to leave their bicycles there until after school.
When the boys returned in the afternoon, they found that the flat tire had been repaired. The boys didn't know who repaired the tire, but that act of kindness was never forgotten. Years later, when Brian was introduced to the missionary lessons, he remembered his experience as a young boy.
Today, Brother Robinson is president of the Kings Norton Branch, Birmingham England Stake, has been married in the temple and is raising his family in the Church.
Missionaries won't always know what good their work accomplishes, but the elder who performed anonymous service for a couple of young boys one afternoon can add Brother Brian Robinson to his list of successes while serving in the England Birmingham Mission. — Frank Millward, Grove Creek 10th Ward, Pleasant Grove Utah Grove Creek Stake
