Missionary moments: So many questions
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In 1967, Norm and Linda Lindsay weren't members of the Church. While living near Washington, D.C., though, he worked on the professional staff of the Boy Scouts of America's National Capital Area Council with two Church members named Lee Ison and Lee Fenstad.
"I would go to lunch with them," Brother Lindsay recalls, "and they wouldn't drink tea. I knew that they didn't use bad language and they didn't drink, those kinds of things, and they didn't smoke. The more questions I asked, the more they discussed the importance of the Church as a part of their lives, and I got interested in what they were talking about.
"They sent us the missionaries, and the poor elders had to always call in because they were always staying late at our house. We had so many questions!"
In their own words, the Lindsays quickly "fell in love with the Church." They were baptized in November 1967 and later were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
Today, Brother and Sister Lindsay are members of the Guilford Ward in the Greensboro North Carolina Stake. They have eight children and 17 grandchildren. Each of their five sons is an Eagle Scout, and all eight of the children served missions. Brother Lindsay has twice served in the presidency of the North Carolina Charlotte Mission.
Brother Lindsay serves as the assistant district commissioner for 28 LDS Scouting units.
On March 26 he received the Silver Beaver Award from the Old North State Council of the Boy Scouts of America "for distinguished service to youth." The award recognized a lifetime of Scouting service that spans more than 50 years — including several stints as a Scoutmaster — and that, 42 years ago, initiated a chain of events resulting in the conversion of the Lindsay family.
— Jamshid Askar
