This is really cool. I’m here in Anaheim waiting for the airport to open up back in Provo because of all the snow. David Alexander LOVES sister missionaries.
47 years ago I was the first missionary off of the plane in Salt Lake City and there at the gates was my entire family waiting for me to come home and it was the greatest moment of my life. This sacred moment should be experienced by every Elder and Sister who has served missions throughout the church. In my case, I was followed off the plane by Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Richard Scott, who were my seatmates flying out of the Chicago airport. What a magnificent homecoming I experienced and congratulations to this wonderful Sister Treu and to her entire family. Welcome home!
@User... I disagree. This is wonderful to see! Not just a Utah culture thing. This goes on at many airports, train stations and bus stations around the world when a missionary comes home including the homecoming of my son years ago. I've heard several testimonies given by converts who say their interest was first peaked upon witnessing the homecoming of a missionary at an airport while traveling. One person said they wanted to know more about the feeling he got just watching them being so happy and delighted and that there was a light about them. (His words not mine) Personally I don't think there can be too much of this kind of thing no matter where or when it occurs. Being an example and a light unto the world just by being present.
As a convert to the church for 50 years, I was never a part of that Utah-LDS culture. I can't help but think that there are WAY too many people at the airport for this. It should be immediate family only and the rest can greet them at another venue. When I came home from my mission to Japan, it was my non-member mother and father who picked me up at the airport and that was just fine with me. The hoopla and the screaming should be done somewhere else.
