The first book of course was about when
I was a missionary from '54 to '57
The second book is when I went back with
my wife and our first five daughters
from 1966 to '69
President Monson asked me to write the
first book and I wrote it and then he
saw that I didn't have anything
about when I was Mission President
and he said... you got to write another one
about when you were Mission President
So both of them were written
at the request of President Monson
And the fact that they have had
movies made about them
I think it shows some of the prophetic
vision of President Monson
That he didn't just ask, he insisted
I'm just grateful that I obeyed him
