The Prompting That Found Richard in the Grease Pit

One Sunday morning while serving as the young bishop of a Salt Lake City ward, Thomas S. Monson noticed that one of the priests of his quorum was missing from priesthood meeting. He left the quorum in the care of its adviser and drove to the young man's home, where his mother said he was working at the West Temple Garage. Monson searched the garage but could not find him anywhere. Suddenly he had an inspiration to gaze down into the old-fashioned grease pit at the side of the station — and from the darkness two shining eyes looked back. It was Richard, who called out, "You found me, Bishop! I'll come up." After that Sunday, Richard rarely missed a priesthood meeting. He later served a full-time mission to Mexico and eventually served as a bishop himself. Monson recounted the experience in his April 1997 general conference address "They Will Come" as a lesson on Heaven's help in seeking out the one — how the Lord can guide a shepherd to the very place where a wandering sheep is hiding.