Pure Gold—A behind-The-Scenes Look At A Builder Of The Kingdom Keith Elliott Garner By Susan Stewart

Pure Gold—A behind-The-Scenes Look At A Builder Of The Kingdom Keith Elliott Garner By Susan Stewart 373 pages
 “While sitting in a fireside group with my sister’s friends in San Francisco in 1938, sixty-five years ago, I resolved to study the Book of Mormon to determine in my own mind and heart whether it was just another book or a revelation from God,” writes Keith Garner. “I want you to know that was the wisest decision of my whole life for I received a firm conviction in my heart that the Book of Mormon is truly a  new witness to us and all mankind that Jesus is the Christ, the Redeemer of the World.”
 As he studied the Book of Mormon as a young man, Keith Garner discovered something more precious than gold—his own testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Since then, Mr. Garner has spent his days showered with golden opportunities for sharing this treasured wealth across the globe. First, as a young missionary in the Hawaiian Islands who suddenly found himself thrust into the middle of the drama at Pear Harbor. Then as a new energetic bishop in the bustling community of 1950s Menlo Park, California. Later as a mission president in Southeast Asia where his assignment included visiting the LDS troops in war-ravaged Vietnam—often in the face of live gunfire. Later still as the director of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, the number one tourist draw in Utah.
 Though Mr. Garner feels he simply joins a host of other believers who like him have marshaled talents and resources to build the kingdom, he is forced to admit his experiences have been extraordinary and some even entirely unique.
 In Tehran in 161 he held in his hands a gold plate upon which King Darius had caused to be written a history of his notable achievements. This electrifying discovery of plates of gold used for historical writings added to his oft-expressed testimony of the Book of Mormon or the “golden bible” as it was known in Joseph Smith’s day.
 He exclaims, “Every good thing that has come to me in my life has come through my membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
 So even now, well in to the eighth decade of his life, and because of his dogged determination to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, Keith Garner—his self-effacing style and disdain for the limelight still intact—allowed his story to be captured in a book.
 As Keith Garner’s secretary for the past twenty-five years, Susan Stewart has had a rare front row seat to both witness and chronicle his amazing comings and goings. And Pure Gold is that story.
 Pure Gold is a collection of letters, memoirs, photographs and personal interviews that Susan has skillfully woven into an engaging and revealing glimpse into the inner workings of this one-of-a-kind man. Packed with more than eighty years of life’s lessons and adventures, Pure Gold is the perfect book for anyone looking to tap into his own mother lode of gold as found in the gospel of Jesus Christ.