Based on a true story Every one that hath forsaken houses, … or
lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and
shall inherit everlasting life (Matt. 19:29).  Nils heard
creaking, cracking, and then a great big crash! Everyone in the
house jumped up to find the two missionaries buried in a pile of
blankets and boards that had been Nils’s bed. His bed had been
too small for these two grown men who were in Sweden preaching
the gospel.  They had come just after supper and had stayed so
late that Mama had insisted they stay the night. She had let
them sleep in Nils’s bed while he slept on the floor.  Dismayed,
Nils looked at his broken bed. Mama whispered, “Don’t worry.
Papa will make you a new one.”  But Papa didn’t seem to have
time. He worked all day and talked to the missionaries in the
evenings. He said that the Book of Mormon explained everything
he hadn’t understood in the Bible.  Soon Mama, Papa, Peter,
Botilla, and Bengt were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. Nil