When we went to dinner and the Professor spoke to the senior missionaries, we learned that many of the men had served on missions in Finland. A lot of the couples have one person who speaks Finnish and feels right at home here.
One of the elders told us a story about Ezra Taft Benson that I enjoyed. When Pres Benson was the Secretary of Agriculture, he was traveling around Europe which still bore so many wounds that had not healed from WW II. When he came to Finland, the embassy had appointments already set up for them. Pres. Benson said that all of those where fine but he wanted no appoints on Sunday because he wanted to meet with the Saints.
The political assistants started scrambling. Who and what were The Saints? Finally someone thought about the mission home and called there to find out exactly what it was that Pres Benson wanted to do on Sunday. Of course, the missionary who answered the call was delighted to tell them what they needed to know and undoubtedly told others in the mission office and started the legend.
Of course, no one on the staff would have considered asking Ezra Taft Benson himself.
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