While I was at Leon I was given Elder Butler to be my companion. Elder Butler was still struggling. Soon after he became my companion he disappeared on me. I thought he might be trying to leave for home. So I left our apartment, cought a cab and headed straight for the bus station. Soon after I showed up there in walked Elder Butler with all his suitcases. He was surprised to see me there. I knew the city better than he did. He listened to me and came back with me to our apartment to finish out his mission. I didn't try to contact the mission president and tell him about our troubles because he didn't seem interested in what we did. I had only seen him briefly once or twice before that.
I didn't baptize many people while I was companions with Elder Butler but I talked to him lots about life and the church. About a year after my mission, one afternoon while I was at BYU, in walked Elder Butler to my apartment. He gave me a big hug and told me that he probably deserved to be strangled. He told me that he was getting married in the temple in a few days to a wonderful young lady. He told me that she would never had considered marrying him if he had left his mission early. He thanked me and thanked me that I had talked him into staying on his mission and finishing it faithfully. The last time I heard about Elder Butler he was serving as a stake president back in Utah.
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