Last week I was contacted by an old mission buddy of mine, whom I had not seen in more than twenty years. He was in Salt Lake City recuperating from a liver transplant performed in late January and according to the email he sent my older brother to track me down, “wanted to thank” me.

We corresponded via email a few times and arranged to have dinner this week — after I overcame a bad cold and had returned from a long weekend in San Francisco with family.

Upon my return and before we had a chance for that dinner, he said that he had been released a week early to go back to his home in Rexburg, Idaho, so I missed actually seeing him face-to-face.

He’s a good guy with a big heart. I wonder what he will think of me when he finds out that I am gay. My gut tells me that he’d be okay with it, but then my head plays the Rexburg, former-bishop card and I’m left with doubts.

One thing in favor of the former, is that he did not mention the church or religion in our email correspondence — which gives me a ray of hope. Like others, he probably already knows on some level and is just seeking confirmation.

I wish he were on Facebook; it’s so much easier to let my profile do the outing.

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