This man’s story is so amazing! His name is David Boice. He went on a search for the true church of Jesus Christ by investigating 52 churches in 52 weeks. Right before he went to visit different church congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he saw cardinal birds. He also saw one right before he decided to read the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Then he visited the Manti Temple Open House and saw a cardinal bird in a painting in one of the rooms. Wow! These are God winks, as in winks from God telling you he’s there and loves you and helping you on your path for truth and joy. I love his story! I love the red cardinal bird, just because it’s so red and beautiful and I don’t see it very often since it’s found more prevalently in the east, and I live in the west. Just this spring for our drawing time during one of our homeschooling mornings my son and I sketched it one day. It is definitely one of God’s most beautiful creatures.

I just love that the red cardinal bird is involved in David’s story. He explains that they are rare for him to see in his home state of Wisconsin as well. Nevertheless, he saw five in two days. Then he went to Utah and saw one on a painting in the Manti Temple. Below are two videos he did. The first video tells his conversion story and the second talks specifically about his recent baptism. A cardinal appears again in that story! I love that he shares a scripture from the Book of Mormon in the second video, which is 1 Nephi 8:24, “And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness,  to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree.” He explains in his conversion story just below that he felt the fruit of God’s love as he visited the churches that believe in the Book of Mormon. This is such a beautiful story!