Aussie Mormon guitarist works around blindness
MIDVALE — The first time Lorin Nicholson read the Book of Mormon, it took him seven years to get through it.
That's because Nicholson, a Mormon guitarist and motivational speaker from Australia, had to use a magnifying glass to read the book one word at a time.
Nicholson, born with retinitis pigmentosa and legally blind, told his story and played his music for a single adult fireside in Midvale, Utah on Nov. 8.
"I don't know if I am one of the best guitar players in Australia, but I am one of the most famous," he said, chuckling.
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