LDS quarterback at Towson University helps co-worker in gospel reception

OREM, Utah — Eight months ago, Scott Meushaw, 22,

of Towson, Md., was in envy of his co-worker, Blair Peterson, the

quarterback on the Towson University football team.\"What was it about

him?\" Meushaw wondered. Why did he not get angry? Why didn't he drink,

smoke or party but still had fun? After all, he was the quarterback.

\"I knew there was something different about him. I wanted his life almost,\" said Meushaw.

So Meushaw approached Peterson, who had served a Mormon mission to

Argentina, on Facebook — too embarrassed to approach him face to face

at work — and asked him some poignant questions.

\"Why are we here?\" \"What's my purpose in life?\" \"Is there really a heaven?\"

\"Scott thought I was going to be your typical football player and blow him off,\" Peterson said.

Quite the contrary, Peterson held tight to Meushaw, just like he

does a football on the field, and didn't let go until Meushaw was

baptized one month after Meushaw's initial questions.

\"I transferred to Towson (from The University of New Mexico) and

wasn't really sure why, and then about that time Scott popped into my

life and he said one day after church, without knowing how I was

feeling, 'You were meant to come to Baltimore to save me and show me

the gospel and show me the way.' Hearing that gave me clarity that

there's a much bigger picture. I had a whole different perspective

after that.\"

Before he joined the church, Meushaw lived a different lifestyle. \"I

was just down and doing everything I shouldn't be and on the way to

ruining my life.\"

\"Sometimes you get in these college societies with friends and