When I came across this article about Gladys Knight, I knew I wanted to share it here. I was particularly touched at the mention members of the Haitian branch attending one of her performances! :)

Gladys Knight Tells Floridians, "This is the Light"
By Geoffrey Biddulph for Meridian Magazine

Gladys Knight and her 60-person choir of Latter-day Saints gave four
performances for more than 5,000 people in southern Florida last week.

"This is the way, this is the light," she said in teary testimony
regarding The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gladys Knight is famous worldwide for such songs as "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia." Over the weekend, she, along with her choir and a three-person band gave four shows to thousands of members and non-member investigators, who crowded into the Fort Lauderdale Florida stake center building. They heard Knight's renditions of "Because I have been Given Much" and "I am a Child of God," as well as several Gospel songs that are not in the Church hymn book.

Knight sang several solos, but she also directed several choir members wh also took the stage alone. They sang songs such as "Uphold Me with Thy Sweet Spirit" and "Oh, How I Love Jesus" with a swelling choir behind them.

The highlight of the evening was certainly when the famed singer and her husband both gave their testimonies of the restored gospel.

"It is indeed a miracle that I belong to this church," Sister Knight said. "The
image of the Church in the past has not been conducive to my being here. It
shows His hand in motion. An African-American woman: Who knew I would have a calling such as this?"

Knight has indeed been given a special calling by the Brethren to travel
throughout the world giving her testimony both in speech and through song. Given her fame and her reputation, she may be a vessel for bringing thousands of tens of thousands to investigate the Church.

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