VIDEO: Returning missionary gifts Post Malone a Book of Mormon at airport

Chris Arnold, Fox 13

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KSTU) — It was a typical homecoming past week for 20-year-old Micah Hyde.

Hyde returned location to St. George past Wednesday aft serving a two-year ngo successful Seattle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Waiting for him astatine nan St. George Regional Airport were astir 70-75 family members, friends and loved ones.

However, 1 personification Hyde didn’t expect to tally into was 1 of Utah’s astir celebrated residents, Post Malone.

“We went complete location and he’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, for illustration it’s bully to meet you, and invited home,'” said Hyde.

Hyde went into further item astir nan brushwood he had pinch nan celebrated musician.

“You conscionable would ne'er expect location to beryllium that large of a celebrity, for illustration Post Malone is for illustration a immense sanction and location he is conscionable flying connected Delta retired of nan St. George Airport,” said Hyde.

However, Hyde didn’t cognize earlier arriving that his family had really tally into Post Malone extracurricular of nan airport.

While filming pinch their phones, Post Malone gave this connection to Hyde: “Tell Micah congratulations.”

That is simply a connection Hyde was excited to spot erstwhile he arrived, conscionable earlier 3 p.m. past Wednesday.

“You’re kidding, that’s crazy,” Hyde said aft seeing nan message.

However, Hyde says 1 of his friends fto him cognize that Post Malone was still successful nan airdrome erstwhile he arrived.

“He’s conscionable coming complete and hugs me, which is ace cool. He called maine my name,” said Hyde. “He was like, ‘Micah, it’s bully to meet you!’ I was like, ‘Holy cow, like, you retrieve my name.'”

While nan relationship was already breathtaking enough, Hyde besides wanted to time off Post Malone pinch thing that was adjacent and beloved to his heart.

“I do person a Book of Mormon, and each my friend’s like, ‘You’ve sewage to springiness it to him.’ So I ran complete and grabbed it and past I pulled him retired of information to springiness him nan Book of Mormon,” said Hyde. “I told him ‘It’s nan champion book successful nan world; it’ll alteration your life.'”

It was a infinitesimal not soon forgotten by his younger brother, Brock.

“It was really cool to spot him springiness nan Book of Mormon to him, because it’s conscionable for illustration a large staple of conscionable for illustration our family and our church,” Brock said.

It was nan aforesaid for everyone who was location to invited Hyde home.

“We joked that it’s for illustration nan champion homecoming I could person ever had,” said Hyde. “I conscionable emotion that Post Malone took nan clip to talk to us.”

Micah told FOX 13 News connected Tuesday that if everyone took 1 point distant from his relationship pinch Post Malone past week, it would beryllium nan value of conscionable simply being benignant to everyone.

The brushwood pinch Post Malone has besides prompted Hyde to commencement making and trading merchandise, that says “Best Book successful nan World” connected it. That merchandise tin beryllium recovered connected bestbookintheworld.printify.me.