While unique to this individual, this story is not unique to the VC. Visits like this happen every day. Each one special for one of Heavenly Father's sons or daughters.
A young man dressed in walking shorts and a nice t-shirt strode into the lobby of the VC, walked over to a couch by the windows, sat down and picked up a binder with VC conversion stories. He acted like he had been here before and was waiting for a friend. When I greeted him I learned that my first opinion was way off the mark. He said he had come into the VC to find out what kind of temple was on the hill. He let me know he was in a hurry and didn't have much time.
I explained it was a temple of the Church, directed his attention to the Christus, a symbol of our beliefs, briefly explained the purpose of temples and said we had some exhibits in the back that included some pictures taken inside the temple.
He asked to see the temple exhibits. There I taught him about baptisms for the dead, temple marriages, etc. and explained the difference between a temple and one of our meetinghouses. He asked good questions.
He then said, "you have other exhibits" pointing to the Family and Book of Mormon exhibits. We moved to the Book of Mormon display, found the one in German, explained the origin of the Book of Mormon and how we use both the Bible and the Book of Mormon together. He wanted to know about our emphasis on families so we walked over to our TV clips kiosk and played a couple (which he liked).
We ended up in our "prophets" corner and talked about the restoration, priesthood authority, the calling of apostles including my testimony about revelation and the blessings of having living prophets to guide us.
While he declined my invitation to meet with church representatives or receive a copy of the Book of Mormon, he said that he had learned a lot with many things to think about. He left with a brochure on temples and a pass-along card containing a reference to http://www.mormon.org/ and my invitation to look it up.
His "brief" stay lasted over a half hour and, I believe, he felt the Spirit and left having had an experience he hadn't a clue he would have had when he got up that morning. Both of us were edified and uplifted by the unplanned visit of a well-meaning young man with just enough curiosity to take a detour off the beaten path, drawn by the beauty and spirit of the temple.