Yes, but I don't think it's all that sinister really. If he thought this was a really important job opportunity that wasn't going to come again, I can see him justifying missing church for it. It appears this wasn't a common occurrence for him, so to me, it says this situation was *really* important, for whatever reason.
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...but it's so odd.
In my whole entire long long long life, I've never heard of a job appointment or interview at noon on a Sunday.
And if someone there was interviewing people, why only Steven?
They'd have had to have advertised broadly, to attract him -- and in a manner he could access.
Was he referred there by a personal contact?
I don't think his St George bishop would have "a job" for him two hours away. That's head-banging
I don't even see how such a job contact could have been made via the St George library computers (at least on the 11th or 12th).
He worked on the 11th, likely a late start after having driven 1100+ miles.
On the 12th, he was in Mesquite at 5:04pm.
The closest library branch, was 39 miles away.
It closes at 6pm on Fri and Sat.
I just think, if he ended up there on purpose, it was something personally important to him - rather than a job.