About his original decision to go undercover as a homeless man, Bishop Musselman told the Deseret News,“As a bishop, I try to always be as giving as I can, and I was surprised at my own inability to have compassion. . . . I thought about some ways I could somehow convey the importance of not being critical … and sometimes the best way to do that is through experiences that go beyond just a talk in church. And so I just laid awake many nights just thinking about what I could do, and then this kinda popped into my brain.”