A Charge from Our Mission PresidentIn our effort to fulfill the recent request of our mission president, we are seeking out families. We seem to have our best success on Friday evening at family-friendly restaurants.
Last Friday evening went to Applebee's and were seated across from a couple with three young children...perfect! It's so easy to strike up a conversation about someone with kids:-) After asking about them and their twins and baby, we told them that we missed our five children and twelve grandchildren because they were all in Utah.
Then the questions came. Why are you in New York? Are you LDS? (Now that was different - not Mormon - but LDS.) The young woman said she belonged to two book clubs and had just read a book (gave the title) and asked if I had read it. I responded with a question, "Is that an anti-Mormon book? (Smiling...)Well...I probably wouldn't have read it." Then we both laughed and she replied, "Of course not."
I told her we were very impressed with their curiosity, with them as a couple and with the love they show their children. We chatted briefly about being a family for eternity and general things about life. We could see they were packing up to go.
I told her we were very impressed with their curiosity, with them as a couple and with the love they show their children. We chatted briefly about being a family for eternity and general things about life. We could see they were packing up to go.
It was about this time I said that after having read the anti-Mormon book, she deserved to know the truth. It was then that Elder de Paula went to our car to get a copy of Book of Mormon. I wrote a short note in it, asking them to take the Prophet Moroni's challenge on p. 529, chapter 10:3-5. We wrote our name and phone number in the book and on the pass-along card, then hugged eachother and said good-bye.
We felt such love for them. We had been obedient. We went to our car and had a prayer for this precious family, asking Heavenly Father to open their hearts.
4 comments:
You are both such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing that experience!
That is wonderful. We did that sort of thing a lot more in Lima than now in Tarma, where we have so many other (distracting?) activities. We need to do more "real" missionary work. Thanks for sharing--with them and with us.
This story is best told as a duet. You are inspired in who you are sharing with and get to go on a date for your finding time! We are praying too that this family that has been prepared will accept your invitation.
That is so neat! Thanks for being an example of faith, obedience and courage. Love you!
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