"Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do, long after the mood you said it in has left you." George R. Zalucki
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Two Birds with One Invite
Today I had a great missionary experience. I took one of my friends to Steak and Shake after our test, and she told me about how the guys on campus were handing out bibles again (lots of churches do that at UF). She told me that she almost asked one of them if they had a Book of Mormon! She wanted to know more about the Book of Mormon. I reached around behind her and grabbed a copy of the Book of Mormon that I keep in my car seat for such occasions. I put it on her lap and said "here ya go". Then I grabbed a "Purpose of Life" pass-along card from my console and said "and here's our website so you can learn more". We talked a little more in the drive through and I told her that she should meet with the missionaries to learn more. She said that she didn't want to "become a mormon or anything" she just wanted to LEARN about it. I then told her that one of our mutual friends wanted to learn too! And that they should just do it together! I had asked that mutual friend (Linda) to listen to the missionaries before Christmas. She wanted to, but we never were able to set anything up and I have been PRAYING for opportunities to reinvite her. I called Linda up and put her on speaker phone right then and told her that Kasey wanted to learn about the Mormon church too and that we should all do it together! They loved the idea and figured out what day of the week is usually best for the both of them. Now all we need is an actual date!! I'm SO excited!!
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When I was 14 or 15, I had a teacher that prided himself on being a thinker. We had some enlightening discussions in his classroom. He helped me ask some great questions that led to tremendous answers that still guide me today. We agreed on many things, but were at odds on a few. One of them was religion. I had a lot of respect for this man, but it amazed me that someone who claimed to be open minded was blind to just how closed minded he was when it came to God. He was always challenging my faith. He considered my beliefs to be a sign of my weakness. His claim was that unless it could be acknowledged by the 5 senses, there was no proof that God existed. I struggled as a young person to help him understand that he was limiting his understanding to what he had personally experienced, cutting himself off from other possibilities. The best that I could do was to try and help him understand how I knew; that things of the spirit could only be understood and perceived by the spirit. Years later, I still don't have a better answer to this one fundamental question, but I face the same dilemma. This blog is dedicated to preserving stories and experiences of missionaries in the Arizona Mesa Mission both during and after their formal missions. Some stories are fun and light hearted, but others are of a spiritual nature. The blog forum is so convenient, yet the format is limiting. There is more to these words than letters on a page. To truly understand the messages requires not only an open mind, but a soft heart.
After all, "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, else what's a Heaven for?- Robert Browning"
After all, "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, else what's a Heaven for?- Robert Browning"
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Yeah! That is great news. I got your text and haven't called you back yet. You are such a great example!
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